Written answers
Thursday, 16 February 2006
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way in which she will ensure against cross-contamination if genetically modified potatoes are grown in County Meath; and if she will...
- EU Directives
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the grant aid which will be made available to small farmers to manage rainwater under the nitrates action plan; and if she will make a...
- Animal Diseases
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the incidence of Johne's disease here; if her attention has been drawn to a new test using genome sequencing to...
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Grant Payments
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures she intends to take to address the problems experienced by farmers in the Shannon Callows as a result of current proposals...
- EU Directives
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide all legally relevant documentary evidence that the European Union institutions are of the view that S.I. 788 of 2005...
- Afforestation Programme
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to encourage the planting of forestry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5647/06]
- Food Industry
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views regarding EU food security due to excessive dependence on imports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5933/06]
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to evaluate the economic implications of the use of genetically modified organisms; and if she will make a statement on the...
- EU Directives
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the nitrates regulations will damage farming here and the rural economy; and her views on whether the research imposing fertiliser...
- Grant Payments
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when all farmers will be issued with the single farm payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5629/06]
- EU Directives
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide copies of correspondence between her Department and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government...
- Veterinary Service
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to provide a countrywide and weekend veterinary service for the issue of prescriptions for animal remedies; and...
- Sugar Beet Production
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to protect sugar beet growers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5611/06]
- Single Payment Scheme
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when entitlements will issue under the national reserve; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5631/06]
- EU Directives
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the way in which the proposed nitrates regulations will impact on the economic viability of Irish farming and the Irish food...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to prevent an outbreak of avian flu here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5627/06]
- EU Directives
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to amend the nitrates implementation plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5620/06]
- Food Safety Standards
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the advice and support her Department has provided to food and feed producers arising from the introduction of the hygiene package; and...
- Food Labelling
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress which has been made on the introduction of full labelling of all meat and meat products; and if she will make a statement on...
- Sugar Beet Production
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the sugar industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5621/06]
- Food Industry
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of meetings of the Food Agency Co-Operation Council in 2004 and 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5644/06]
- EU Directives
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of Ireland's application for a derogation under the nitrates directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5635/06]
- Food Industry
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she intends to take to protect the consumer here from unknowingly purchasing food of non-Irish origin described as Irish; her...
- Dairy Sector
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she intends to take to protect the dairy industry here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5609/06]
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to develop the biofuel sector; the discussions she has had with the Department of Communications, Marine and...
- Sugar Beet Production
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food, further to the publication of the final EU legal texts of the sugar reform proposals, with regard to the distribution of the...
- Animal Cruelty
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food, further to Question No. 124 of 4 October 2005, the steps she intends to take on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Export Subsidies
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the abolition of export credit refunds by the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5655/06]
- Social Partnership
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures she intends to take to ensure that the Irish Farmers Association comes back into the partnership process; and if she will...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the implications for agriculture here of the interim ruling by the WTO that might lead to a relaxing of the rules governing the import...
- EU Directives
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the animal remedies regulations; the discussions to date with the EU on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Farmers' Markets
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to promote farmers' markets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5608/06]
- EU Directives
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the nitrogen element of the nitrates directive will be reviewed, as it applies in Irish law; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to implement the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food's report on the ERS; and if she will make a...
- Single Payment Scheme
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had with the EU Commission to index link the single farm payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- EU Directives
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason there is a delay in grants for farmers to equip themselves with slurry storage and other necessary means to prevent pollution...
- Young Farmer Supports
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to encourage the participation of young people in farming; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5623/06]
- Single Payment Scheme
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in issuing the single farm payment to farmers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5630/06]
- Food Labelling
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to establish an all-island food label; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5601/06]
- Single Payment Scheme
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on whether the future for farmers here has improved since the introduction of the single farm payment; and if she will make a...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of submissions received by the 1 February 2006 deadline for receipt of submissions on the report of the working group on the...
- Farm Numbers
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the forecast regarding declining farm numbers contained in the rural development 2025 report; and if she will make a...
