Written answers

Tuesday, 14 February 2006

  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Waste Management
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the names of all companies, other private organisations and public organisations that made representations to...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the local authorities which have already begun to participate in the rental accommodation scheme; the number...
    • Housing Policy
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the long-term future of the housing situation here; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will recommend that all local authorities would require all development in medium and high risk areas to...
    • Waste Management
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to review the regulations under the WEEE directive in order that a fair proportion of the burden...
    • Radon Gas
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his resistance to the introduction of a radon remediation grant scheme for householders is based on his...
    • Nuclear Plants
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if assurance will be sought from the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, that the British Government...
    • Waste Management
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to provide funding to local authorities that are setting up composting services to pay for the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans to amend legislation in light of the recent review of An Bord Pleanála decisions by a company...
    • Price Inflation
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to his press release of 13 November 2005, the amount by which inflation for construction inputs...
    • House Prices
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has carried out an assessment to ascertain whether the policies of his or any other...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department intends to introduce a range of additional measures to "the polluter pays" principle to...
    • EU Directives
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he intends to implement Directive 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003...
    • Nuclear Safety
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on his recent meeting concerning issues relating to Sellafield with Commissioner...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to increase funding for disability under the disabled persons grant scheme; and if he will make...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress that has been made in establishing a new national trust to safeguard old buildings; the terms of...
    • Climate Change
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the implications for Ireland of recent reports that the Kangerdlugssuaq Glacier on the east coast of Greenland...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the costs to his Department during 2005 of the Mahon tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • EU Directives
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself regarding the water quality here; his views on whether the nitrates directive will...
    • Nuclear Plants
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate has completed its investigation of the THORP incident of April 2005....
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to increase funding for care of the elderly under the special housing aid for the elderly...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Article 15 of Council Directive 75/442/EEC, as amended by...
    • Waste Management
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the implications of the European Communities (Waste Water Treatment) (Prevention of Odours and Noise)...
    • Housing Policy
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he is taking to help young people to gain access to the property market; and if he will make a...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the proposed enforcement plans will be formulated in respect of targeted efforts to deal with the dumping...
    • Nuclear Safety
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in view of the European Court of Justice's preliminary court ruling regarding the State's legal action...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the call by the Association of City and County Councils for the regulation of the planning status...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has carried out an assessment to determine the approximate number and percentage of...
    • Nuclear Safety
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the Government did not make a submission to the European Union investigation into the establishment...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the fact that 75% of one-off houses outside Dublin and one third of rural housing schemes are not...
    • EU Directives
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress which has been made to date in 2006 to recruit, train and register the estimated 2,000 energy...
    • Waste Management
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on introducing a more standardised waste charges waiver scheme. [5344/06]
    • Election Management System
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to give prisoners in gaols here a postal ballot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5257/06]
    • Housing Policy
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the purpose and function of the new Centre for Housing Research; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress he has made to date in 2006 in promoting co-operation on North-South and east-west environmental...
    • Election Management System
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and locations at which electronic voting equipment is currently stored; the ongoing costs; his...
    • Retail Sector Developments
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a retail company (details supplied) has abandoned plans to...
    • Litter Pollution
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he decided to take the course of action he took on chewing gum litter; and if he will make a...
    • Social Inclusion
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the local authorities which have signed up to the Barcelona Declaration which is aimed at encouraging local...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he is taking to promote wider co-operation on North-South and British-Irish biodiversity strategies...
    • Waste Management
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the average generation of household waste has increased from...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to give direction under the EU Directive 2003/87/EC, whereby the low emission production of...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average length of time homeless families with children spend in bed and breakfast accommodation; what is...
    • Waste Management
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the further regulations he intends to introduce under sections 28 and 29 of the Waste Management Act 1996 to...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on Ireland's poor performance in terms of wilderness protection, regional ozone, ecoregion...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the provision he intends to put in place to aid and resource homelessness agencies to deal with the rise in...
    • Housing Policy
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a long-term strategy for the zoning and servicing of sufficient land to deliver housing;...
    • Waste Management
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress he has made in his consideration as to the way in which the waste collection market might be best...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the projected expenditure on carbon emission trading for each year from 2006 to 2012 inclusive; and if he will...
