Written answers

Thursday, 9 March 2006

  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Civil Partnerships
      Question 10: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the legislation of same-sex civil partnerships or same sex civil marriages; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Equality Issues
      Question 11: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has had discussions with the Equality Authority regarding the recommendations of its report Equivalence in Promoting...
    • Commemorative Events
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps to be taken by the Garda Síochána for the upcoming 1916 parade to ensure that we do not experience a repeat of 25...
    • Prison Education Service
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the fact that the accommodation of the Prisoner Transport Escort Corps is being prioritised over the...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 14: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his response to the statement of assistant chief constable Mr. Sam Kinkaid of the PSNI to the Omagh bomb victims to the...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the freedom of information requests which have been received in his Department regarding the Thornton Hall Prison project; if...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his role in dealing with riot situations; if he is consulted or gives instructions or directions; if he has informed his...
    • Drug Treatment Court
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will commit to roll out the Drugs Courts nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4369/06]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people who sought asylum prior to 1 January 2001, were refused asylum and are awaiting a decision on their...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his most recent contacts with the Omagh bomb victims and their families; if his assistance has been sought and given in...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the length of time Operation Anvil is in existence; the number of gardaí involved; the Garda stations to which they are...
    • Garda Reserve Force
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for introducing a volunteer Garda force in 2006; the way in which he proposes to cope with the strong...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of the Garda operation to protect the United State's President Mr. George W. Bush in Shannon Airport on 28...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 25: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people who sought asylum prior to 1 January 2001 who are still awaiting a decision on their asylum application;...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 27: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of concerns raised in the 2005 concluding observations of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination...
    • Claims against Garda Síochána
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps taken to improve management of compensation claims against the Garda Síochána and by members of the Garda...
    • National Security Service
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people employed in the secret service section; the location of the section; the type of work carried out by the...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a report into the death of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if and when he will be in a position to publish an unedited or a redacted version of the Nally Report; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Act 2005
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he can provide a full listing of the sections of the Disability Act 2005 which have been implemented and are fully...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding his plans to build a super-prison at Thornton Hall. [9765/06]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community gardaí who have been attached to each Garda station in the Dublin metropolitan area for each of the...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the British Home Office report published in October 2005 which describes female genital mutilation as a cultural...
    • National Identity Card
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the need to introduce an identity card along the lines of those being introduced in Britain; and if he will make...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the safeguards which are in place for a person (details supplied) who came here as a minor without a passport or...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the anomalies surrounding the status of Somalis currently seeking asylum here. [9769/06]
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps taken by the 26 Garda officers and four Garda sergeants who accompanied the 13 Chinese deportees on 21 February...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the policies involved in making decisions regarding designated-type hostels, such as Bridgewater House, Carrick-on-Suir,...
    • Independent Monitoring Commission
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost to the State to date in 2006 of the Independent Monitoring Commission; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to the case of the 5,456 headline offences committed by persons on bail, the offences for which the persons were on...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the full cost to the State of the recent deportation by air of 13 Chinese nationals; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the group of single young men under the direct provision scheme who have recently been relocated to...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the application for naturalisation of a person (details supplied) on the grounds that they have been working...
    • Adult Cautioning Scheme
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of offences listed in the adult cautioning scheme which became operational on 1 February 2006; the method of...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the provision of a new Garda station at Castleisland, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in processing the application of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 who has applied for leave...
    • Equal Status Acts
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he agrees with the Equality Authority that, following the findings of the recent report entitled Inequality and the...
    • North-South Co-operation
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his response to the policy document recently published by the SDLP entitled North-South Makes Sense; his views on an...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in processing the application of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 who has applied for leave...
    • Refugee Appeals Tribunal
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he has taken to deal with concerns regarding the tribunal's chairman in view of recent resignations from the...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received representations from the Office of the Director of Consumer Affairs urging him to review section 5 of the...
    • Centre for Public Inquiry
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances under which he provided confidential information to a newspaper journalist regarding the director of the...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if prosecution against any particular organised criminals or crime gangs have been deferred for whatever reason in the past...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an investigation (details supplied) has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9678/06]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum seekers who have committed criminal offences here and have been granted refugee status; the category of...
    • International Terrorism
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the level of threat to Ireland from international terrorists in view of the bombings in London in July 2005; if the current...
    • Extradition Requests
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of extradition requests received each year from other countries since the beginning of 2000; the country making...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the North-South or British-Irish contacts there have been at ministerial or official level in relation to the Omagh bomb...
    • Housing Estate Management
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to regulate managing agents of apartment complexes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Stardust Disaster
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has arranged to meet families bereaved by the Stardust disaster. [9377/06]
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of child care supplement which will be payable in the case of a child who is six years of age in the middle of...
    • Health Services
      Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a position (details supplied) in County Mayo will be advertised; when this position will be filled; and the stage this...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can receive an earlier date for an MRI scan; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department intends investing to a greater extent in cardiovascular health services following research which found...
