Written answers
Wednesday, 8 February 2006
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Official Languages Act
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is satisfied with the implementation to date in 2006 of the Official Languages Act 2003; and if he will make a...
- Polasaí Dátheangachais
Question 113: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an eiseoidh sé treoirlínte d'fhoilsitheoirí agus don phobal i gcoitinne chun go mbeidh an Béarla agus an Ghaeilge...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on recent remarks made by a person (details supplied) regarding the changes in the dormant fund allocation...
- Aistritheoirí Béarla-Gaeilge
Question 115: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cathain a chuirfear scéim oifigiúil cáilíochtaí ar bun d'aistritheoirí Gaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent college lifestyle and attitudinal national survey that showed that drug...
- Turasóireacht sa Ghaeltacht
Question 118: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil ról ar bith aige i gcur chun cinn na Gaeilge do chuairteoirí a thagann go hÉirinn ag lorg cultúir faoi...
- Community Development
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when consultations will commence between his Department, local agencies and county development boards in relation to...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the working group examining rehabilitation initiatives as a fifth pillar of the national drugs strategy has...
- Community Development
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress in relation to a review of the RAPID programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4379/06]
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has received a copy of the recent report on cocaine use here by the National Advisory Committee on Drugs; his...
- Departmental Research
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the details of the special fund created for the purpose of placenames research; the amount being given to the fund;...
- Community Development
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on whether all areas of County Mayo should be covered under schemes administered by his Department; the...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the works which will qualify for grant aid through his Department from the dormant accounts fund; the amount of moneys...
- Charities Legislation
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the Law Reform Commission consultation paper on legal structures for charities; his...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a progress report will be provided on the measures to counter the increasing use of cocaine and crack cocaine here;...
- Agency Governance Structures
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the recent report carried out on the governance of agencies by the Institute of Public Administration,...
- Foclóir Béarla-Gaeilge
Question 133: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta leis an bhfoclóir Béarla-Gaeilge ag Foras na Gaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas...
- Foghlaim na Gaeilge sna Scoileanna
Question 134: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé ar intinn aige moladh a chur faoi bhráid na Roinne Oideachais go ndeanfaí dháábhar den Ghaeilge san...
- Mergers and Amalgamations
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason for the amalgamation of groups (details supplied); the benefits from the merger of the two groups; the...
- Forbairt na nOileán
Question 136: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le haerstráice a thógáil ar Oileán Thoraí: agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas...
- Rural Development
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the approval and implementation dates for an overarching national strategy for rural...
- Polasaí Gaeilge an Gharda Síochána
Question 139: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén moladh a rinne sé le Coimisinéir an Gharda Síochána maidir le hinimirceoirí a bheadh ag iarraidh poist sna...
- Countryside Access
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the work of Comhairle na Tuaithe; if policy decisions have been taken arising from the work of...
- Voluntary Sector
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the support measures for volunteering he intends to introduce in 2006, including measures directed at promoting...
- Charities Legislation
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason charities regulation legislation is not part of the current legislative programme; when this legislation...
- Regional Development
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the review of the structures of Údarás will be completed and its recommendations implemented; and if he will...
- Rail Network
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the action he has taken to ensure that the western rail corridor will be completed within the timeframe of Transport...
- Domestic Violence
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the details of the code of practice on domestic violence that was recently launched by his Department; the aims of...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which the national drugs strategy team is addressing middle class regular use of cocaine; his views on...
- Polasaí Gaeilge an Rialtais
Question 148: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cathain a fhoilseoidh an Rialtas an ráiteas atá geallta aige ar an nGaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina leith....
- Rural Social Scheme
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo could not participate in the rural social scheme as that person...
- Irish Language
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he supports the development of a national strategy for the Irish language; the steps he has taken to progress this...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he intends to strengthen the campaign against the use of cocaine following the recent findings of the all Ireland...
- Rural Social Scheme
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the 506 rural social scheme participant places, which remained available here at the end of 2005, have been filled....
- Drug Seizures
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to data from the Revenue Commissioners' customs service suggesting that the...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the dissatisfaction expressed by representatives of the community and voluntary sector over their...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the planned decentralisation of his Department to Knock; if all staff are ready to...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in view of his Department's responsibility for co-ordinating the implementation of the national drugs strategy...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will report on progress being made on the proposed improvements to pier infrastructure which are to compensate...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when he will commission the new comprehensive drugs prevalence survey in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the...