    • EU Directives
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the title of each EU directive within his Department's competency which has not been transposed into law; the...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the operation of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to date in 2006; and if he will make a...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the strategies he intends to put in place to ensure that air quality levels continue to comply with the air...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the submission to the Joint Committee on Environment and Local Government by a person (details...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress of the public consultation on the working group's review of the management of dog breeding...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the level of social housing completions between January and...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date in 2006 in implementing the Government's decentralisation programme for his Department;...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the delay in the implementation of a producer responsibility scheme for the newspaper and...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a requirement to oblige local authorities to replace every unit of social housing sold...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of times he and his Department officials have met Indaver Ireland on the subject of incineration;...
    • Sustainable Development Strategy
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the policy initiatives he is taking to ensure sustainable development, including sustainable urban densities...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received a request from local authorities for additional resources to assist in the compilation of...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the fire service here has the resources, personnel, training and emergency planning to...
    • Litter Pollution
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date in 2006 in implementing the litter action plan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he intends to take to ensure that social housing completions account for at least 12% of all housing...
    • Local Authority Property
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department will implement a code of conduct to recommend the principles to which local authorities...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether it is unfair to ask non-residential residents of rural areas to pay enormous...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he intends to take on the Farrell, Grant, Sparks report on the fire service given to his Department...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department will request An Bord Pleanála to introduce a formal quality review procedures to allow...
    • Site Maintenance
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date in 2006 by his Department in implementing the legal requirement of his Department to...
    • Departmental Audit
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the results of his Department's internal audit which reviewed the adequacy of his Department's internal...
    • House Prices
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his view of the situation whereby tax incentives being offered to property investors are driving up house...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of reported unauthorised developments handled by each local authority in the years 2003, 2004 and...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to take action to ensure the protection of No. 16 Moore Street following a consultants' report...
    • Air Pollution
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which air pollutants have been recorded at various locations here; if such measurements indicate...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will publish a review of the national climate change strategy; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the chief archeologist's academic qualifications. [5349/06]
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to include information technology hardware within the remit of a producer responsibility scheme...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to provide extra funding for the provision of special housing in other urban areas where building...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 224: To ask the Taoiseach 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 in which...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 225: To ask the Taoiseach if, in respect of decentralisation proposals that are relevant to his Department, he has satisfied himself that sufficient numbers of staff at Secretary General...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 227: To ask the Taoiseach if, in respect of each of the non-Civil Service advisers who are employed by his Department, he will confirm the salary they were each paid in 2005; their...
    • Commemorative Events
      Question 228: To ask the Taoiseach if it is intended to hold a national day of commemoration in respect of the Great Famine; if his attention has been drawn to the national committee for Famine...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 229: To ask the Taoiseach if he will arrange for the Attorney General's website to be updated to include all 2004 and 2005 Acts and, in particular, statutory instruments. [5812/06]
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when cheques will re-issue to a person, details supplied, in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding made by her Department to provide assistance to homeless people here; the total of all such funding in each of...
    • Foster Care
      Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children who were in foster care for which a payment is being made to their foster families in 2004 and 2005;...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the medical treatment in the line of prescribed drugs that is available to patients infected with the HIV virus; the reason...
    • Health Services
      Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the dental treatment for a person, details supplied, in County Wexford is not being covered by the Health...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the services available to expectant mothers in early pregnancy units in Tullamore and Portlaoise Hospitals; the figures...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the national cancer strategy, submitted by the national cancer forum, has made recommendations for the introduction of...
    • Health Services
      Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in respect of the case of a person, details supplied, in County Meath and the role of two social workers. [4976/06]
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason there was a crisis at Beaumont Hospital accident and emergency department on 4 February 2006; the reason...
    • Health Services
      Question 239: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a complaint, details supplied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4978/06]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person, details supplied, in Dublin 9; and if she will work with them on this matter. [4979/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 832 of 29 September 2004, when a person, details supplied, in County Clare will be called for...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of people who have received the [i]ex gratia[/i] payment following the illegal nursing home charges controversy;...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 244: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person, details supplied, in Dublin 5 and their neighbours are been forced to seal their back doors backing on...