- EU Directives
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason guidelines are not being made available to the farmers affected in view of the fact that the nitrates directive is now law; if...
- Beef Imports
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied with Brazilian beef imports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5626/06]
- EU Directives
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when guidelines will be issued to farmers here on the implementation of the nitrates action plan; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Animal Health
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she intends to take to develop an all-Ireland animal health regime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5612/06]
- World Trade Negotiations
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the WTO talks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5624/06]
- Animal Diseases
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to guard agriculture here against the possibility of foot and mouth disease entering here through infected meat...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the release of genetically modified potatoes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5653/06]
- EU Directives
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the application for a derogation to the nitrates directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5613/06]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she intends to publish the animal health Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5622/06]
- Food Labelling
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to introduce a clear and transparent food labelling system here; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- World Trade Negotiations
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the way in which agriculture and the consumer here can be protected from the risks associated with a more liberalised world...
- Grant Payments
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to implement the Crosby report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5617/06]
- Rural Diversification
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the results of a recent rural dwellers survey; the action her Department is taking to address the reported lack of...
- Animal Welfare
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount allocated and the amount which has been spent during each of the past five years on enforcing the current body of legislation...
- Department of Health and Children
- Organ Donation
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the law regarding organ donations here; and her intention to introduce measures or legislation to help...
- Health Services
Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there are schemes or benefits to assist a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; if there are schemes to assist them...
- Organ Retention
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the role of Parents for Justice in the working group as recommended by a person (details supplied) in their report; and if...
- Alcohol Abuse
Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the membership of the working group on alcohol referred to in Question No. 268 of 31 January 2006; and the way in which this...
- Hospital Services
Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given in having a person (details supplied) in County Cork admitted for surgery to St. Vincent's...
- Medical Cards
Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an application for a medical card will be expedited in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [6101/06]
- Banned Substances
Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, arising from the banning of the sale of magic mushrooms, she is concerned about the possibility of people attempting to...
- Health Services
Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received a report on the different service levels and waiting times for speech therapy services here; and her...
- Health Service Staff
Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of Health Service Executive managerial and administrative staff earning over €50,000 and €75,000 on 1 January...
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether persons claiming for long stay charges that were illegally taken from them in public nursing homes are...
- Community Employment Scheme
Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if core funding will be provided to allow people who are currently working on community employment schemes providing...
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in relation to the nursing home charges issue;...
- Health Services
Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the speech therapy services will be improved for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if this will be made a...
- Marketing of Alcohol
Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of times the alcohol marketing communications monitoring body has met since her announcement of a voluntary...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on providing free of charge a vaccination to prevent hepatitis B to members of the Order of Malta who travel...
- Medical Cards
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some general practitioners are refusing to sign application forms for...
- Health Service Staff
Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of suicide resource officers who are appointed to the position permanently and temporarily. [6168/06]
- Health Services
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the vacancies for occupational therapists in County Roscommon; the numbers awaiting occupational therapy assessment in each...
- Parliamentary Questions
Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an answer will issue in response to Question No. 477 of 25 January 2006. [6183/06]
- Health Services
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the mobile hospital service for Carbury, County Kildare, has effectively...
- Parliamentary Questions
Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an answer will issue to Question No. 479 of 25 January 2006. [6185/06]
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason phase three C of Naas General Hospital redevelopment has not been sanctioned to seek tenders. [6193/06]
- Hospital Staff
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of endocrinologists and clinical diabetic nurses in Waterford Regional Hospital, Cork University Hospital,...
- Health Services
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the assessment and provision of a new motorised wheelchair will be expedited in the name of a person (details supplied)...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason there are no precautions being taken to combat the spread of the MRSA superbug in psychiatric institutions and...
- Hospital Services
Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be called for a cartilage operation to the orthopaedic hospital in...
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a refund will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway in respect of nursing home charges; and if she...
- Hospital Services
Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with an appointment for hip replacement; and if she...
- Departmental Properties
Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to dispose of property at St. Bridget's Hospital, Ballinasloe; the conditions to be placed on a sale; if it is...
