Written answers

Tuesday, 28 February 2006

  • Department of Finance
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance the public bodies which remain excluded from the freedom of information legislation; his plans to extend the remit of the legislation to include them;...
    • Social Finance
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date with regard to the plan announced by him in budget 2006 for the establishment of a €100 million fund for social finance;...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance his views of the decision of the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority not to proceed with plans that would have required anyone being...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance the preparations which have taken place regarding a replacement for the national development plan; and the way in which the inputs will be cobbled...
    • Tax Code
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with the Portuguese Government concerning the taxation agreement between Ireland and Portugal that would restrict high...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of posts which have been vacated and scheduled to remain in Dublin as a result of the decentralisation programme; the number of people...
    • Tax Code
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether any other elements of the Irish tax code could be subject to challenge under state aid rules. [7974/06]
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a consolidation of exclusions from the Freedom of Information Act 1997 as recommended by the Information Commission and to make...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance the assumptions and methodology underpinning his estimate of the increase in revenue from capital taxes in 2006 (details supplied). [7987/06]
    • Revenue Commissioners' Audits
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of random audits carried out by the Revenue Commissioners in 2005; the way in which this compares with each year from 2002; the number...
    • Price Inflation
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent increase in the consumer price index; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7856/06]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid to date to the Revenue Commissioners in respect of settlements made in connection with its investigation into the use of life...
    • Public Service Employment
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the target of reducing public service employment has been achieved. [7976/06]
    • Duty Free Allowances
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the thresholds for personal purchases overseas are set at unrealistic levels and are unenforceable; and if he will make a...
    • Wage Levels
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance if research has been conducted into the gap between public sector and private sector pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7959/06]
    • Banking Services
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to prevent financial exclusion faced by people on low incomes who often face difficulties opening bank accounts; the steps he has taken in...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to the Mountjoy Prison site. [1869/06]
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance when he next expects to receive a report from the working group on basic incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39762/05]
    • Taoiseach's Residence
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is intended to establish a Taoiseach's residence; the projected capital cost and running cost of such a residence; the guidelines for its use;...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department's attention has been drawn to the mis-selling of and excessive commission on payment protection products; the measure he intends to...
    • Tax Code
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and percentage of income earners who are paying tax at the higher rate and the standard rate for 2005; the anticipated figures for each...
    • Benchmarking Awards
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance the membership and terms of reference of the recently established Public Service Benchmarking Body; when the body is expected to report; and if he...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date with regard to the implementation of the 12 point programme to improve value for money in public spending, announced by him...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance the anticipated costs, in terms of acquiring and equipping premises and other related costs, at the latest date for which figures are available, of...
    • Tax Code
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the Revenue Commissioners have encountered problems with regard to the issue of tax certificates in 2006; and if he will make a...
    • Price Inflation
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the CSO consumer price index showing that the rate of inflation has risen 0.5%, leaving the annual rate of inflation at 3% for January...
    • State Property
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the planned sale of State property announced; the property sold to date and the amount raised; the way in which the money used...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants and other public servants who applied for relocation under the Government's decentralisation programme and who...
    • Film Industry Development
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance the revisions he may be considering to the section 481 scheme for investment in film production here; the reason these revisions may be required; if...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to make changes to the Civil Service code of standards and behaviour or the code of conduct for office holders in view of recent...
    • Credit Unions
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change policy in order to facilitate the development of credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7993/06]
    • State Property
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the sale of the Reception and Integration Agency property in Macroom, County Cork at a loss of over €2 million to the taxpayer in the...
    • Private Sector Debt
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the increase in 2005 in mortgage credit and in non-mortgage credit. [7957/06]
    • Public Expenditure
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of public spending in terms of capital and public expenditure for 2005; the estimated spending in both categories for 2006; and if he will...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his proposals to reduce the fees payable at tribunals. [7990/06]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated average of the 2 million people at work in respect of pension cover; the number of workers who avail of tax relief-credits for pension...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the latest quarterly economic commentary from the ESRI, in particular its remarks on the partnership process; and if he will make a...
    • ICT Projects
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance if the promised peer review system for large ICT projects is in place; the way in which it will operate; the threshold figure above which the peer...
    • Special Savings Incentive Scheme
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of special savings investment scheme accounts opened at the latest date for which figures are available; the average amount of savings per...
    • Tax Code
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance if reports of a stricter interpretation of tax rules for US parent companies located abroad have been investigated; and the potential impact on...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied regarding the level of supervision of the financial sector and particularly firms operating out of the Irish Financial Services...