- An Teanga Gaeilge
Question 163: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cathain a bheidh na 330,000 téarma nua Gaeilge atá le cur ar fáil ag Coiste Téarmaíochta Fhoras na Gaeilge ullamh;...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the expenditure by his Department to date in 2006 to assist communities attempting to combat drug abuse; the extent to...
- Irish Language
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress on the review of the use of Irish in Gaeltacht areas; the outcome of this review; and if he will make a...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 167: To ask the Taoiseach if, in view of his commitment in a letter of 2 November 2005 to this Deputy that he would be happy to meet with a person from Northern Ireland whose son was...
- Information Society Commission
Question 168: To ask the Taoiseach the names of the persons who are members of the Information Society Commission; the date on which the Information Society Commission first met; the date on...
- Vehicle Sales
Question 169: To ask the Taoiseach the number of new cars and other vehicles sold nationally in Dublin, Meath, Wicklow and Kildare in each year since 1998; and the number of cars and other...
- Department of Health and Children
- Central Mental Hospital
Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the practice of slopping out is still in place at the Cental Mental Hospital; the timeframe in which she estimates that...
- Child Care Services
Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the new child care payment of €1,000 per annum will be awarded in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Cork...
- Health Service Investigation
Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to investigate the possibility of a cluster regarding the three cases of vCJD diagnosed in one area; and if she...
- National Children's Strategy
Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of both the RAPID report, which found systemic inequalities and deprivation affecting children and adults, and...
- Mental Health Services
Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the great need for services for patients with dementia, the funding she will provide and when (details...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the housing aid for the elderly scheme;...
- Organ Donation
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce an organ donation scheme such as those found in several other European countries in which consent to...
- Health Services
Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the provision of a national unit for stroke victims under 65 will be provided as the current situation leaves a person...
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Compensation Payments
Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding compensation to be paid to partners and spouses of hepatitis C victims for loss of consortium. [4488/06]
- Health Services
Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of contract beds in nursing homes (details supplied) for each year since 2000. [4489/06]
- Nursing Home Review
Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date in 2006 on the analysis of deaths at a nursing home (details supplied) by a person; when the report is...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on concerns being expressed in the Tallaght region regarding the future of the National Children's Hospital at...
- Health Services
Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who has been referred to occupational therapy services in April 2005...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the changes made in relation to subvention; and the breakdown of the changes in relation to the people who applied for...
- Health Services
Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Louth will have an earlier appointment for a CT scan; and if she will make a...
- Organ Donation
Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to her commitment to introduce legislation on post-mortems and organ removal, which she made on the publication of...
- Home Care Services
Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the range of home care packages available for elderly people; the amounts available in the Health Service Executive south...
- Health Service Staff
Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to lift the restriction which does not allow local health executives to exceed the ceiling on wholetime...
- Legal Services
Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of expenditure incurred by health boards (details supplied) in respect of legal services for 2002, 2003 and...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to repayments to residents of public funded long-stay care homes for a person (details supplied)...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a situation (details supplied); her views on correspondence; and if she will make a...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has studied the implications of the NESF report on care for older people; if her attention has been drawn to the...
- Health Service Executive
Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has ordered the Health Service Executive nationally to operate as a single service without boundaries; if her...
- Child Care Services
Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the measures she proposes to put in place to ensure that the providers of child care facilities are not permitted to...
- Research Funding
Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her Department's position on EU funding for human embryonic research; and if consideration has been given to funding...
- Medical Cards
Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if provisions in the Health Acts over cover the possibility of a person (details supplied) who has had to receive an...
- Health Service Staff
Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the recommended ratio of social workers to population; the ratio recommended in areas of disadvantage; the number of social...
- Health Services
Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital bed places which are provided to treat people suffering from drug addiction; her plans to expand...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an application for the domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be...
- Health Service Staff
Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a senior area medical officer and an area medical officer will be appointed to the Health Service Executive midlands...
- Child Care Services
Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason, in view of the very high number of children in the care of the Health Service Executive and the number of...
- Health Services
Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be reassessed for orthodontic treatment in view of the fact that they...
- Mental Health Services
Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the best advice and support to put a long-term care plan in place for a person with an intellectual disability; and the...
- Health Services
Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if more speech therapy public services will be invested in on the north side of Dublin; and if she will make a statement on...
- Mental Health Services
Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of new places to be created in 2006 for residential, day-care and respite services for people with intellectual...
- Department of Finance
- EU Funding
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Finance his position on the possible inclusion of a separate stand-alone article on the protection and improvement of the environment in the Structural Funds...
- Garda Stations
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received the petition signed by hundreds of residents in Ashford, County Wicklow in support of the protection of the Garda station in...