- Health Services
Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she proposes to take to reduce the long delays associated with applications for the disabled persons grants...
- Department of Finance
- Site Acquisitions
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress to date in 2006 in acquiring a site for a new national school for Kill, County Kildare; if a site has been identified in conjunction...
- Tax Code
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance further to the new non-contributory pension for the over 66 year olds which is due to be introduced in September 2006 and the €100 earnings...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress which has been made on decentralisation in County Clare; the number of people seeking transfer; the progress being made on provision of...
- Driving Tests
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance if a site has been selected for a new test centre (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6128/06]
- Tax Code
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance when a P45 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6158/06]
- Garda Stations
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance if an independent assessor has been appointed by the Office of Public Works to consider the 98 public submissions on the new Leixlip Garda station;...
- Flood Relief
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has met with Kildare County Council officials with a view to identifying possible ways of advancing a flood relief...
- State Property
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the plans for the takeover by the Office of Public Works of a museum (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make...
- Tax Code
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax breaks that are available for the construction, establishment and running of a new health centre or clinic providing full medical services....
- Alternative Fuels
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the supports and initiatives in place to encourage the development and use of biodiesel and ethanol as additives or replacements for diesel and...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Coastal Protection
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when a decision will be made on the application from Sligo County Council submitted on 3 November 2004 for...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the 191 members of the United Nations, the number which are not diplomatically accredited to Ireland; the countries which are; if there is...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Historical Documents
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a commitment will be made to purchase, on behalf of the State, documents due for auction in a forthcoming auction (details...
- Tourism Industry
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department has received correspondence from promoters of the new Cliffs of Moher visitor centre, Clare County Council,...
- Cultural Events
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the list of applications by name and location which were received for funding for festivals and cultural events in 2006 by his...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his policy on providing sustained support, including core funding, for community employment positions currently supporting...
- Job Losses
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to redundancy payment or any other payments in regard to their...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress in decentralisation in County Clare; the number of people seeking transfer; the progress on provision of the...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if core funding will be provided to allow people who are currently working on community employment schemes providing...
- Job Protection
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the safeguards he will put in place to protect the jobs of Irish workers working on the Ennis bypass, whose main contractor...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of meat plants inspected by the metrology service in the years 2000 to 2005; the date each plant was inspected;...
- Industrial Development
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the implementation of his new mandate for Shannon Development will commence; if talks are complete between Shannon...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Code
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way in which his Department investigated the effect or benefit of the recent increase in training allowances for single parent...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs about the letters a person (details supplied) in County Mayo submitted on a claim for unemployment benefit as proof of their...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the problems that groups seeking to provide job initiatives for one parent families are having...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when rent support will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [6255/06]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if Dublin based personnel from his Department are being considered for transfer to PULSE; if not, reason they are not being...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether the practice whereby the additional income from a statutory contributory pension of a person (details...
- Department of Transport
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Transport the procedure to be followed in the case of a driver being disqualified under section 49 (4) and 6([i]a[/i]) of the Road Traffic Acts, while the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress that has been made on decentralisation in County Clare; the number of people seeking transfer; the progress being made on provision of...
- Road Safety
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Transport if measures will be brought forward to ensure that car owners undertaking the national car test are not charged for the re-checking of minor...
- Rail Network
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects the report of the inspector appointed to carry out the public inquiry into the draft railway order for the Kildare route project....
- Public Transport
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received the Dublin Bus review of its network; and if he will sanction the purchase of additional buses as promised under Transport 21....
- Road Network
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Transport if shadow tolls will be introduced on the M50 West Link toll bridge until open road tolling is introduced in view of the recent announcements by...
- National Conference Centre
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Transport when his attention was drawn to the arrangement being entered into without public or tendering process by the Dublin Port Company with a private...
- Rail Network
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress on reopening the Ennis to Athenry rail line; if Iarnród Éireann or the competent body responsible will be requested to provide a...
