Written answers

Thursday, 9 February 2006

  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 8: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the definition of homeless or homelessness his Department uses for social welfare purposes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 9: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the expected increase in take-up of the back to work allowance in 2006 since the qualifying period was reduced in budget 2006; and if...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 10: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position with regard to his discussions with the European Commission regarding the Government's implementation of the two-year...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 11: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in regard to the planned introduction of the early child care supplement, his Department has any estimate or assessment of the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when it is intended to update means test thresholds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4727/06]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there is any State scheme for elderly people that will enable them to make their homes more fuel efficient; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 14: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on removing the rule where people in receipt of the one-parent family payment may not cohabit with their partners or...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he intends introducing the advocacy service for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4661/06]
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department's investigation into the circumstances in which a number of civil servants are reported to have accessed the...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the take-up rate of the school meals programme operated by his Department; and if he intends to offer more incentives to increase...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the range of options identified by his Department to assist people with disabilities who are in receipt of social welfare payments...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the EU survey on income and living conditions published by the Central Statistics Office on 12...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the parameters of the living alone allowance will be changed to enable people living alone who qualify for the household benefits...
    • Social Welfare Expenditure.
      Question 25: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to recent figures from the EU showing that Ireland spent just 16% of its GDP on social benefits...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the introduction of an all-Ireland free travel scheme; the latest discussions he has had on this issue; the...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 27: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether NAPS has lived up to its potential as an instrument to identify and remove, in a systematic way, barriers to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he intends to introduce the new measures for the diet supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4644/06]
    • Public Service Cards
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will report on progress being made in his Department on the introduction of new travel pass cards that will facilitate the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being placed on parents who are in receipt of single parent allowance from their...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the statistical breakdown in respect of each Health Service Executive area on the outcome of appeals to the designated officer for...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he is taking to address continuing concerns regarding reported large scale abuse of the construction industry pension...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the child dependant allowance has not been increased for the past 11 years in view of the fact that he has identified...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will make a statement on his recent visit to the United States and his discussions with Irish emigrant groups there; and if he...
    • Identity Fraud
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps which have been taken to establish a multi-agency taskforce to deal with identity fraud in view of increased levels of...
    • Social Welfare Agency
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans, announced in an interview with a paper (details supplied) of 2 August 2005, for the establishment of a new agency to take...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action he intends to take arising from the recent report from the European Commission which claimed that the Government was not...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on reports that his Department has discovered a significant level of fraud involving the use of bogus PPS numbers; if his...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has considered or will consider the extension of the fuel allowance scheme to all older people who are in receipt of the old...
    • Employment Policy
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views of the recent report from the OECD that suggests that the current statutory retirement age should be scrapped and that...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has statistics on the level of child care entitlements similar to the new child care supplement for under sixes...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of new families in receipt of the family income supplement since the increase in the family income supplement income...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of exemptions from payment of social insurance employment contributions, for a period not exceeding 52 weeks, granted in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in active age groups and who are dependent on State income supports that have had their case managed in...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to review the means test for farmers applying for the old age non-contributory pension; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Questions Nos. 403 and 404 of 22 November 2005, the steps a one-parent family payment claimant must take to satisfy the...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the services his Department offers to support Irish emigrant groups abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4718/06]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by organisations offering support for lone parents regarding the decision to...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Services
      Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will accede to the request of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W regarding respite resources. [4775/06]
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the provision which exists in the Health Service Executive national service plan 2006 for funding for the development of the...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if lands, under the management of the mental health services, if sold would be ring-fenced for mental health service...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding will be provided for the Mayo centre for independent living in order that people can live independently; and if...
    • Rape Crisis Network
      Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the Rape Crisis Network Ireland position with regard to receiving money in view of the fact that having met with her and the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding will be provided to a centre (details supplied) in County Mayo in order that people can live independently; and...
    • Health Services
      Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 is registered with a group; the back-up services which are provided to this...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 212 of 1 February 2006, if funding will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Health Services
      Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if arrangements will be made with the Health Service Executive for the child of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 to...
    • Health Service Schemes
      Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to an application under the national repayment scheme by persons (details supplied) in County...
    • Health Services
      Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will establish with the Health Service Executive when a suitable residential place will be made available for a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some chiropodists are charging medical card holders for chiropody services;...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action the Health Service Executive is taking to establish community based emergency medical response teams to bring...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of patients in need of ileostomy equipment; her views on whether this equipment should be free the same as...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the recent report on the organisation of tertiary paediatric services and the ongoing concern of parents and...