    • Health Services
      Question 245: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in carrying out a cochlear implant for a person, details supplied, in County Cork; and if she will...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person, details supplied, has completed their aspect of the independent external inquiry into the death of a person at...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 248: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the early treatment cancer drug herceptin is licensed for use here; if same is available on the GMS; the cost per...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 249: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in respect of decentralisation proposals that are relevant to her Department, she has satisfied herself that sufficient...
    • Health Services
      Question 251: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in arranging an appointment for a person, details supplied, in County Carlow; if a response will...
    • State Property
      Question 252: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for the use of a property, details supplied; the outcome of meetings held with local residents; the timeframe for...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 253: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress in respect of the development of a property, details supplied, in County Carlow as a European centre of...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 254: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the support service in place for a patient of St. Canice's Hospital, Kilkenny, details supplied; and if she will make a...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 255: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress made by her Department to date in 2006 relative to the issues raised regarding MRSA by the group MRSA and...
    • Cancer Services
      Question 256: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount which was allocated from her Department to the Health Service Executive south east towards a designated...
    • Health Services
      Question 257: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that appropriate home help hours are allocated in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8;...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 258: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the treatment required by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny can be provided under the treatment purchase...
    • Health Service Funding
      Question 259: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive funding for the Laois Centre for Independent Living was withdrawn within hours of a...
    • Health Services
      Question 260: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the parents of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford have been told that they will not be eligible for...
    • Organ Donation
      Question 263: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has or is proposing to deal with matters raised in correspondence supplied; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 264: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not been assessed for home help; and when they first requested...
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 265: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the independent review of the procedure of symphysiotomy in hospitals here in the 1940s and 1950s as...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 266: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare did not qualify for a medical card or a general practitioner visit...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 268: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the nursing home national repayment scheme where persons have applied for reimbursement of costs of...
    • Health Services
      Question 269: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a report will be requested from the Health Service Executive regarding the complaint of a person (details supplied) in...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 271: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the treatment purchase scheme will cover some or all of the costs for umbilical cord based stem cell therapy for...
    • Medical Inquiry
      Question 273: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to an Adjournment debate in 2005 seeking a review of the circumstances of the death of a person (details...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 274: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the public waiting list to see a rheumatologist at Letterkenny General...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 275: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to ensure adequate training for existing staff to enable a roll-out of digital hearing aids to clients...
    • Health Services
      Question 278: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on extending the grant that is already available for adults to access digital hearing aids to children, until...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 280: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary has been waiting for results from a smear test since October...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 281: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of an application under the housing aid for the elderly for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 283: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for her decision to press ahead with risk equalisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5180/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 287: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the target period for arranging a consultant appointment to follow up an eye defect identified in a primary school by...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 288: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of x-ray facilities at a hospital (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will...
    • Health Service Expenditure
      Question 289: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount spent by the Health Service Executive and its predecessor health boards on leased or rented premises here in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 291: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide special educational and occupational needs for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 292: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she intends to take to reduce waiting lists for occupational therapists in County Clare as there are 600 people...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 293: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an ombudsman will be appointed for the old and the disabled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5204/06]
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 294: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the domiciliary care allowance has not been approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 295: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals in regard to core funding for community employment staff supporting essential services (details supplied);...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 296: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she intends to amalgamate the catering section of Ennis General Hospital with that in St Joseph's Hospital, Ennis;...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 297: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to her statement of 7 February 2006, the amount of the additional €9 million allocated to the Health Service...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 298: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the regional health regions where there is a consultant with responsibility for palliative care; when each of those...
    • Health Services
      Question 299: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost funding supplied by her Department for hospice care support in each health region in each of the past five years;...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 302: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the timescale for the closure of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, by the Health Service hospital north east and for...
    • Health Services
      Question 308: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the medical and hospital services that are provided to refugee and asylum seekers; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 309: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the capital proposals she has received from the Health Service Executive for the redevelopment of St. Vincent's Hospital,...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 310: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of delayed discharges in hospitals in the north east region; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 311: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the ratio of doctors to beds available for patients in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Patient Statistics
      Question 312: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of birth asphyxia cases in the Health Service Executive north east region; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      Question 313: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding provided by the Health Service Executive for radiotherapy services in the north east; and if she will make a...
