Written answers

Thursday, 2 March 2006

  • Department of Health and Children
    • Hospital Services
      Question 12: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the Mater and Children's Hospital development plan proceeded to the point of tendering for the development when a...
    • Health Levy
      Question 13: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost to the State of the elimination of the 2% health levy for the new over-70s medical card; and if she will make a...
    • Organ Retention
      Question 14: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she intends to take arising from the publication of the Madden report into organ retention; when she intends to...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 15: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the properties in the mental health service which have been sold in the lifetime of the present Government; and if she will...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 16: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider the offer made by a clinic (details supplied) in County Galway on 11 February 2003 to provide...
    • Health Service Executive Accounts
      Question 18: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action which has been taken arising from the discovery of a €56.4 million error in the accounts of the Health Service...
    • Health Services
      Question 19: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on health services for stroke victims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8329/06]
    • Medical Education
      Question 20: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the breakdown on the way in which she intends spending the announced €200 million on both undergraduate and postgraduate...
    • Consultants' Contracts
      Question 21: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify her explanation of introducing a public only contract for consultants; if her proposal means that the...
    • Medical Inquiry
      Question 22: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the expected completion date of the inquiry, to be chaired by a judge, into the activities of the former Drogheda...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      Question 23: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if all contract beds have a contract of care with the private nursing homes involved; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 24: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to up-skill ambulance staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8322/06]
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 25: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason her Department did not inform Dáil Éireann or the Joint Committee on Health and Children regarding its...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 26: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to relieve the overcrowding in accident and emergency departments at each of the DATHS hospitals; her further...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 27: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the estimated cost of the roll-out of a national cervical screening programme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Care Strategy
      Question 28: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the costing for the full implementation of the 2001 primary heath care strategy; the progress made to date on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 29: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if dedicated funding for screening programmes for preventative health in diseases like osteoporosis, hypertension, diabetes...
    • General Practitioner Services
      Question 31: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the introduction of salaried general practitioners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8603/06]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 32: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of home care packages which will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8362/06]
    • Consultants' Contracts
      Question 33: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date in negotiations with the Irish Hospital Consultants Association; the items which remain...
    • Medical Inquiry
      Question 34: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the long delay in publishing the report of the inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 35: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the recently published NESF report on care for the elderly; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Staff
      Question 36: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her response to the claim for improved pay and conditions recently lodged by the Irish Nurses Organisation on behalf of its...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 37: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she has taken to address the ongoing issue of hospital patients being forced to wait, in some cases several days,...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 38: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a full audit of the number of acute hospital beds in use in the public health system and of the number required to meet...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 39: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the communications she has had with the Health Service Executive regarding the consultancy report it has commissioned on...
    • General Practitioner Co-operatives
      Question 40: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has satisfied herself with the out-of-hours services offered by general practitioners and co-operatives; the steps...
    • Health Services
      Question 41: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of where the €16 million given to primary care for 2006 will be spent; if she would list the 75-100 primary...
    • Youth Homelessness
      Question 42: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a review of the implementation of action plans in respect of homelessness in children is to take place; if she intends...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 43: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to safeguard patients from rogue pharmacists and pharmacy owners; the estimated numbers that are not...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 45: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if previous plans to move the acute psychiatric unit in St. Sinan's Hospital to Wexford General Hospital are now being...
    • Health Services
      Question 47: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to recent research suggesting that cardiovascular diseases cost Ireland more than €866...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 48: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she intends to bring forward the promised medical practitioners Bill in view of the decision of the Medical Council to...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 49: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the role of the GPIT unit in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8368/06]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 50: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the Government policy on funding care of the elderly going into the future as announced in the Health Strategy 2001...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 52: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to concerns expressed regarding demands from the Health Service Executive that patients...
    • Health Services
      Question 53: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to research produced by the Cystic Fibrosis Association showing that cystic fibrosis...
    • Hospital Hygiene Audit
      Question 55: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that hospital hygiene levels have improved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8350/06]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when legislation to clarify entitlements to health services will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to fill paramedical staff vacancies in the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8321/06]
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the communications she has had with the Health Service Executive in 2006 with regard to the position at Tallaght Hospital...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the role the health information quality authority will have in relation to standards of care of the elderly in public and...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she proposes to take on the configuration of children's hospital services in Dublin; and if she will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether there is a huge deficit in the delivery of psychiatric services in the health care system here in view...
    • Health Services
      Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of patients suffering from mental or behavioural problems sent out of the State for treatment in 2003, 2004 and...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the activities planned for 2006 under the national drug awareness campaign as part of the national...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the continued delay in making refunds in respect of moneys illegally deducted from long-stay patients; the...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of the additional €9 million she has made available to the Health Service Executive for cancer services; and...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the communications she has had with the Health Service Executive in 2006 with regard to the position in Tralee Hospital; and...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the locations where she intends to recruit the 2,500 consultants she claims the health service needs; her timescale for...