    • Tax Code
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that there is no benefit in kind rule for taxation purposes on the use of company helicopters or planes, as there is with company...
    • Financial Services Ombudsman Scheme
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the 23% rise in complaints against the insurance sector and credit institutions to the Financial Services Ombudsman in 2005. [7892/06]
    • Industrial Development
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether there is consistent neglect by the Government of the Ballina and north Mayo region and that Ballina remains a notorious...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the decentralisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7799/06]
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance the stage at which his plans to bring forward legislation to incorporate uncashed bank drafts into the dormant accounts fund are at; and if he will...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance if the issue of confining promotions to only persons willing to decentralise has been modified as a result of recent Labour Court hearings; and if he...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has exercised his powers to block the emergence of a common corporate tax base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7965/06]
    • National Agreements
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the financial commitments envisaged by his Department in the context of a new social partnership programme over ten years. [7953/06]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to ethical guidelines being put in place by the Norwegian Government for its national pension fund; his views on...
    • Consumer Price Index
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which an examination has been done of the impact on the economy in terms of inflation caused by items currently not included in the...
    • Employment Figures
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the contrasting trends reported by the Central Statistics Office in relation to employment growth and output growth in the economy,...
    • Tax Evasion
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of court prosecutions initiated as a result of tax evasion in respect of each year since 1997; the number of cases in which convictions...
    • Tax Code
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has conducted an evaluation in conjunction with the Department of Health and Children of the tax relief for private hospital investment; and if...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department instructs the Commissioner of Public Works to consult local authorities to ensure that they can obtain requisite planning...
    • Mortgage Protection Insurance
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself that homeowners are facilitated in switching their providers of mortgage protection insurance; and if he will make a...
    • Revenue Investigations
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons, companies and trusts being investigated by the Revenue Commissioners arising from the Clerical Medical Insurance-NIB inquiry...
    • Special Savings Incentive Scheme
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance the underlying assumptions which he has made in relation to the impact of consumption and on saving of the maturing of SSIAs. [7984/06]
    • Tax Incentive Schemes
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recently published Goodbody Economic Consultants review of area based tax incentive renewal schemes; the action he intends to take...
    • Public Service Contracts
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he intends to take to ensure that public service contracts are awarded only to those companies that meet minimum standards in terms of pay,...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected to date by the Revenue Commissioners through special investigations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7870/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received any fresh analysis of the tax relief availed of by top earners as revealed by the revenue study of the 400 highest earners; if he...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance when the review of the disabled drivers and passengers tax concessions regulations commenced; if he plans to extend the scheme; and, if so, when....
    • Tax Code
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the stallion tax exemption was excluded from the terms of reference of the consultants asked to consider the cost of various tax reliefs...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance the latest information available from the central applications facility in respect of applications from civil servants and other public servants...
    • Tax Code
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to set a deadline for the receipt of a report on tax residency rules from the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons, companies and trusts being investigated by the Revenue Commissioners arising from the Ansbacher accounts at the latest date...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress to date in the decentralisation programme; the extent to which original targets have been met or are likely to be met; the costs...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance the terms on which funds in the national pension reserve fund have been made available for public sector projects; and the reason they have not been...
    • Budgetary Process
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on progress toward reforming the budgetary process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7939/06]
    • Financial Services
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he intends to take to improve access to bank accounts for people on low incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4654/06]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with other Departments or State agencies which are concerned at the potential loss of expertise and corporate knowledge as...
    • Tax Code
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount repaid by the Revenue Commissioners to individual taxpayers in respect of overpayments of tax for each of the years 2002 to 2005; his...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Unemployment Levels
      Question 142: To ask the Taoiseach the level of registered unemployment in the Dublin 11 and Dublin 9 areas for each year since 2000 to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 143: To ask the Taoiseach the value of advertising placed in national newspapers in 2005; the newspapers used and the amount received for each of the past five years; and if the placing...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 145: To ask the Taoiseach the matters discussed at the recent meeting between officials of his Department and a person (details supplied) from Northern Ireland whose son was murdered by...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 146: To ask the Taoiseach the number of people on the payroll of his Department who are not working in his Department for one reason or another and that the results be categorised with...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding work to be completed to a house under the special housing aid for the elderly scheme for a person...
    • Drug Treatment Programme
      Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of people who have applied for drug addiction treatment in the western and midland regions from 2000 to 2005...
    • Dunne Inquiry
      Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether to continue the funding for the Parents for Justice; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Cards
      Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for the renewal of medical cards for persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be called for a bypass operation in the Mater Hospital, Dublin; and...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the ratio of public health nurses to the population in many urban areas is as high as one to 4,000 when it was...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an independent security audit of all accident and emergency departments has been carried out to assess safety issues for...