- Revenue Offices
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the lengthy delays occurring in Revenue tax offices; and if the Revenue Commissioners have developed proposals to...
- Tax Code
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Finance if persons (details supplied) in County Kildare are in receipt of all of their allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4454/06]
- National Lottery Funding
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Finance the funding realised by the national lottery fund for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4456/06]
- Driving Tests
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for his refusal to recruit staff for the Department of Transport which has resulted in the present huge waiting time of 52-53 weeks for a...
- Tax Code
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Louth who has to move to a bungalow for medical reasons will have the stamp duty waived; and if he will make...
- Tax Yield
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Finance the yield per year of income tax for each of the income tax rates, 20% and 42% for the years 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005; and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of home mortgage interest secured loans, the cost of this relief to the Exchequer for the years 2002 to 2005, inclusive; if there are...
- Flood Relief
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Finance the work proposed for the river wall along the Tolka at East Wall Road, Dublin 3; the timescale for this work; if consideration will be given to...
- Tax Code
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Finance if provisions in the Finance Acts cover the possibility of a person (details supplied) who has had to receive an emergency medical card in the USA,...
- Tax Clearance Certificates
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will regularise the income tax affairs of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Energy Resources
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends to introduce a grant scheme to support the installation of wood-pellet stoves in family homes; the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the provision of broadband for Doon, County Limerick can be expected; and if he will make a statement on...
- Broadcasting Legislation
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans in view of the ERC proposal to only make European cup rugby matches available on a premium...
- Regional Fisheries Boards
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason for the delay in having salmon fishing licences made available to a fishing retail outlet for sale in...
- Energy Resources
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, following provision for excise relief on biofuels in the Finance Act 2004, it was not until August 2005 that...
- Coastal Protection
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the studies carried out by his Department on the state of the coastal protection scheme at Bray seafront, County...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when work will begin on the pier at Cromane, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4604/06]
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Undocumented Irish Emigrants
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the proposals or approaches he will make to the American President regarding undocumented Irish citizens living in America, if the McCain...
- Landing Rights
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Garda Síochána ever searched US aircraft at Shannon going to and coming from Iraq; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Nuclear Disarmament Initiative
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he will take in the crisis regarding Iran and nuclear powers in the west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4754/06]
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the funding allocated to the capital lottery fund by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4456/06]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the report on recent events in Bord na gCon sought by him will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4460/06]
- Sports Funding
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to local media reports (details supplied) in Tallaght, Dublin 24; the views of the local community...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- National Minimum Wage
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of the fact that provision of board and lodgings has been connected with many cases of exploitation of migrant...
- EU Directives
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if all aspects of the European employment directive have been transposed into Irish law; and if he will make a statement on...
- Age Discrimination
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if legislation is planned to end age discrimination in employment and vocational training associated with forced retirement...
- Job Losses
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA assisted jobs that have been lost and created in Kerry in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Health Levy
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in view of the health levy, the yield per annum for this levy for the years 2002 to 2005, inclusive; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the extent to which he has assisted or will assist in the provision of free travel in rural areas; and if he will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps his Department is taking to ensure that eligible persons are made aware of their social welfare entitlements; and if he...
- Homeless Persons
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the criteria used to define whether a person is homeless; the number of nights a person must spend on the street or in a hostel in...
- Social Insurance
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the yield per annum for each rate of PRSI for the years 2002 to 2005, inclusive; the employee exemption limits for each year; and...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on waiving the fees associated with refuse collection for people over the age of 65; the approximate cost of such a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when rent support will be awarded to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Transport
- Public Transport
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that approximately 60% of public service vehicle licences have not been renewed and that many taxi...
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Transport if discussions with a landowner for a suitable site for a new station house for the coastal unit at Doolin, County Clare are complete; the progress...
- Driving Tests
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Transport the receipts in 2005 in fees for driver testing; and the associated costs with operating this process. [4492/06]
- Rail Services
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Transport the independent advice, distinct from Irish Rail, he has received to advise him with regard to the development of the Irish rail freight industry;...
- Driving Tests
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason his Department is ten driving testers short; and the further reason for the non-appointment of staff in view of the huge demand for...
- Rail Network
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received detailed plans and designs for each phase of the western rail corridor project from Iarnród Éireann; if not, when he expects...
- Public Transport
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funding for the provision of additional buses sought by Dublin Bus; the amount of buses this would procure; and if he will make a...