    • Alcohol Abuse
      Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to the recommendation referred to in Question No. 268 of 31 January 2006, that a group, representative of all...
    • Health Services
      Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to ensure that a school (details supplied) is not forced to close due to the withdrawal by the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate a situation whereby a person (details supplied) in County Cork has failed to get a date for an...
    • Organ Donation
      Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to alter, amend or introduce legislation in relation to organ donation and transplantation; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which she intends putting the new home care packages into place; if the home care packages will result in an...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when approval will be given for phase two of a project at St. Canice's Hospital, Kilkenny for the provision of much needed...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding available in the south east to clubs or organisations who wish to host events for teenagers to raise public...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if persons requiring renal dialysis care will be referred to a clinic (details supplied) in County Kilkenny if it is...
    • Nursing Home Records
      Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if it is acceptable to her Department and to all Health Service Executive inspection teams that inspect private nursing...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will be travelling abroad for the St. Patrick's Day festivities; and if so, the location she will be visiting; the...
    • Health Services
      Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children how means are calculated when assessing eligibility for home help services; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Cards
      Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a medical card can be issued on emergency grounds in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will review the demographics of west Dublin and north Kildare regarding the number of hospital beds available to the...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a dedicated section exists in her Department to cater for children deemed to be at risk due to being under the...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department will instruct the VHI to sanction the cost of MRI and CAT scan examinations on patients referred by...
  • Department of Finance
    • Garda Stations
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance the situation regarding a proposed new Garda barracks at a location (details supplied) in County Cork. [9815/06]
    • Industrial Development
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding allocated to the Border, midlands and western region and the southern and eastern region under the national development plan;...
    • Tax Code
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax reliefs or incentives which are available to persons wishing to install environmentally friendly systems when building a new home; his plans...
    • Job Creation
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will elaborate on his recent reply to Question No. 110 of 28 February 2006 where he stated that the Government has found it difficult to...
    • Tax Code
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are special exemptions from paying stamp duty on purchasing a second-hand house for a person who has been recently widowed and who...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will be travelling abroad for the St. Patrick's Day festivities; and if so, the location he will be visiting; the functions he will be...
    • State Property
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans the Office of Public Works has to sell the old coastguard station, Crosshaven, County Cork. [9951/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in having a P21 application form issued to a person, details supplied, in County Cork who requires a P21 in respect of their...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Resources
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the tax reliefs or incentives which are available to persons wishing to install environmentally friendly systems...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount of funding allocated by his Department for marine projects including developing and renovation of...
    • Salmon Management Report
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the salmon commission has finished its report; when this report will be published; if the report was adopted...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if correspondence has been received by his Department (details supplied); his views on the contents of this...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of licences which have been issued in regard to razor shell fishing in the sea off Portmarnock,...
    • Salmon Management Report
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when a decision will be made on the recommendations of the National Salmon Commission regarding commercial drift...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will be travelling abroad for the St. Patrick's Day festivities; and if so, the location he will be...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to introduce a voluntary buy-out scheme for commercial drift net salmon fishermen; and if he will...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the steps the Government intends to take in response to the Council of Europe's recommendation published in...
    • Presidential Visit
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the protocol for receiving visits from foreign heads of State; if this protocol was followed in the case of the recent visit by US President...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will be travelling abroad for the St. Patrick's Day festivities; and if so, the location he will be visiting; the functions he will be...
    • UN Resolutions
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will use this Government's good offices with the US Administration to encourage the US to approve the draft resolution for a new United...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will use his influence with the US authorities with a view to regularisation of the undocumented Irish in the US; if he will seek a...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the action his Department intends to take in relation to the sports capital grant application submitted by a club (details supplied)...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the option of making the new stadium in Tallaght open to all football and other codes; and the reason this was not the...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will be travelling abroad for the St. Patrick's Day festivities; and if so, the location he will be visiting; the functions he...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Consumer Information
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps the Government is taking to ensure that consumers can have access to information (details supplied). [9851/06]
    • Official Engagements
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will be travelling abroad for the St. Patrick's Day festivities; and if so, the location he will be visiting; the...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his policy in regard to the extension of free travel on buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9954/06]
    • Official Engagements
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will be travelling abroad for the St. Patrick's Day festivities; and if so, the location he will be visiting; the functions...
  • Department of Transport
    • State Property
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Transport if alternative premises are to be sourced for the Crosshaven unit of the Irish Coast Guard, due to the impending sale by the Office of Public Works...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to his recent public comments, his plans to require qualified drivers sit a re-test for renewal of their driving licence; the timescale...
    • Public Transport
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will ensure agencies under his remit such as the National Roads Authority, Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann are aware of and implement national...