    • General Practitioner Co-operatives
      Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the criteria to be used for the awarding of the contract for out of hours general practitioner service on the north side of...
    • Nursing Home Care
      Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she intends to take to protect patients in all care settings in view of the revelation of further mismanagement of...
    • Alcohol Policy
      Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date on implementing the recommendations of the task force on alcohol; and if she will make a statement...
    • Medical Education
      Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department had discussions with the University of Limerick regarding a proposal to establish a postgraduate medical...
    • Health Services
      Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the report on neurological services will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8542/06]
    • Hospital Reports
      Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she intends publishing the mapping of hospital processes inquiry carried out by the Health Service Executive on her...
    • Diabetes Incidence
      Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the Joint Committee on Health and Children being told that the increase in type 2 diabetes has reached crisis...
    • Emergency Services
      Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress made in regard to the need to resolve the lack of co-ordination and the duplication of services between the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of patients waiting for elective procedures by hospital at over three months, over six months, and over 12 months...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the procedures in place to guard against the possible spread of H5N1 avian flu virus to the human population; if she has...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that the Irish Nurses Organisation figures for people on trolleys in accident and emergency units are...
    • Obesity Levels
      Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date on the implementation of the recommendations of the task force on obesity; and if she will make a...
    • Nursing Homes
      Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the report on deaths in Leas Cross nursing home will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8367/06]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the large number of children who enter here unaccompanied and subsequently disappear; the...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the recent NESF report on the care of older people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8328/06]
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the claim made by the former director of BreastCheck (details supplied) that breast...
    • Health Services
      Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress which has been made in ensuring access for radiotherapy patients from the north west in Belfast; the number of...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of public long stay beds for the elderly in 1997; the number of public long stay beds for the elderly in 2006;...
    • Health Service Reports
      Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the health service reports, commissioned in the past ten years, she expects to use as a model for the administration of...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of the 30,000 additional full medical cards that were promised in November 2004 that have been issued; the...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether her plans for 1,000 new private beds on public hospital grounds remains a viable option if the...
    • Sudden Cardiac Death Syndrome
      Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the report on sudden cardiac deaths will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8543/06]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if people awaiting neurosurgery can be treated under the National Treatment Purchase Fund scheme; the number of people who...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding available for the building of a crèche child care centre; the way in which a person can apply for the funding;...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she proposes to take to implement the mental health expert group's report, A Vision for Change; and if she will...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of an application under the housing aid for the elderly for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if...
    • Health Services
      Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the specific training given to people on FÁS community employment schemes who are employed by voluntary organisations to...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding nurses having retired with full pension returning to work on a temporary basis in respect of their...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the statutory basis for the disabled person's top-up grant scheme operated by the health board; if a copy of the qualifying...
    • National Cancer Strategy
      Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the new national cancer strategy; when she intends to publish same; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of radiotherapy services at Waterford Regional Hospital; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the designated funding contained in the funding provided by her Department to the Health Service Executive in 2006 for...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to provide funding for six dedicated palliative care beds as an emergency measure at Waterford Regional...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the names of all board appointments made by her for the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the criteria for assessing the contributions of an elderly patient in residential nursing home care who owns their own home...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the instructions she proposes to issue to the Health Service Executive with a view to addressing the serious issue of...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of MRSA cases recorded to date; if the number of incidences are on the decrease or otherwise; and if she will...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will give an assurance that the moneys realisable from the sale of psychiatric hospitals is likely to be sufficient...
    • Health Services
      Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has devolved full control and authority including accountability to the Houses of the Oireachtas and to the Health...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she proposes to take to eliminate the use of hospital trolleys in lieu of beds; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital beds available at present; the number by which this has increased or decreased in the past 15 years;...
    • Health Services
      Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the extent to which health expenditure has increased or decreased in the past five years; and if she will make a statement...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive will nominate a doctor on foot of request submitted in November 2005 for change of GMS...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people taxed under the self-assessed system in each of the past five years; if the Revenue Commissioners have a policy of switching...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance if he can reconcile the replies to Questions Nos. 217 and 315; if he has taken into account the submissions made by a person (details supplied) in...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance if the independent assessor has been appointed by the Office of Public Works to consider the 98 public submissions on the new Leixlip Garda station;...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance the names of all board appointments made by him for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8716/06]
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects negotiations to conclude regarding the plans for the takeover by the Office of Public Works of a museum (details supplied) in County...
    • Vehicle Registration
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the position on full Irish participation in EUCARIS; the reason Ireland is not a full participant; and his proposals to become full participants in...
    • Tax Code
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the need for early traffic reduction measures to coincide with the inevitable traffic disruption of Transport 21, he will provide...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the grant aid which has been made available from his Department to Údarás na Gaeltachta for the provision of a...
    • Information Technology
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding the development of open source centres of excellence here; the allocation made and...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the next call of a scheme will be opened with regard to the provision of broadband in Ballymote, County...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to address the concerns of the chairman of the Southern Fisheries Board regarding the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position within the top half of EU countries the Government's broadband target is aimed at by the end of...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the names of all board appointments made by him for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the Marine Institute report comparing EU log book data and the results of scientific surveys was provided...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the names of all board appointments made by him for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8718/06]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Retail Pricing.