    • Community Care
      Question 314: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of public home stay beds which have been opened in the County Meath area since October 2004; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 315: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the continuing waiting time for extra access to speech and language therapy in Meath will be addressed; and if she will...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 316: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will be granted a medical card; and if the maximum support will be given. [5456/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 317: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo cannot get an appointment for evaluation and treatment by the...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 318: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the income earned from rental of a commercial unit owned by a general practitioner or a group of general practitioners...
    • Water Fluoridation
      Question 319: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that the US scientist invited to present the case against fluoridation has strongly criticised her...
    • Benchmarking Awards
      Question 321: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when benchmarking will be awarded to home helps operating in County Kildare. [5481/06]
    • Organ Donation
      Question 322: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has satisfied herself that sufficient resources are being invested by her Department in the promotion of awareness...
    • Health Services
      Question 323: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to make funding available for the provision of a psychiatric day care centre for Kenmare County Kerry which...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 324: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an application for maximum subvention will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if...
    • Health Services
      Question 325: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on an application for the enhanced nursing home subvention by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 332: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the extenuating circumstances relative to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be examined...
    • Health Services
      Question 333: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if home help will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if a response will be...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 334: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the arrangements which are in place within the Health Service Executive to allow freedom of movement for employees who are...
    • Health Services
      Question 335: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there are reliefs or incentives available to persons wishing to build and open a health centre in their local area; and...
  • Department of Finance
    • Motor Vehicle Registration
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Finance the situation regarding foreign vehicles imported into Ireland by people working here on a temporary basis of less than six months or more than six...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Finance the funding which has been transferred from tourism projects to child care projects in the Border midland western area in each of the past five...
    • Public Transport
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has received requests from Bus Éireann to allow bus routes from Dublin 15 to the city centre through the Phoenix Park;...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Finance the contractual arrangement made between a telecommunications company and his Department regarding the placement of telecommunications antennae on...
    • Drainage Schemes
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in regard to the completion of the cleaning, improvement and drainage works at the Slate river, Allenwood, County Kildare; when the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change the tax code in order that cohabiting couples who live as a family unit are not taxed as single people. [4957/06]
    • Motor Vehicle Registration
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Finance the figures or an estimate regarding the number of foreign cars being imported into Ireland by people working here paying vehicle registration tax...
    • Tax Code
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of checks which have been carried out by Revenue and Customs and Excise in respect of foreign vehicles imported here; if they are fully...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in regard to decentralisation proposals that are relevant to his Department he has satisfied himself that sufficient numbers of staff at...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which and the reason the deduction by twice the rate of the old age contributory pension arises for people in receipt of the old age...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Finance when a decision will be made on an application for a person (details supplied) in County Cork for the VAT concessions for vehicles suitable for...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be furnished with a P21 statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5161/06]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to lift the cap on the number of Revenue staff in Ennis, County Clare, in an effort to address the considerable number of staff awaiting...
    • Economic and Monetary Union
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the foreign exchange reserves in the balance sheet of the Central Bank have been reduced from €6...
    • Tax Code
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person satisfies all the criteria to qualify for revenue job assist, from the perspective of the additional tax allowance, if he or she takes up...
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of large dams that are situated on Irish rivers together with the heights of such dams; the body responsible for their upkeep and...
    • Public Service Pay
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which performance pay in the public service is structured; the people who are entitled to it; the scale on which it is set; the way in...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Government will in future commit itself to supporting the European Parliament amendment which adds to the remit of the EGTC/EGCCs (details...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Finance when work will commence on the accommodation building to facilitate decentralisation to Clonakilty, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is equitable that overpayments of PAYE tax may only be recovered from the Revenue Commissioners within a four-year period...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works will detail the work to be carried out to the River Tolka walls (details supplied); and when this flood alleviation...
    • Tax Code
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are reliefs or incentives available to persons wishing to build and open a health centre in their local area; and if he will make a...
    • National Monuments
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Finance when full restoration and improvement works will be undertaken at Connolly's Folly, Maynooth, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in regard to discussions between his Department and Kildare County Council in the matter of alleviation of flooding at Mill Lane,...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Land Reclamation
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding Dublin Bay and any proposal to infill 52 acres; and if this proposal will be rejected as...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the grants available to householders to install renewable energies; and his plans in this regard. [5388/06]
    • Postal Services
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on issuing a stamp in honour of Michael Davitt, to whom Ireland and especially the west owes a...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in relation to decentralisation proposals that are relevant to his Department he is satisfied that...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the level of grants approved in the past ten years to private companies, local and regional authorities for the...