- Road Network
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Transport his estimate of the cost to the Exchequer of buying back the right to toll the East Link bridge; and his plans to buy back those rights in line...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Rural Social Scheme
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is entitled to a place on a rural social scheme. [4473/06]
- Community Development
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to address social or economic deprivation in urban or rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Grant Payments
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the closing dates for applications for grant aid under various headings in his Department; and if he will make a...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department will offer financial assistance towards a community-based initiative to provide telecommunications...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the expenditure by his Department by way of grant or other forms of aid to community or other groups involved in...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress to date in 2006 on an application under the single payments scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [4450/06]
- Departmental Staff
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the reason only 45 staff applied out of a possible 200 being offered to transfer to the Department of Transport to help...
- Grant Payments
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if payment of grant aid in respect of the development of new farm buildings will be issued to the widow of a deceased person (details...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Maternity Leave Entitlements
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is possible for women to engage in unpaid maternity leave prior to the birth of their child or if the order in which...
- Visa Applications
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a visa application will be approved for a person (details supplied). [4446/06]
- Deportation Orders
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if humanitarian leave will be granted to a person (details supplied) to remain here. [4468/06]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if time spent here on the now discontinued inter-company transfer scheme visa is considered towards the requirements for...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the practice of slopping out is still in place in prisons; the timeframe in which he estimates that slopping out will be...
- Garda Strength
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will provide a full detailed reply to Question No. 224 of 24 November 2005. [4514/06]
- Residency Permits
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [4544/06]
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the Chief State Solicitor's office pursues drink driving convictions in Dublin while superintendents do so in all...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a town (details supplied) in County Tipperary was unsuccessful in applying for closed circuit television; when...
- Garda Deployment
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to instruct the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána to return resident gardaí to many rural Garda stations with...
- Prisoner Transfers
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) will be repatriated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4585/06]
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to his reply to Question No. 304 of 1 February 2006, if such impounded vehicles will only be returned to adults with...
- Crime Levels
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to his reply to Question No. 402 of 6 December 2005 the number of burglaries in the districts covered by the three...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a re-application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 to join the Garda Síochána again after ten years will be...
- Garda Vetting Procedures
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 1 February 2006 if the information requested is being compiled by his...
- Residency Permits
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the appeal for family reunification for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Department of Education and Science
- Psychological Service
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of primary schools in Cork city and county that have national educational psychological service cover. [4509/06]
- Schools Completion Programme
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take to ensure that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 will be included in the school completion programme;...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the extension to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be approved. [4497/06]
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the summer works scheme application from schools (details supplied) in Dublin 24 was not successful in view of the needs in...
- Irish Language
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an Irish exemption will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Transport
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a secondary school pupil (details supplied) in County Wexford, whose application for school transport is the subject of an appeal,...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Question No. 420 of 6 December 2005 the progress which has since been made on the matter (details supplied). [4549/06]
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason funding for refurbishment of the science laboratories at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3 were not approved. [4563/06]
- Adult Literacy
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person appointed to a post (details supplied) has the relevant qualifications for that post; if an investigation will be held to...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding has been sought for a new classroom, new roof and rewiring by the school authorities (details supplied); and her...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average class size and the pupil teacher ratio in primary schools in Westmeath in each of the past five years. [4635/06]
- School Transport
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of school buses in the fleet which are now seatbelt-compliant for every passenger; the number of school buses which...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when steps will be taken to ensure that the extension to a college (details supplied) in west Cork will be provided; the reason no...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a letter was received in her office on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the person who dealt with the query;...
- Early Childhood Education
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding funding projects dealing with pre-school children in disadvantaged areas on the north side of Dublin; and her...
- School Absenteeism
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary school pupils who drop out of the system after sixth class; and the number who leave school at 16. [4756/06]
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Property
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department has allocated funding to Kildare City Council regarding the takeover by the council of the road at Blackrath, Curragh, County...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Planning Issues
Question 342: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are special exemptions available for artists to erect signs; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Environmental Policy
Question 343: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he intends to take to deal with the increasing problem of graffiti; his views on whether the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 344: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Question No. 1334 of 28 September 2005, the position regarding the Broadford sewerage scheme; and...
- Local Authority Schemes
Question 345: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to provide a 100% disabled person's grant to people who are on invalidity pension and are...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 347: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed sewerage scheme for Gweedore, County Donegal; and when it is expected that...
- Air Pollution
Question 348: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the burning of non-smokeless coal is permitted in the town of Tralee; and if he will make a statement on...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 349: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when Castleisland sewerage scheme stage two will receive approval to proceed to contract document stage; and...
- Urban Renewal Schemes
Question 367: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the urban renewal scheme in Kilcock, County Kildare; the extent to which refurbishment...