    • Health Services
      Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is financial assistance available for a person (details supplied); and if advice will be given on this matter; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) is on a waiting list and cannot be seen by a specialist until May 2006; and if the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive have issued an instruction to the social workers in James Hospital, Dublin 8 not to...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is still a shortage of midwives in the maternity hospitals; and the steps which have been taken to address this...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the value of advertising placed in national newspapers in 2005 for each of the health board areas for the past five years;...
    • Organ Donation
      Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the Government's policy on organ donation; if there is a central register of people wishing to donate their organs; the law...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to begin the process of core funding community employment positions currently supporting personal social services...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the allocations which have been made by her Department in respect of the promised phase two of Connolly Hospital,...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in respect of units and land at Connolly Hospital, which have apparently been sold or committed to the...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if people who are thalidomide victims but have not come forward or notified her Department of their case to date can...
    • Health Services
      Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if assistance will be given on this matter....
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to extend the motorised transport grant to people over the age of 66 years to relax the disability...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she intends to add pneumococcal meningitis to the list of diseases children are routinely immunised against (details...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding inter-country adoptions between Ireland and Belarus. [7787/06]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the subvention for people in private nursing homes will increase; and if her attention has been drawn to the fact that...
    • Patient Statistics
      Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children here diagnosed with Crohn's disease in each of the past ten years. [7791/06]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the provisions or reliefs for the parents or guardians of children with cerebral palsy or other special needs to lessen the...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a countrywide scheme for adoption will be introduced in order that prospective adoptive parents have the same waiting...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath admitted to St. James's Hospital; and if...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has received the report of a person (details supplied) into deaths at Leas Cross nursing...
    • Health Services
      Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason there is no relief workers for home help workers available in the south-west inner city, which would ensure that...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the national treatment purchase scheme office has decided not to deal with queries directed at it by Deputies on...
    • Health Services
      Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when orthodontic treatment will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [7834/06]
    • Suicide Incidence
      Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide international suicide figures displaying the position of Ireland in such a large league of countries....
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be provided with a specialised bed from the Health Service Executive;...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and granted the blind welfare allowance. [7848/06]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the additional resources and services which will be provided for mental health in north Tipperary in 2006; and if she will...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when and where beds for the young chronic sick will be provided in north Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when her attention was drawn to the failed tender process for awarding a contract to private companies to administer the...
    • Health Services
      Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 367 of 25 January 2006. [7919/06]
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Galway regarding the fact that they have been...
    • Health Reports
      Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the report on sudden cardiac death will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8000/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the situation in regard to the availability of an electronic health record for all people accessing health services; if...
    • Rape Crisis Centres
      Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on an increase in funding for the rape crisis centres here; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the take-up by persons involved directly or indirectly in the poultry industry of the free flu...
    • Health Services
      Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when funding for additional hours of home help will issue to Health Service Executive areas; the number of additional hours...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has issued policy instructions on MRSA; the number of incidences of MRSA infections in hospitals here;...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount and the voluntary organisations to which her Department or the Health Service Executive provided funding to...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive's intention to amalgamate the catering section of Ennis General Hospital with that in St....
    • Health Reports
      Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an independent inquiry as requested by the family into the suicide of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Health Services
      Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make arrangements to have a person (details supplied) in County Cork called for dental treatment at the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of people on the payroll of her Department who are not working in her Department for one reason or another; if...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funds arising from the sale of lands under the management of the mental health services will be ring-fenced for the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on core funding community employment positions currently supporting personal social services for people with...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to address the home care and nursing home needs of the elderly; when she expects to be able to take measures...
    • Food Safety Authority
      Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 21 February 2006, the action taken by the Health Service Executive to date;...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the situation whereby some services provided to people with disabilities are being processed through...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she expects to approve the funding required for the next and final phase of the Naas Hospital development plan; if...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the complaints there have been in relation to employment procedures at any of the newly established North-South bodies...
  • Department of Finance
    • Civil Service Code of Standards
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 523 of 14 February 2006, if any code of standards and behaviour applied to the Civil Service prior to the code...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Finance if the income from the compensation payments being awarded to farmers in respect of them being unable to grow beet will be taxed in the year it is...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people who earn over €200,000 per annum here; the tax generated at a rate of 45% from those who earn above €200,000 per annum; and...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of advertising placed in national newspapers in 2005; the newspapers and the amount received for each of the past five years; and if the...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of office accommodation leased or rented by his Department here; the terms of the various leases; the cumulative cost since 2000; the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Finance if VAT is chargeable on domestic refuse disposal charges; and if this charge applies to the service being provided by local authorities and private...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Finance the Department that will be located on the north side of Dublin following decentralisation; if staff who work in the three Departments currently...