    • Postal Services
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the service obligations which the Government requires of An Post, for example in respect of universal delivery,...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to further extend the pier at Clogherhead, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Minimum Wage
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has satisfied himself that all persons working in his Department or in State or semi-State bodies under...
    • Departmental Surveys
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the €10,000 required to facilitate a study (details supplied) will be provided; and if he will make a...
    • Television Licence Fee
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if self-catering chalets built in clusters require more than one television licence; and if he will make a...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in view of the fact that, in 1997 the unregulated relaying of seed mussel began in Lough Foyle, the reason...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the charging arrangements for special cases currently being considered by ComReg in its consultation...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs to raise the question on the methods of torture used in Burma's interrogation centres and prisons since March 1998 in the United Nations and...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, with regard to decentralisation proposals that are relevant to his Department he is satisfied that sufficient numbers of staff at...
    • International Agreements
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the allegation that a person (details supplied) currently in a US prison was not afforded his right...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Genealogical Office
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the competing claims for the dukedom of Leinster; if his attention has further been drawn to the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if, with regard to decentralisation proposals that are relevant to his Department he is satisfied that sufficient numbers of staff at...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of applications submitted from counties Roscommon and Leitrim respectively under the sports capital programme 2006; the...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason work has stopped at a house (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and the further reason rats and pigeons are causing a major...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the breakdown of the projected figure of 8.5 million visitors here for 2006; the specifics of the multifaceted strategy to be adopted...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made regarding the position of the decentralised Government office for Carlow. [4955/06]
    • Work Permits
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a permit for an extended stay will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in relation to decentralisation proposals that are relevant to his Department he is satisfied that sufficient numbers of...
    • Research Funding
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications received under the research, technology and innovation grant by Enterprise Ireland in 2005; the...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding persons aged 50-55 employed on community employment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Competition Policy
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views in regard to the submission accompanying this question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5118/06]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to review community employment schemes in relation to core services provided to persons with disabilities; his...
    • State Funding
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding given to the Crafts Council of Ireland in 1997 and each year to 2005; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount paid out under the diet supplement scheme in the years 2004 and to date in 2006; the number of recipients of the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in relation to decentralisation proposals that are relevant to his Department, he is satisfied that sufficient numbers of staff...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the situation will be changed whereby lone parents participating in community education initiatives have their training...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people who were over the age of 56 when they commenced paying contributions for the self-employed in 1988; if his...
  • Department of Transport
    • Road Safety
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties people experienced in acquiring copies of the booklet with an updated version of the rules of...
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the feasibility study was completed; if so, at what cost; if a decision has...
    • Road Safety
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Transport if each local authority has developed a local road safety plan as part of its road functions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5473/06]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Transport the mechanism in place to ensure that drivers who have incurred 12 penalty points actually have those points entered on their licences and...
    • Port Development
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Transport the new policy for ports which has been agreed by Government; if it is intended to discontinue the appointment of local authority members to the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Transport the legislative grounds on which local authorities designate the speed limit of local areas; the involvement his Department has in this process;...
    • Irish Aviation Authority
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied with the safety standards at a company (details supplied) with regard to procedures, staffing arrangements and flights at Dublin...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Transport if, with regard to decentralisation proposals that are relevant to his Department, he is satisfied that sufficient numbers of staff at secretary...
    • Insurance Costs
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Transport his strategy to address the exorbitant cost of insurance for young drivers; if he will undertake a review of the insurance reform programme; if he...
    • Road Safety
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of people who died as a result of road traffic accidents on roads here in 2005; the number of those where the accident took place...
    • Rail Network
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has carried out further examination or assessment on the prospect of reopening the Mullingar to Athlone railway line (details...
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the proposed introduction of larger aircraft on long haul flights, there are plans to extend the existing main runway 10/28 at...
    • Air and Road Safety
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 481 of 16 December 2003 and 419 of 3 February 2004 which confirmed respectively that whereas 466...