    • Food Safety Standards
      Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the Food Safety Authority became aware of the recall of a food product (details supplied); when information was...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 235 of 12 April 2005, the status of the review; when a compensation scheme will be put in place;...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a formal directive has been issued to the Health Service Executive on foot of budget 2006 announcement of changes to be...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if and when a medical card will issue in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a service plan has been determined for a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; if not, if an assessment for such a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a closing date or dates are operated by her Department in respect of the Civil Service travel pass scheme; if so, the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department exchanges information with the Department of Education and Science on the number of children that are...
  • Department of Finance
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals to introduce legislation to prevent local authorities from charging rates to non-profit making charitable organisations; and if he will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance the result of the discussions he or the Office of Public Works have had with Kildare County Council or other groups, bodies or agencies regarding the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance the implications for the Revenue Commissioners of abolishing the two different types of diesel; and his views on whether there should be a rebate...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance when the second phase of decentralisation will be announced; the locations to be included in this phase; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance the statutory basis for the tax-saver commuter ticket scheme. [4918/06]
    • Commuter Ticket Schemes
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons availing of the tax-saver commuter ticket schemes in each of the years since its inception; the corresponding number of...
    • Civil Service Travel Scheme
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance if a closing date or dates are operated by his Department in respect of the Civil Service travel pass scheme; if so, the dates in question; the way...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Electronic Communications Appeals
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of decisions taken by ComReg that have been appealed to the Electronic Communications Appeal Panel...
    • Civil Service Travel Scheme
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a closing date or dates are operated by his Department in respect of the Civil Service travel pass scheme; if...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs to raise the alleged plan by President Bush and Prime Minister Blair to paint a US Military Aircraft in UN Colours, fly it over Iraq in order...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be facilitated in their wish to transfer to County Kildare, Maynooth, Naas or Newbridge...
    • Civil Service Travel Scheme
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a closing date or dates are operated by his Department in respect of the Civil Service travel pass scheme; if so, the dates in question;...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Employment Appeals Tribunal Awards
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the failure of his Department to initiate legal proceedings against a company (details supplied) following its...
    • Occupational Stress
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent of occupational stress; if workplace stress is increasing; the underlying factors; if these factors are on the...
    • Jobs for People with Disabilities
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding employment options for a person with a mild intellectual disability; and the details relating to same...
    • Civil Service Travel Scheme
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a closing date or dates are operated by his Department in respect of the Civil Service travel pass scheme; if so, the...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the social welfare allowance and rental allowance will be restored to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to a previous parliamentary question, the person who dealt with the appeal for a person in County Mayo (details...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an anomaly exists whereby a woman earning an allowance of €119 as an adult dependant on their spouse's pension is able to earn...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is intended to speed up the process of applications for various pension entitlements with particular reference to countries...
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the countries with whom Ireland has an arrangement or bilateral arrangement in respect of social welfare payments or supports; if...
    • Civil Service Travel Scheme
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a closing date or dates are operated by his Department in respect of the Civil Service travel pass scheme; if so, the dates in...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in regard to a maternity benefit claim of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 who has had years working at class A...
  • Department of Transport
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress which has been made in relation to decentralisation (details supplied); the number of people seeking transfer to Loughrea; the site of...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Transport when the documentation pertaining to the lease for the off-road compound in Letterkenny for drivers of articulated vehicles in Donegal will be...
    • Rail Services
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Transport when the trains on the Dublin-Sligo line will be upgraded as currently DART commuter trains are being used on this inter-city line (details...
    • Civil Service Travel Scheme
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Transport if a closing date or dates are operated by his Department in respect of the Civil Service travel pass scheme; if so, the dates in question; the way...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Question No. 137 of 2 February 2006, the offences to which penalty points will not apply following the extension of penalty point...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Civil Service Travel Scheme
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a closing date or dates are operated by his Department in respect of the Civil Service travel pass scheme; if so,...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • EU Directives
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has met with the Irish Farmers Association in regard to the regulations that give legal effect to the nitrates action programme;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the administrative process in relation to the issue of payment cheques to farmers; the delays that can occur in relation to payments...
    • Civil Service Travel Scheme
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a closing date or dates are operated by her Department in respect of the Civil Service travel pass scheme; if so, the dates in...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if planning for the installation of closed circuit television for Ennis has commenced; if the revised timetable for...
    • Human Trafficking
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the safeguards he has put in place to prevent the trafficking of women and children into and through Ireland; his views on...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has not had their green card renewed; and if he will make a...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the land division solicitor at his Department dealing with land commission sales has completed the queries that have been...
    • Garda Training
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí appointed to the Traffic Corps in the past 12 months who are untrained Garda drivers and are driving...