    • Tax Code
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for P21s to be issued to persons (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7760/06]
    • INTERREG Funding
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the money under PEACE I, PEACE II and INTERREG III programmes was allocated in the past three years; the percentage of available...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 310 of 21 February 2005, if he will state the locations involved; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bookmakers' Licences
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he intends to take to ensure the industry is properly regulated in view of the recent growth in spread-betting here. [7996/06]
    • Special Savings Incentive Scheme
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the promise in the Finance Bill 2006 in relation to low earning SSIA holders reinvesting their funds will also apply to...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the State boards under which his Department made 303 appointments and reappointments since 1997 as indicated in...
    • National Development Finance Agency
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Finance when in 2006 he intends to introduce legislation to allocate procurement functions to the National Development Finance Agency; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is committed to bringing accountability with regard to gathering, assessing and publishing data concerning the costs and benefits of each...
    • Consumer Price Index
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the methodology used to calculate the consumer price index; if there is widespread acceptance of this tool as an economic...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of medical relief claims recorded in respect of the tax years 2003, 2004 and 2005; and the cost of relief granted. [8015/06]
    • Credit Union Legislation
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether there are unnecessary legislative or other restrictions on the development of the credit union movement; and the steps he will...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works will provide permission and full funding of €6,000 to resurface the area in front of Carrigafoyle Castle,...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Finance if a site has been acquired for a new Garda divisional headquarters in Wexford town for the Wexford-Wicklow Garda division; when it is expected...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will expedite the issue of a C2 certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [8089/06]
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has qualified for tax concessions under the disabled driver or passenger scheme is entitled to a...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Finance when it is proposed to construct the wall downstream of Distillery Road Bridge behind number 22 Distillery Road; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people on the payroll of his Department who are not working in his Department for one reason or another; if the results will be...
    • Tax Code
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to the introduction of a carbon tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8157/06]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Finance the Department which will be located on the north side of Dublin following decentralisation; and if staff who currently work in the three Departments...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Finance the situation regarding correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8172/06]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the provision of offices for decentralisation of the Revenue Commissioners to Newcastle West, County Limerick. [8173/06]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of discussions and agreements reached with Kildare County Council on the completion of cleaning and drainage works at the River Slate,...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Question No. 314 of 21 February 2006, if the reference to the €670,574 includes the cost of this or other sites; and if he will make a...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that financial institutions here have sufficient protection to guard against their being used as a means of laundering the...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has identified the issues currently contributing to the loss of price and cost competitiveness and consequent job relocation; and if he will...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil or public servants redeployed under the Government's programme of decentralisation; if he will express this as a percentage of...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Finance when it is expected to publish the report of the interdepartmental group studying the Disabled Drivers Disabled Passengers Tax Concession 1994...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to carry out an evaluation of the underlying cause or causes of the invisible inflation, which threatens the competitiveness of the...
    • Drainage Schemes
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Finance if conclusion has been reached in discussions with Kildare County Council in regard to the drainage works required at Mill Lane, Leixlip, County...
    • Tax Code
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the concerns of a person (details supplied) on the effect of capping the amount of tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Finance the complaints there have been regarding employment procedures at any of the newly established North-South bodies since their inception. [8805/06]
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Consumption
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will respond to the question of the landlord setting the meter for ESB and gas as outlined in...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the recorded landings of mackerel, horse mackerel, blue whiting and herring for each of the refrigerated sea...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the value of advertising placed in national newspapers in 2005; the newspapers and the amount received for each...
    • Fish Quotas
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the quota allocation for herring that was made to each sea fishery boat in the north west fishing fleet in 2005,...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when exchanges will be enabled in south Kilkenny to meet the demand for broadband coverage in this area; and if...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has received an application for a licence following a change of ownership for a vessel (details supplied);...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount of electricity produced by Irish wind turbines which is being sent to Scotland and other places; and...
    • Communications Masts
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if there is a review of the safety issues associated with mobile phone masts being conducted by or for his...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of people on the payroll of his Department who are not working in his Department for one reason or...
    • Food Safety Standards
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 21 February 2006, the action taken by his Department to date on the...