    • Driving Licences
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Transport if citizens of other European Union countries resident here are entitled to drive here using a driving licence issued by their country of origin;...
    • Vehicle Safety
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Transport if a scheme to allow for the testing of imported vehicles before registration has been introduced; if not, the progress being made in regard to...
    • Public Transport
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of Exchequer and EU funding given to the CIE group and its three operating subsidiaries, Iarnród Éireann, Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann...
    • North-South Co-operation
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Transport the outcome of the British-Irish transport ministerial meeting on 9 February 2006; the progress made on the mutual recognition of penalty points...
    • Road Haulage Industry
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has sought approval from the EU regarding the proposed height restriction for larger vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of taxi licences in operation in each of the years from and including the year 2000 to date in 2006. [5801/06]
    • Departmental Websites
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will arrange for all statutory instruments signed by him to be published on his Department's website as is the convention in some other...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Community Support Scheme
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if arrangements will be made for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 to have a home, which was recently subjected...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the extension of Dunquin pier and the building of a new pier on the Blasket Island will commence; the amount of...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, with regard to decentralisation proposals that are relevant to his Department, he is satisfied that sufficient...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding that has been promised, to date in 2006, for a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; the amount of...
    • Scéim na mBoithre
      Question 462: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an méid airgid a cheadaigh a Roinn le haghaidh bóithre ar Árainn Mhór, Contae Dún na nGall, i rith na bliana 2005,...
    • Community Support Scheme
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of money awarded to a group (details supplied) in County Meath for 2005, the amount outstanding to this...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford lost entitlements for 2002 under the single farm payment; if measures will be...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a decision on an application for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow for quota from the milk quota appeals tribunal...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, with regard to decentralisation proposals that are relevant to her Department, she is satisfied that sufficient numbers of staff at...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded the dairy premium payment for 2005. [5055/06]
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she intends to introduce the new farm waste management grants; if the building specifications will differ from the previous scheme;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the anomaly in the regulations governing the single farm payment scheme whereby farmers who have let...
    • Research Funding
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of funding that has been drawn down under the research, technology and innovation measure in the national development plan;...
    • Food Industry
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of funding allocated and drawn down by Bord Bia under the marketing and promotion measure guaranteed under the national...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason the single payment awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Galway is so low in view of the fact that he had 32,000...
    • Computer Software
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if there are problems with the computer software in use for processing the single farm payment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the single farm payment will be issued to a farmer (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason for the delay; and if she will...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if import licences are required for all animals imported into the Republic of Ireland for use in circuses performing here; and if so, if...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the person who is responsible for investigating health and safety issues in circuses when a member of the public or a circus worker is...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status regarding an application to the milk quota appeals tribunal hardship case for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a dairy premium will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for the delay in issuing payment. [5515/06]
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Vehicle Registration
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of checks which have been carried out by the Garda Síochána in respect of foreign vehicles imported here; if...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the annual cost per head of providing accommodation for asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5437/06]
    • Communications Masts
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide details of the benefits that accrue to the Garda Síochána or to individual members of the force...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of accidents, injuries and fatalities for the year 2004; the number of Garda speed traps in the year 2004; the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the crime of blasphemy will be defined; and if he will make a statement on the media organisations that inflame and...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if recent complaints regarding strangers in cars approaching children in an estate (details supplied) in Dublin 9 will be...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1152 of 25 January 2006, when a holiday visa application will be lodged for a person...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the application of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford for permission to remain here will be reviewed; and if...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the declaration of acceptance of post-nuptial citizenship filed on 8 March 2005 for a person (details supplied) in Cork...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in respect of decentralisation proposals that are relevant to his Department, he is satisfied that sufficient numbers of...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application to remain here in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; if the paper work...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a closed circuit television system will be approved for Listowel, County Kerry, due to the increase in incidents of...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for residency will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [5074/06]
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the proposal to give the Garda Síochána more jurisdiction in dealing with noisy neighbours and noise pollution will be...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is intended to change the categorisation of refugees and asylum seekers at a location (details supplied) in County...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5146/06]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be reviewed. [5159/06]
    • Garda Reserve Force
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the basic premise that the powers of a member of the Garda reserve force should be reflective of the number of...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the benchmark, such as a response time, which is used to measure or assess the efficiency of the PULSE system; and if he...