    • National Car Test
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Question No. 179 of 2 March 2006, in relation to the supervision services contractor engaged by his Department to oversee the NCTS...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Transport the proposed plans and options available to Kinsale Harbour Commissioners in relation to its future; the funding which will be made available...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of people on the waiting list for driving tests; and the average delay in obtaining same. [9911/06]
    • Official Engagements
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will be travelling abroad for the St. Patrick's Day festivities; and if so, the location he will be visiting; the functions he will be...
    • Dublin Port Tunnel
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for 30 workers being injured recently; if he is satisfied with the water in the port tunnel as it has a pH reading of over 10; and if he...
    • State Airports
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Transport his policy in relation to the return or disposal of items confiscated by airport security personnel at boarding checkpoints at the State's...
    • Public Transport
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Transport the consideration which has been given to passenger issues in a multi-provider public bus service environment regarding timetabling, bus stop, bus...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, further to the dormant accounts fund, an estimate has been made of the number of dormant accounts and the amount...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will be travelling abroad for the St. Patrick's Day festivities; and if so, the location he will be visiting;...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment under the single payment scheme will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will be travelling abroad for the St. Patrick's Day festivities; and if so, the location she will be visiting; the functions she...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Wexford can appeal the single farm payment decision; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he intends to provide funding for the Fathers for Justice group in view of the fact that their website currently has...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ensure the allocation of additional Garda mountain bikes to the parts of south Dublin where the population and...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for the town of Kiltimagh, County Mayo with regard to accommodation for asylum seekers; if the accommodation...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to ensure that the letter relating the decision by his Department to approve the application for a...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to change the age limit of 35 for entry into the Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will defer his proposals to deport a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2 to facilitate a surgical procedure...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an American person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved Irish citizenship on the basis of marriage. [9906/06]
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of new gardaí recruited each year since 2000; the number of these recruits who had graduate or postgraduate...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of persons (details supplied) in County Waterford who are being called to the Garda National...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will be travelling abroad for the St. Patrick's Day festivities; and if so, the location he will be visiting; the...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of US citizens who have been asked to leave this State since 2002. [9949/06]
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20 alleging repeated incidence of persecution;...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he proposes to take to combat the increase in gun violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9975/06]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the 2000 extra gardaí promised in the general election of 2002 are likely to be deployed; the specific locations to...
    • Firearms Regulations
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to limit the availability of handguns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9981/06]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the application for refugee and residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in view of the...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the matter of the residential status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 in view of the considerable...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residential status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a dedicated section exists in his Department to cater for children deemed to be at risk due to non-attendance at school,...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the evidence he has that the supply of crack cocaine here is increasing; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position on the application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who with...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • School Transport
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the consequences in terms of availability of school transport for the next school year for catchment boundary children as a result of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in moving a building project forward at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when the issues...
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if extra funding will be made available to schools to cover the costs of water charges as these charges have to be paid out of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the application to erect a new school at Coralstown; when same is likely to commence; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Home Tuition Grant
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, regarding her Department's decision to discontinue the tuition grant for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath why in the...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the role the school development planning unit of her Department can play to assist a second level school (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department intends providing an independent assessment for persons (details supplied); if so, when this assessment is expected...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to restore equity and fair play and end the discrimination against ordinary national schools with four to 13 teachers by...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the application for capital funding for the extension to a school (details supplied) in County Cork was received; and the steps...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will be travelling abroad for the St. Patrick's Day festivities; and if so, the location she will be visiting; the functions she...
    • School Staffing
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the threshold for appointing teachers in primary schools by size of enrolment. [9958/06]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the refurbishment works planned for the summer at a school (details supplied); and the critical steps to completion. [9960/06]
    • School Attendance
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a dedicated section exists in her Department to cater for children deemed to be at risk due to non-attendance at school; the action...
  • Department of Defence
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Defence if he intends to examine the establishment of a compensation process and fund for members of the Defence Forces allegedly abused during their...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will be travelling abroad for the St. Patrick's Day festivities; and if so, the location he will be visiting; the functions he will be...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding he allocated to the Greystones marine project; and what this funding is for. [9805/06]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a progress report on the Buttevant, County Cork sewerage scheme collection system; if a...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Question No. 555 of 7 February 2006, if payment has been made to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Question No. 504 of 28 February 2006, if watches and clocks which are battery operated are subject...
    • Health Service Schemes
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the statutory basis for the disabled person's top-up grant scheme operated by the Health Service Executive; if...
    • End-of-Life Vehicles
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the means by which it is proposed to impose the full cost of dismantling, treating and recycling end-of-life...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9882/06]
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage of the annual budget provided by his Department to local authorities which is designated for...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the 2004 affordable housing scheme (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the consideration he has given to the regulation of management companies in mixed housing developments; and if...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to respond to the recommendations of the Indecon report regarding the disabled persons grant;...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he intends to introduce in relation to water conservation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the guidelines, instructions or advice which have been received from institutions of the EU regarding...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will be travelling abroad for the St. Patrick's Day festivities; and if so, the location he will be...
    • EU Directives
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which the nitrates directive will be enforced; the bodies that will be charged with enforcement;...