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the budget in the national development plan within the Border, midland and western region for the development of...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the complaints there have been regarding employment procedures at any of the newly established North-South...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Illegal Immigrants
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will meet a delegation of undocumented Irish when he is in America on 17 March 2006. [7758/06]
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if one of the persons involved in the Greysteel massacre in 1993 was a British special branch agent; if they received €50,000 per annum of...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the value of advertising placed in national newspapers in 2005; the newspapers and the amount received for each of the past five years; and...
    • Justice and Reconciliation Commission
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent findings of the Royal Commission of Justice and Reconciliation established by King Mohammed of...
    • Irish Overseas
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the date on which his Department paid a court imposed bond on behalf of a number of Irish citizens abroad (details supplied); the date on...
    • Illegal Immigrants
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the US Government has or will give preferential treatment to undocumented Australian citizens currently living in America; if a similar...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures he intends to take in order that passport applicants in their earlysixties, particularly those aged 64, would not have to pay...
    • PAN African Parliament
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action the Government is taking to support the Pan-African Parliament; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8108/06]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of people on the payroll of his Department who are not working in his Department for one reason or another; if the results will be...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the value of advertising placed in national newspapers in 2005; the newspapers and the amount received for each of the past five...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if grant aid will be awarded to Forthill Recreation Park under the 2006 sports council programme; when a decision on this process...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of people on the payroll of his Department who are not working in his Department for one reason or another; if the results...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if there is an application in his Department for a new swimming pool in Ballybofey, County Donegal; the position regarding planning...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the complaints there have been regarding employment procedures at any of the newly established North-South bodies since their...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of advertising placed in national newspapers in 2005; the newspapers and the amount received for each of the past...
    • Job Losses
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, further to the announcement of job losses with the closures of companies (details supplied) in County Sligo, he will...
    • Job Creation
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to a potential tenant for a factory (details supplied) in County Wexford through the work of...
    • European Social Charter
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason Ireland has not fulfilled its reporting obligations under the European Social Charter since 2004, as charged in...
    • Job Losses
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will make a statement regarding the loss of 350 jobs following the closure of the NEC plant in Ballivor, County Meath;...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people on the payroll of his Department who are not working in his Department for one reason or another; if...
    • Job Creation
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new jobs that were created in the Waterford constituency in 2002 to 2005, inclusive, with assistance of and by...
    • Employment Procedures
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the complaints there have been in relation to employment procedures at any of the newly established North-South bodies since...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Insurance
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on allowing childminders to make social insurance contributions under class S, self-employed; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason, for the first time in nine years, the training allowances of young women in the "moving on" programme for young mothers...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the value of advertising placed in national newspapers in 2005; the newspapers and the amount received for each of the past five...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on increasing the amount of ESB units available to old age pensioners for the period September to April of each year to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to the social welfare entitlements of returned development workers, including missionaries, and in...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position with effect from the 1 January 2004 that PRSI and tax relief apply to all pension contributions as raised by a person...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his proposals to extend the carer's benefit to the parents of premature babies when the mothers' entitlement to maternity benefit...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the new regulations allowing €100 earnings to be disregarded when assessing entitlement to an old age pension will be...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people on the payroll of his Department who are not working in his Department for one reason or another; if the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will allow carers who are already in receipt of a social welfare payment or a social welfare pension to also qualify for the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number who have moved directly with their job in respect of assignments made within his Department to decentralised posts; the...
  • Department of Transport
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Transport the value of advertising placed in national newspapers in 2005; the newspapers and the amount received for each of the past five years; and if the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will establish a road accident investigation unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7763/06]
    • Money Laundering
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures which are in place to ensure that taxi dispatch companies are legally compliant and could not be used for money laundering purposes;...
    • Driver Testing
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of people who applied to become a contract driver tester in 2005; the number of those who reached the qualifying standard required; the...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Transport the percentage of road deaths which have occurred in the hours between midnight and 7 a.m. to date in 2006; the breakdown of the times and...
    • Road Safety
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason the public can no longer access the dedicated penalty point website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7829/06]
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 454 of 15 June 2004, the names and addresses of all the landowners affected by the protected areas in...
    • Regional Airports
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of aircraft movements and passenger numbers at each of the regional airports in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of people employed by his Department as haulage inspectors each year from 2000 to date in 2006; their duties and functions; and if he...
    • Public Transport
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Transport if the CIE group has been instructed to ensure that timetables of its constituent companies are integrated to allow ease of transfer between bus...
    • Haulage Industry
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of heavy goods vehicles registered for use here; the amount of heavy goods vehicles inspected in 2005; and if he will make a statement...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of haulage drivers prosecuted for breaking road safety and road haulage regulations in 2004 and 2005; the breakdown of such offences;...