    • Refugee Legal Services
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of each judicial review of the decisions of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal for 2002 to 2005, inclusive. [5190/06]
    • Garda Operations
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost per hour of having a Garda helicopter fly over the city of Dublin during evening rush hour as part of Operation...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is an application pending on a folio (details supplied); and if so, when it will be completed. [5194/06]
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will respond to the issues raised by an association (details supplied) in County Kerry at a meeting on 1 December...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Explosives Act 1875 contains a provision in respect of explosives factories that the owner of either an existing or...
    • Civil Service Code of Standards
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 534 of 8 November 2005 if a code of conduct applies to public servants with particular...
    • Immigration Controls
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the medical and character checks that are carried out on immigrants from non-EU countries at the time of their entry here;...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost to the Exchequer of refugees and asylum seekers in each of the years 2002 to 2005, inclusive; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding applications for persons (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a dealing number will be registered for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo. [5540/06]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a decision on leave to remain for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to improve the service offered to the public from Inistioge Garda station, County Kilkenny; if proper public...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received an indication as to the likely publication date for the Barr tribunal report into the shooting dead of a...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the office of each person here who is entitled to have a Garda driver; the number of such Garda drivers; the office of each...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding made by her Department to provide assistance for homeless people here; the total of all such funding in each of the years...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will introduce safe driving techniques as part of the school curriculum at second level due to the number of deaths of young...
    • Irish Summer Colleges
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the policies, procedures or directives her Department has in place regarding the teaching and caring for children who are learning...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if approval will be given to the application for funding for a new school by the board of management of a school (details supplied) in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the resource teaching hours will be improved for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if they will receive the maximum...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools that were successful in their applications for funding under the devolved grant initiative in 2005; the amount each school...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in relation to decentralisation proposals that are relevant to her Department, she is satisfied that sufficient numbers of staff at...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a laptop will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5053/06]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 454 of 31 May 2005 regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, if the demand for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if home tuition has been granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the urgent need to sanction an extension to a school (details supplied); the steps she will take to...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 481 of 29 November 2005, if funding will be approved for the application submitted to her...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the primary schools that have been approved for capital funding to enable replacement, extensions or refurbishments to take place in...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes in primary schools whose numbers are in excess of 25 pupils and in excess of 30 pupils, respectively; and if she...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation in respect of permanent recognition of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin and the provision of a permanent...
    • School Staffing
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 418 of 11 October 2005 regarding a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if a decision...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if additional funding is available from her Department to a school (details supplied) in County Sligo to defray the expenses incurred...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to meet the future accommodation needs of a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the consideration that is being given to extending recognition and additional funding to schools and colleges of all sizes providing...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when schools will be notified of inclusion in the equivalent of the school completion programme under the new DEIS; and if she will...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary school students enrolled in each county each year since 2000. [5178/06]
    • Youth Services
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the budget for special projects for youth has been increased in 2006. [5207/06]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny was refused a grant to complete a course at Carlow Institute of Technology;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 574: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an bhfuil cinneadh déanta maidir le scoil úr a thógáil i nGort an Choirce, Dún na nGall, an bhfuil aon suíomh roghnaithe go...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reconsider her decision regarding a summer works application that was submitted by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an assessment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick to assess their special needs; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a site has been secured for works on new buildings for a school (details supplied) in County Meath; the location of this site; the...
    • State Examinations
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation whereby special assistance is given to second level students with special needs such as dyslexia and whereby individuals...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is road safety education for the junior cycle and within the third level sector; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when her Department intends appointing a design team to understand the refurbishment of buildings which are to be allocated to a school...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will be given permission to proceed to tender stage; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Home Tuition
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when outstanding home tuition fees in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will be awarded; and if she will make a...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the most recent information available on the socio-economic background of recipients of third level grants; if this information will be...
    • Inquiry into Child Abuse
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the basis on which a home (details supplied) was included in the second schedule of institutions under the Residential Institutions...
    • School Management
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the role her Department can play in trying to resolve a problem where parents of children attending a primary school have a complaint...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the options available to the parents of children with special education needs who fail to secure a second level school place due to the...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the recommendations from the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment review of maths teaching at second level will be made...