    • Garda Personnel
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí who claimed back fees for third level courses over the past five years; the number of same who have...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of cash stolen in robberies or otherwise during 2005; the amounts recovered; and the number of persons prosecuted...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for Irish citizenship on the basis of their marriage here....
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which it is envisaged that the fixed charge processing system would operate and the way in which it can...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a citizenship application for a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the delay in dealing with such...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for a dealing number by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if and when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can relocate to Naas, Newbridge or other locations in County...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is eligible for consideration for naturalisation notwithstanding his reply...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the residency application in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 who is likely to be...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure to be followed in the event of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, notwithstanding his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1188 of 25 January 2006 and in view of the serious evidence of a...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if and when a visa will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin in respect of their daughter in view of the...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the period for appeal against the decision to the Office of the Refugee Applications will be extended in the case of a...
    • Prison Staff
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason prison officers must complete a number of overtime hours every quarter; if this complies with the working time...
    • Civil Service Travel Scheme
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a closing date or dates are operated by his Department in respect of the Civil Service travel pass scheme; if so, the...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he intends to provide additional Garda manpower resources to the Wexford district; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Liquor Licensing Law Offences
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions which have been taken for the sale of alcohol to minors under the Intoxicating Liquor Acts in...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application for extension for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if the refurbishment programme...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who is attending speech and language therapy at their current school and who has to...
    • School Transport
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to the new information that has come to light surrounding the catchment area map following the freedom of information request...
    • All-Irish Schools
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of gaelscoileanna and gaelcoláistí here; and the number of pupils enrolled in each type. [4851/06]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs pupils in gaelscoileanna. [4852/06]
    • All-Irish Schools
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of principal, assistant, resource special needs and learning support teachers in gaelscoileanna. [4854/06]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants in gaelscoileanna. [4855/06]
    • Irish Language Exemption
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the circumstances in which a child attending a primary school who has been diagnosed with ADHD and granted an exemption from the study...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the situation whereby Irish language learning support teachers are not appointed to gaelscoileanna bearing in mind that it...
    • Adult Education
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the required changes will be made to the structures in the further education and post leaving certificate schools; and if they will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the delays in finalising the purchase of land for a school (details supplied); and the steps she will take to speed up this process....
    • Third Level Funding
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the options that are being pursued in relation to the development of a college (details supplied) in County Cork; if development of the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the value of improvement works to science facilities which have been approved for assistance under the summer work scheme 2006...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her most recent plans to meet targets in respect of the provision of primary and post primary educational facilities, including school...
    • Third Level Education
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, notwithstanding her reply to Question No. 1261 of 25 January 2006, the person in question is precluded by virtue of regulations for...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason grant aid has been withdrawn from the Feis Maitiú, Cork; her views on whether the feis which celebrates its 80th...
    • Civil Service Travel Scheme
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a closing date or dates are operated by her Department in respect of the Civil Service travel pass scheme; if so, the dates in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department obtains information from the Health Service Executive or other State Department or body with regard to the numbers of...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Defence the interest his Department has in Spike Island; if his Department holds or leases any part of Spike Island; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Civil Service Travel Scheme
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Defence if a closing date or dates are operated by his Department in respect of the Civil Service travel pass scheme; if so, the dates in question; the way...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • EU Directives
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government what has been signed into law in the regulations that give legal effect to the nitrates action programme; the...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Question No. 557 of 31 January 2006, if the tender process has been completed in relation to a...
    • Waste Management
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to have a standardised waiver system in regard to refuse charges for all local authorities here;...
    • Noise Pollution
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legislation which is in place to facilitate the investigation by local authorities into complaints...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount levied in development charges in the various local authorities in 2005; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress of his Department's discussions with the financial institutions regarding the remortgaging of...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the guidelines pertaining to quarries carrying out blastings; and if he will provide a copy of the guidelines...
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of vehicles registered for motor tax in 2000, 2004 and 2005. [4828/06]
    • Road Safety
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of a pilot programme to provide additional funding to local authorities to improve road markings on...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the status of the proposed Tuam regional water supply stage two extension to Shrule,...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposals he has in regard to the demands of the Focus Ireland right to a home campaign (details...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he intends to take to facilitate local authority tenants who are over 55 years, unable to avail of...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be awarded compensation for the purchase of bog; the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has appointed the consultants appointed to draft a preliminary report on the development of a sewerage...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which it is expected that local authority tenants who have been awarded social or affordable...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Sluice River Marsh, Portmarnock, County Dublin will be designated a natural heritage area or as a...
    • Civil Service Travel Scheme
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a closing date or dates are operated by his Department in respect of the Civil Service travel pass scheme;...
    • Road Network
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the list of moneys allocated to each town council and each county council for 2006 roads programme; and if he...