    • Public Transport
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in the process of considering an application from Dublin Bus to expand its fleet and in examining the prospects of increasing competition in...
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Transport the arbitrator appointed to mediate between Cork and Dublin Airport Authorities on the projected €200 million debt arising from the construction...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for the ongoing delay in introducing penalty points for driving with a hand-held mobile phone; when it is planned to bring in this much...
    • Road Safety
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will clarify what is meant by an obstruction in his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 436 of 14 February 2006; if it includes a vehicle...
    • Dublin Port Tunnel
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for tens of thousands of litres of water continuing to leak unabated into the Dublin Port tunnel each day for the past eight weeks and...
    • Road Safety
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for the long delay in publishing the cross-departmental review of road safety expenditure; when he first received the report; and when...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of people on the payroll of his Department who are not working in his Department for one reason or another; if the results will be...
    • Public Transport
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Transport the level of investment in bus transport under the national development plan; his plans to enable Dublin Bus to purchase buses in 2006 to add to...
    • Road Safety
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Transport if the difficulties surrounding the roadworthiness of tractors and trailers on hire to local authorities for earthwork activities on small road...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of people who have moved directly with their job in respect of assignments made within his Department to decentralised posts; the number...
    • Traffic Management
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of supersize trucks currently travelling through the city; the impact of allowing such trucks to continue travelling through the city;...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the maximum berthing time for boats moored at the Waterways Museum moorings at Grand Canal Basin in Dublin; if he...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been told they have to cease on the rural social scheme,...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the value of advertising placed in national newspapers in 2005; the newspapers and the amount received for each of the...
    • Community Development
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a company (details supplied) in County Donegal included voluntary committees-groups as supporting their application...
    • Craoladh Gaeilge
      Question 349: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta i bhfianaise na maitheasa atá déanta don Ghaeilge agus d'íomhá na Gaeilge sa phobal de thoradh an mhéadaithe ar...
    • Cuain agus Céanna
      Question 350: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil iarratas déanta chun na Roinne le haghaidh cé d'Inis Bó Finne, Dún na nGall, cén uair a fuarthas an...
    • Tionscail agus Fostaíocht Gaeltachta
      Question 351: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén líon daoine atá fostaithe i dtionscal a fuair cuidiúóÚdarás na Gaeltachta sa Ghaeltacht Láir i nDún na nGall...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of people on the payroll of his Department who are not working in his Department for one reason or another;...
    • Irish Language
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the work of An Coiste Téarmaíochta. [8177/06]
    • Recruitment Practices
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the complaints that have been received about employment procedures at any of the newly established North-South bodies...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a procedure is in place for wildlife rangers to collect and clinically examine wild fowl, particularly migrating birds, for traces of...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the value of advertising placed in national newspapers in 2005; the newspapers and the amount received for each of the past five years;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in issuing a single payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [7703/06]
    • Bovine Disease Controls.
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department has decided which way it will vote at the EU standing committee meeting of 7 March 2006 on the beef ban. [7802/06]
    • Pest Control
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the source of her information regarding the New Zealand flatworm (details supplied) that indicated that the feared effects of flatworm...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in the payment of the single farm payment to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [7813/06]
    • EU Directives
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the inspection regime which will apply to the enforcement of the nitrates directive; the level of on-farm inspection anticipated by her...
    • Grant Payments.
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the payments made to a herd owner (details supplied) in County Mayo since 1 January 2001 from any section of her Department, giving...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she intends to raise the upper limit for leasing under the farm retirement scheme; the details of same; and if she will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a single farm payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of people on the payroll of her Department who are not working in her Department for one reason or another; if the results...
    • Food Safety Board
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 239, of 21 February 2006, the action taken by her Department to date on the FSAI report; and if...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if payment has been lodged in the national reserve for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of people who have moved directly with their job in respect of assignments made within her Department to decentralised posts;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason the single payment has not been awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Police Vetting Services
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that the police authorities in the UK and Northern Ireland are refusing to provide security clearance or...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Land Registry office will be requested to expedite a dealing (details supplied). [7654/06]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the information which is required to satisfy the criteria to show relationship history and sufficient funds for a person...
    • Peace Commissioners
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the appointment of peace commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7672/06]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason there are no Garda community officers for the Bridgefoot Street area of the Liberties, Dublin 8. [7682/06]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the value of advertising placed in national newspapers in 2005; the newspapers and the amount received for each of the past...
    • UN Offices
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the UN Office on Drugs and Crime has recently made proposals formally to his Department in the matter of improving the...