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether Irish consumers are currently being ripped off due to the ever increasing practice by retailers of...
    • Work Permits
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the decision to refuse work permits to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be reviewed as two separate...
    • Job Creation
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will ascertain from the IDA if a factory (details supplied) in County Mayo has now been sold; if so, the price it was...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the names of all board appointments made by him for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8720/06]
    • Job Creation
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of potential employers the IDA or Enterprise Ireland have had visit a factory (details supplied) in County...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8681/06]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the names of all board appointments made by him for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8721/06]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the full extent of rent support available to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Transport
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of collisions resulting in a fatality and a serious injury in each of the past ten years by vehicle age. [8748/06]
    • International Agreements
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is proposing to include for the joint committee under Article 17 of the US-EU Air Transport Agreement a periodic review of the way in which...
    • Haulage Industry
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of tachograph inspections or checks carried out by transport officers from his Department on heavy goods vehicles in 2003, 2004 and...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is his intention as reported to ban heavy goods vehicles including bus-coaches from the outside lane of motorways and to make them liable for...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Transport the names of all board appointments made by him for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8722/06]
    • Driving Tests
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of driver testers which were on duty in an area (details supplied) each day in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Car Test
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which the national car testing service is accountable to him; the monitoring arrangements that are in place to ensure that the service...
    • Traffic Management
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the need for early traffic reduction measures to coincide with the inevitable traffic disruption of Transport 21, he will seek...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Grant Payments
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, further to Question No. 40 of 14 December 2005, the reason that the applicant did not have an opportunity to seek...
    • Grant Applications
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on whether any person, body or company that knowingly uses a bogus address on an Údarás grant application...
    • Craoladh Gaeilge
      Question 186: 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...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the names of all board appointments made by him for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a single farm payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of Bord Bia and Bord Glas staff that have applied for decentralisation to the proposed new headquarters in Enniscorthy,...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a REP scheme payment has not been made to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of animals in each county which have been diagnosed with tuberculosis in the years 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005; the number of...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a payment under the single payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the names of all board appointments made by her for the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8724/06]
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to change the guidelines regarding the early retirement scheme; if a person would be able to go to the mart to sell animals on...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will sanction the revised farm waste management scheme of on-farm grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8758/06]
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Private Security Authority
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the private security authority will be requested to review the minimum fee of €1,250 for an intruder alarm installer...
    • Prison Staff
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the qualifications for entry as a prison officer; if it is necessary to have the leaving certificate; and if exemptions can...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a dealing number will be registered in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim. [8651/06]
    • Extradition Application
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if arrangements will be made for an application to the Dutch authorities for the extradition here of a person (details...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of expatriate Irish based in each EU state in a category (details supplied). [8689/06]
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of the Garda Síochána who are obliged to attend the scene of a road traffic accident; if this is the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the names of all board appointments made by him for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8725/06]
    • Garda Reserve
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which members of the new Garda reserve force will be compensated in the event of loss of wages from their...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the Garda Síochána road accident report form was last updated; the reason no regular statistics are provided on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for post nuptial naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • State Examinations
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the SCG examination in Irish will take place in 2006; the centre in which the examination will take place; the funding allocated...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason there is no funding available for the building of drama or performing arts facilities in secondary schools. [8641/06]
    • School Insurance
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average annual cost of insurance incurred by both primary and secondary schools in the Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8 areas; if she will...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Carlow has not had his English university qualifications recognised for teaching...
    • School Staffing
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the staffing schedules for primary schools will be announced in 2006; if the points figure for 2006 will be reduced when the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will support a group of northside parents of autistic children currently awaiting a decision on approval for a specialised...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be made available for an extension to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8683/06]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names of all board appointments made by her for the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8726/06]
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the mechanism available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare relating to her application for a college course; and if she...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has not attended school for the past three years; and if she will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which resources are provided to allow people with disabilities to participate in further education. [8760/06]
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Defence, further to Question No. 1411 of 25 January 2006, if he will reconsider his decision in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [8692/06]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Defence the names of all board appointments made by him for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8727/06]
    • Defence Forces Claims
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of claims made by members of the Reserve Defence Forces each year since 2000 for injuries received in the course of training or duty as...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Soil Erosion
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reasons for farmers being obliged to remove all sheep from the Nephin Beg Range, County Mayo for a six...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the criteria he used in assessing the contract for the Poolbeg incinerator which he signed in 2006; and the...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if owners of bogland have to obtain planning permission to cut turf on their land; if so, the locations where...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will allocate specific funding to Roscommon County Council to address the flooding vulnerability of the...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in calculating the amount allocated and amount spent by each local authority on the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has approved the contract documents for the Lower Liffey Valley sewerage scheme. [8703/06]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the names of all board appointments made by him for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim has infilled...