- State Airports
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will elaborate on his reply to Question No. 872 of 25 of January 2006 on honouring the commitment that Shannon and Cork Airports will not be...
- Road Safety
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on increasing the present axle weight restriction governing the movement of cranes from one local authority area to another; and if he...
- Air Services
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Transport his response to the suggestion that a confidential reporting system for pilots be introduced here to facilitate the reporting of unsafe practices...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the person employed by the regional drugs task force under which County Mayo is covered; the resolutions this force...
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Departmental Programmes
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to review the CLÁR areas; if the town of Castlerea in County Roscommon will be included in the CLÁR area;...
- Irish Language
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason he has instructed that a comprehensive linguistic study be carried out on Gaeltacht areas; if he has...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Single Payment Scheme
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when all farmers will be issued with their single farm payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6080/06]
- Food Labelling
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to establish an all island food label; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6081/06]
- EU Directives
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the nitrates regulations will damage farming here and the rural economy; her views on whether the research imposing fertiliser limits...
- Horticulture Policy
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the progress in expanding the horticulture sector here. [6102/06]
- Food Industry
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the themes of the latest round of research projects to be grant-aided under the food institutional research measure. [6104/06]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the prospects of REP scheme three in 2006. [6105/06]
- Live Exports
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on progress to recommence live sheep exports to the Continent. [6106/06]
- Research Funding
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the grant assistance available in the bio-energy and agri-environment areas under the research stimulus fund. [6107/06]
- Afforestation Programme
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the prospects for forestry plantings in 2006. [6108/06]
- Farm Waste Management
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on progress on the introduction of the new farm waste management scheme to assist farmers meet the requirements of the...
- Animal Diseases
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the incidence of brucellosis in the cattle herd in 2005 compared to 2003 and 2004. [6112/06]
- Food Industry
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will comment on her initiative to promote local and regional food economies. [6113/06]
- Beef Industry
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on prospects for the beef sector in 2006. [6114/06]
- Grant Payments
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment of the EU single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [6125/06]
- Registration of Title
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she will take to ensure that her Department is dealing with queries, which are outstanding and which are within the purview of...
- Animal Identification Scheme
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food, further to Question No. 327 of 29 November 2005, her views on extending the provisions of the scheme, including the payment of...
- Grant Payments
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded the single farm payment. [6235/06]
- Animal Feedstuffs
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied that the ban on meat and bonemeal or any other similar imports here is effective; and if she will make a statement...
- Food Safety Standards
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied that all meat and meat products imported here are subjected to the same rigorous husbandry and traceability...
- Food Industry
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to promote the sale of Irish beef and dairy products worldwide in view of increased competition from outside the European...
- Alternative Farm Enterprises
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she will take to promote the growing of biofuels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6283/06]
- Dairy Sector
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her future plans for the expansion of the dairy industry, with particular reference to exports; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Agriculture Policy
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her long-term plans for the development of the agricultural sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6286/06]
- EU Directives
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has had discussion with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government with a view to alleviating some of the...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Asylum Applications
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding children of people who have been granted refugee status here and who are currently residing in the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a safety and security plan will be put in place along Killester Park, Dublin 5, following a spate of car wheel thefts;...
- Road Safety
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the estimated number of locations nationwide where it is anticipated that speed cameras will be located; the estimated cost...
- Visa Applications
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Question No. 302 of 15 December 2005, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that correspondence including...
- Prison Medical Service
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding tendering for the provision of medical goods for Irish jails; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Deportation Orders
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider his decision to deport a person (details supplied) who has integrated into their locality and who is a...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the law and practice governing the release of convicted sex offenders from custody; the nature of the monitoring that takes...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of inquiries or tribunals that have been established in the past ten years; the number that have completed their...
- Mountjoy Prison Site
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date in 2006 in preparing planning applications for the site at Mountjoy Prison; if he proposes to...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the proposals he has for requiring new Garda trainees recruited from immigrant ethnic groups to undergo an intensive course...
- Visa Applications
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria, rules, regulations, processes and procedures for a non-EU national working with residency status here to bring...