    • Stardust Inquiry
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the new evidence of the Stardust fire tragedy in 1981 particularly in relation to the contents of the...
    • Extradition Proceedings
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of new evidence to hand, he will be seeking the return here from Brazil of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations here which have breathalysers; and the number of such breathalysers in each of these stations....
    • Garda Operations
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a specific directive has been sent out from Garda headquarters to all Garda stations issuing them with guidelines with...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of mobile hand operated speed guns in existence here; and if all gardaí are trained in the use of these speed...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has met a private investigator (details supplied). [7749/06]
    • Crime Levels
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the activities of so-called Dublin crime bosses that are apparently extending their...
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on such actions which have been taken by his Department or by the Garda Síochána in relation...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he intends to re-open Ashford Garda station, County Wicklow, which has been unoccupied and boarded up since May 2003; his...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to use section 122 ([i]d[/i]) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 to allow members of other police forces to become...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum seekers accommodated in the town of Kiltimagh, County Mayo; and if he intends to locate a large number...
    • Arrest Warrants
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number, as of 31 December 2004 and 31 December 2005, of arrest warrants outstanding; and the number of same that were...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to the horrific collision that resulted in five lives lost, at Lisfannon, Buncrana, County Donegal in the early...
    • Free Legal Aid Scheme
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the arrangements in place under the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act 1962 and the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 for Irish...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average waiting period for the processing of visa applications to his Department; if there is a system for prioritising...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress which has been made following Question No. 641 of 14 June 2005 in relation to an application for Irish...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the new hand held units issued to gardaí on traffic duty permit access to previous penalty points issued to individuals;...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide the information requested in Question No. 1171 of 25 January 2006. [7895/06]
    • Census of Population
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the population figures from each Garda district as determined by the 1996 census of population. [7905/06]
    • Garda Communications
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is possible for members of the public and others to provide information to or otherwise contact their local Garda...
    • Stardust Inquiry
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the assistance which is being given to the families of Stardust victims whose bodies have still not been identified. [7916/06]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of haulage drivers prosecuted for breaking road safety and road haulage regulations in 2004 and 2005; the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the progress of the April 2005 application for naturalisation through marriage for a person (details...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application (details supplied); the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if funding has been allocated to build a new Garda divisional headquarters in Wexford Town in 2006 for the Wexford -Wicklow...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a dealing (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is great urgency...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the age limit for persons applying for entry into the Garda Síochána; when the next round of applications will be...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether under the proposals of the liquor licensing consolidation Bill, the [i]ad interim[/i] transfer system...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Question No. 444 of 7 February 2006 if a person (details supplied) can remain here while their application for...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people on the payroll of his Department who are not working in his Department for one reason or another; if...
    • Noise Pollution
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures open to residents and to local authorities to address the prevalence of noise from late opening licensed...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects closed circuit television to be provided in the Finglas area; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum seekers who have been given right to remain here for the years 2003, 2004 and 2005; the number of...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the threatened deportation of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20; the position with...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of house break-ins in the East Wall area of Dublin 3 to date in 2006; the number of detections that have been...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the refurbishment of Knocknagree Garda station will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8178/06]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the numbers employed in the section dealing with the PULSE system located at Davitt House, Castlebar; the breakdown of grade...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if humanitarian consideration will be given to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number who have moved directly with their job in respect of assignments made within his Department to decentralised...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Youth Services
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the report, Inequality and the Stereotyping of Young People, published by the National Youth Council of Ireland, in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she proposes to increase the 63.5 cent per mile travel grant for special needs children who have to travel on a daily basis to...
    • State Examinations
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the music and religious exams are taking place at the same time as the leaving certificate on 22 June 2006; and if the same...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will be included under the capital funding scheme. [7662/06]
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Laois who is legally resident here is not entitled to free third level education; and...
    • Student Support Schemes
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding sport grants or scholarships to third level colleges, for example, UCD, TCD and DCU; the way in which leaving...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the value of advertising placed in national newspapers in 2005; the newspapers and the amount received for each of the past five years;...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received a request for additional classroom accommodation for September 2006 from a school (details supplied) in County...
    • School Discipline
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will consider the box and interview method to prevent bullying; and her views on whether existing measures are not...
    • School Placement
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) is out of school; and if this person will be placed in a proper educational setting immediately....
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the financial assistance available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who has to study in France for part of his course; if...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the accommodation needs at a school (details supplied) in County Cork where a third teacher is to be...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 29 January 2003 and 200 of 15 October 2002 the progress which has been made; if the Labour...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Limerick that have access to the national educational psychological service. [7786/06]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the course referred to in Parliamentary Question No. 1282 of 25 January 2006 has been approved by her Department; and if she will...