    • Irish Textbooks
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the difficulty experienced in some schools getting suitable textbooks for the syllabus, including...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the pressures on laboratory time from the increased number of compulsory experiments due to changes...
    • School Staffing
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, in view of the gender imbalance among the teaching profession, the new outreach measures she plans to introduce to encourage more...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied with the roll-out of science laboratories for schools; and the number of schools still awaiting facilities. [5697/06]
    • Early School Leavers
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, in view of the high drop out rate of students from disadvantaged areas, her plans to introduce new financial supports to leaving...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, in view of the inequalities in the system of education where students from wealthier backgrounds have access to grinds, summer...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the requirements for the Scrúdú le hAghaidh Cáilíochta sa Ghaeilge; if her attention has been drawn to the fact...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will play a more proactive role in tackling the serious problems of overcrowding at a school (details supplied); if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the deficit of educational facilities for children with severe autism in the north Kerry area; her...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if approval for an extension will be given to a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [5720/06]
  • Department of Defence
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Defence if, regarding the decentralisation proposals that are relevant to his Department, he is satisfied that sufficient numbers of staff at secretary and...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Defence, further to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 13 November 2005, the number of landowners in the vicinity of Casement Aerodrome affected by the...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Irish soldiers who died at the Niemba massacre in the Congo; if he will clarify the location and when a person (details supplied) died;...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Defence the financial and medical arrangements which have been put in place for a army corporal (details supplied) who has recently retired from the army on...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding made by his Department to provide assistance to homeless people here; the total of all such...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of completed affordable housing transactions to date in 2006 under the 1999 affordable housing...
    • Management Company Fees
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress being made in putting an end to the financial burden being placed on residents in new housing...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when it is proposed to provide a sewerage scheme for the village of Neale, Ballinrobe, County Mayo and...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in relation to decentralisation proposals that are relevant to his Department he is satisfied that...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress in providing a new fire station at Graiguenamanagh and Urlingford County Kilkenny; if approval in...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if permission has been sought by Kilkenny Borough Council from his Department to restore Black Freren Gate in...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the recourse a person and others like them have (details supplied); if he intends to make regulations to deal...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce an enhanced tenant purchase scheme for long term tenants of local authority houses; and...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on correspondence (details supplied). [5155/06]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Galway; if on approval this scheme can proceed...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that the level of different waste collection charges in different counties is fair...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of professional planners employed here; his views on whether there is a sufficient number; and if...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if payment will issue to landowners in the Shannon callows for special protection area designated lands; and...
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department bore part of the total cost of the ERM report relating to public safety zones at the State...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to amend the law on compulsory purchase and compensation in view of the fact that the primary...
    • Litter Pollution
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to maintain the national routes and motorway free of litter; if he has raised this matter with the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken to determine the number of homeless people; the number of homeless people under 18...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the potential financial implications of a climate change agreement arising from talks in...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the involvement his Department had in the establishment of a meeting between representatives of Shell, Statoil...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the efforts his Department is making at local authority level to reduce poverty; and if he will make a...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to revise class 31 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to allow for public...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that the indicators he has introduced to measure performance by local authorities provides...
    • Waste Management
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the revenue collected to date in 2006 from charges on consumers under the WEEE directive; and his plans for...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make available figures that he might have regarding a change in the amount of planning applications...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the review that is ongoing in his Department on the disabled person's and essential repairs grant schemes...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is Government policy, as stated in replies to Questions Nos. 1504 and 1505 of 25 January 2006, that...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his attention was brought to the fact that the European Union habitats directive has a primary role in...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of affordable houses provided since the inception of the affordable housing scheme; and if he will...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has identified the financial requirements of each local authority in respect of disabled person's...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which adequate domestic drinking water and storage facilities exist at present; his plans for...
    • Housing Schemes
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses provided through the aegis of Respond or other similar voluntary groups or housing...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of contracts funded by his Department which have incurred cost overruns in the past four years; and...
    • Radon Gas
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which radon gas is being monitored; the locations at greatest risk; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on his Department's consideration of Dublin City Council's plans for redevelopment of its...
    • Public Service Vehicles
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of small public service vehicles recorded by the vehicle registration unit in each of the years...

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