- Residency Permits
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be reached on the application for residency on humanitarian grounds of a person (details supplied) in...
- Deportation Orders
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his position with regard to submissions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6199/06]
- Security Industry
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether further steps are necessary to ensure that persons with criminal records are not issued with licences...
- Registration of Title
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to have an application for registration of Land Commission lands (details supplied) processed as...
- Garda Operations
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an evaluation of the pilot Garda traffic corp for Inishowen was undertaken; the findings of such a review; and if he will...
- Deportation Orders
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a deportation order on a person (details supplied) will be revoked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6216/06]
- Garda Training
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the resources available to the Garda driving and training school, including the breakdown of the personnel involved, its...
- Registration of Title
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Questions Nos. 475 and 476 of 31 January 2006, when the applications will be processed; and if he will make a...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of privately-run direct provision centres for asylum seekers in the mid-west; and if he will provide a table of...
- Crime Levels
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime figures and the detection rates by the Garda in 2002, 2004 and 2005, classified by headline and non-headline...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider under other criteria an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Refugee Status
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the decision not to grant refugee status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin in...
- Residency Permits
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if extended residency will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 who has demonstrated strong...
- Deportation Orders
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the decision to deport in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford in view of the...
- Residency Permits
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if extended residency will be granted to facilitate required medical and psychological treatment in the case of a person...
- Deportation Orders
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason his Department has continued to insist on the transfer of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin to Belgium...
- Residency Permits
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if extended residency status will be given in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship for a person (details supplied) County Donegal; and when this...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Question No. 493 of 31 January 2006, if he will establish with the Garda Commissioner the policy in respect of...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures to be followed by a person (details supplied) who is anxious to obtain citizenship; and if he will make a...
- Department of Education and Science
- Psychological Service
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools which have access to the National Educational Psychological Service; if the information will be provided...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take to implement the Government's stated pledge to radically reduce class sizes (details supplied). [6089/06]
- Bullying in Schools
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will meet a person (details supplied) to discuss a method to combat the problem of bullying in schools. [6092/06]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if arrangements will be made to have an application under the emergency grant aid for the provision of wheelchair access for a person...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received the stage two submission in connection with the required phase two extension to a school (details supplied); and if...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the contract documents for the purchase of a site for a new national school in Ardclough, County Kildare, have been signed; and if...
- Summer Works Scheme
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the provision of a covered walkway between the old Confey College building and the new school in Leixlip, County Kildare, will be...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of claims that have been made to date in 2006 in respect of the operation of the Residential Institutions Redress Board; the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, with regard to the long promised extension to a college (details supplied) in County Cork, when agreement was reached with the...
- School Accommodation
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way in which she intends to respond to recent correspondence received from the board of management of a school (details supplied);...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the directive she has issued regarding the funding for the refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in County Sligo in view of the...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies for a top-up higher education grant for 2005; and if she will make a...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Properties
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to dispose of his Department's property at Crosshaven, County Cork; and if this land will be made available for other State agencies or for...
- Defence Forces Training
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost of delivering the international military observers and staff officers course to foreign soldiers in the Curragh; and the source or sources...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Defence the status of the MIF information technology system which was commissioned on 1 January 2006 and which is not functioning properly with obvious...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Library Projects
Question 276: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposals that his Department has received from Kildare County Council for the provision of new or...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 277: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding to Kildare County Council for the provision of a new sewerage system for Monasterevin;...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 278: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people who were allocated local authority houses in each county over the past five years, both...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 279: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to the disabled persons and essential repairs grant scheme in 2005 to each...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 280: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the crisis facing county councils caused by the public sector staffing embargo, specifically where there is...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 282: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the arrangements in place at present regarding a database for all local authority housing; and the proposals...
- National Parks
Question 284: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the month in which the draft management plan for the Burren National Park will be published, as part of the...
- Fire Stations
Question 285: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he gave an incomplete response to a question (details supplied); and if the second part of the...