    • School Transport
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will arrange to have the application for school transport for a student (details supplied) in Dublin 11 expedited; and if she...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals regarding the referral of the administration of the third level grants scheme, as there is a widely held perception that...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason primary teachers in Gaeltacht schools are paid an allowance for teaching through Irish while their counterparts in...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application has been received from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal for extra accommodation; the date the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if grant aid for major capital works at a school (details supplied) in County Clare will be granted; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Transport
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to carry out a review of catchment areas for the purpose of school transport as they are unchanged since the 1960's; and if...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding proposals for the amalgamation of schools in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary. [8045/06]
    • Capital Funding
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the concern of parents and their campaign for a new school (details supplied) in County Limerick;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will re-examine the serious situation regarding the need for an extension and restructuring of the model school in Monaghan; if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the proposal from ACORN ABA school to establish a unit on Dublin's northside for 12 autistic children to...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made on the application for a third level grant by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [8102/06]
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application to have disadvantaged status granted to a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim will be reviewed; and if she...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of people on the payroll of her Department who are not working in her Department for one reason or another; if the results...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she proposes to approve the application by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for extra mainstream classrooms and...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to increase funds to schools to meet the additional costs of water rates; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 628 of 21 February 2006, if the initiative for the amalgamation of these schools was taken at...
    • School Absenteeism
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students reported to the National Educational Welfare Board for absenteeism at primary and post-primary level,...
    • Parent-Teacher Meetings
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a code of practice or circular exists outlining best practice procedures for teachers when parents wish to meet teachers and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if an additional special needs...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for refusal of a grant under the summer works scheme 2005 to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will respond to the application from a school (details supplied) in County Dublin for a replacement school and in the interim...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the further plans she has to improve the circumstances of the Traveler community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8224/06]
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the statistic published that there were 59 fee paying schools in the 2003-04 school year includes fee-paying Protestant schools that...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if and when the Dundalk-Leitrim study on children with special educational needs that was carried out by the National Educational...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of her decision pursuant to Question Nos. 149 of 14 April 2005, 397 of 16 April 2005, 607 of 30 June 2005 and 254 of 26...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes currently operating in the new national school in Naas, County Kildare; the number anticipated to be operating in...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Defence the value of advertising placed in national newspapers in 2005; the newspapers and the amount received for each of the past five years; and if the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civil servants in his Department; the number that deal with the Naval Service; the number that deal exclusively with the Naval Service;...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Defence the programme of equipment procurement he has in place for the Naval Service; the replacement date for the various naval vessels; if they will be...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Defence the entry requirement for entry to the Naval Service; if age exemptions can be put in place to facilitate the entry of formers employees of Irish...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to develop a house (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if approaches have been made to him to purchase the property; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of people on the payroll of his Department who are not working in his Department for one reason or another; if the results will be...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Publication of Reports
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he or his officials have discussed with the Department of Finance the now-completed report on local...
    • Water Charges
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he is imposing charges for water meters in schools in view of the fact that schools offer a...
    • EU Directives
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to an issue raised during the second stage of the Building Control Bill 2005, dealing with Part 3,...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made by his Department following the examination of water supply proposals submitted by Cork...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the value of advertising placed in national newspapers in 2005; the newspapers and the amount received for...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are 699 persons on the housing list in Sligo County...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects to publish the building societies amendment Bill; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of road safety officers employed nationally; if they are located in each local authority area; if...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will allow the local authority to increase the discount to local authority tenants for tenant purchase...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a grant scheme is available under the auspices of his Department to which a parish council (details...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the upgrading of the sewerage scheme in Askeaton, County Limerick. [7831/06]
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the items covered under the WEEE producer recycling scheme; if exemptions are available to small business...
    • State Airports
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to the confirmation by the Minister for Transport by way of reply to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he intends to take regarding the recent figures showing Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions began to...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if approval will be given to the inclusion of a specific project in the extension to local authority houses...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people on the payroll of his Department who are not working in his Department for one reason or...
    • Fire Services
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the resources available and the priorities under the 2006 fire services capital programme; and if he will make...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied with the policies of local authorities in regard to higher density housing and the...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if Ireland will advocate the inclusion in the EU submission to the UNFCC on Article 3.9 of the Kyoto Protocol,...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will be in a position to approve Kildare County Council's revised preliminary report and water...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people who have moved directly with their job in respect of assignments made within his...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed sewerage scheme for Glencolmcille, County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is an application in his Department for a new fire station for Gweedore, County Donegal; the position...

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