Written answers

Tuesday, 21 March 2006

  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the full charities Bill will be published; the reason he has failed to deal with the legal structures and status...
    • Fóram na Gaeilge
      Question 67: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cathain a bheidh an chéad chruinniú eile ag Fóram na Gaeilge, agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina leith. [10820/06]
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason he does not support allowing emigrant groups representing Irish born citizens living overseas to apply for...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will undertake major initiatives to combat the crisis surrounding the use and abuse of illegal drugs; and if he...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the establishment of a community development unit for older people within his Department; and if he will...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the assistance that will be available from his Department for the newly established national advisory group on...
    • Rural Development
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress that has been made to date in regard to the implementation of the future vision and policy agenda...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount that has been paid from the dormant accounts fund since January 2006; the projects that have received money...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is satisfied that the response by his Department to the huge increase in the use of cocaine is adequate; and if...
    • Rural Development
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position with the development of a national strategy on rural development; the reason the proposed consultation...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on extending the drugs task force area; the position regarding the work of the drugs task force; and if he...
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has had discussions with Pobal regarding the rural transport initiative; the content and issues raised during...
    • Irish Language
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of Irish language schemes approved by him since 8 February 2006 under the Official Languages Act 2003; the...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he proposes changes to the CLÁR areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10445/06]
    • Interdepartmental Committees
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the level of interaction which is taking place between his Department and the task force on active citizenship. [10784/06]
    • Community Development
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the full extent of the funding made available by his Department and through various bodies under his aegis to various...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will report on his recent meeting in Belfast with Mr. David Hanson, Northern Ireland Office Minister for Culture,...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the evaluation of the RAPID programme being carried out by a company (details supplied) will be made available to...
    • Rural Development
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when there will be a national country walkway strategy; his views on the loss of tourism revenue which is resulting...
    • Community Development
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals to develop structures, including a centralised unit, to drive and co-ordinate social inclusion policies;...
    • Rural Development
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the individual projects being sanctioned as part of the €55,000 grant from the rural development fund which he...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the next drugs prevalence survey will be published; the timeframe of this survey; if a special study will be...
    • Irish Language
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has had discussions with relevant agencies and the Department of Education and Science regarding the provision...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the discussions he has had with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, the Department of Education and...
    • Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
      Question 106: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad é an dul chun cinn atá déanta ó thaobh chur i bhfeidhm alt 7 Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla. [10824/06]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide a report on the various decentralisation projects relating to his Department; and if he will make a...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the discussions he has had with the Department of Education and Science regarding drug use among undergraduate...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will report on his official visit to New Zealand for St. Patrick's Day festivities; the length of his visit; the...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when his proposals for reform of the rural social scheme will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
      Question 115: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an nglacann sé leis gur maith an smaoineamh é múnla a chur ar fáil a chabhróidh le foilsitheoirí freastal ar...
    • Oideachas Lán-Ghaeilge
      Question 116: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad iad na cainteanna a bhí aige leis an Roinn Oideachais agus Eolaíochta, maidir le haonad oideachais lán-Ghaeilge...
    • Community Development
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made to date in regard to the development of community and social connection in Irish society since the...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the action his Department is taking to support business opportunities for farmers and SMEs in agri-tourism; and if he...
    • Rural Development
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the input he will have on the formulation of Agri-Vision 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10798/06]
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress that has been made to date with the emerging needs fund in the work of drugs task forces; and if he will...
    • Irish Language
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when work on the development of a strategy for the Irish language will be sanctioned; his views on whether the...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when a decision will be made on the funding application by a group (details supplied) in Dublin 7 for its drug...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Machine Imports
      Question 127: To ask the Taoiseach the number of petrol chainsaws, electric chainsaws, walk-behind petrol lawn mowers, lawn tractor mowers with rear engine and lawn tractor mowers with front...
    • Industrial Disputes
      Question 128: To ask the Taoiseach the number of strikes related to union recognition in each of the past ten years; and the average duration of such strikes in each of those years. [10909/06]
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 129: To ask the Taoiseach if the development of the e-Cabinet project is complete; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10094/06]
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 131: To ask the Taoiseach if he received formal confirmation from any political party in Northern Ireland that that party accepted the December 2004 comprehensive agreement; and if he...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Food Safety
      Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the complaints made against the Safefood agency regarding contracts. [10014/06]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if improved psychiatric, speech and language, physiotherapy and occupational therapy services will be provided to schools...
    • General Register Office
      Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a birth, death or marriage certificate can be applied for on-line; if not, the reason this service is not available; and...
    • Child Care Payments
      Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the arrangements being put in place for the payment of the new child care payment announced in budget 2006; the criteria...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding which is available for the building of a crèche child care centre; the way in which a person can apply for the...
    • Health Services
      Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if home help can be provided in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which she intends to physically pay the early child care supplement to parents; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the medical treatment received by a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be investigated by her Department;...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps which have been taken at St. Colmcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown, County Dublin, to combat the problems of lack...
    • Health Services
      Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is in order for a €45 charge to be applied to a medical card holder for an eye test in order that...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will be directed to treat home helps on a par with all other health service employees by...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [10057/06]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath immediately admitted to St. James's...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the necessity for a national cancer screening programme; if she proposes to introduce such a programme; and if...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to increase the number of neurologists [i]per capita[/i]; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10112/06]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons covered by medical cards in each year since 2000; the percentage of the total population this...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a drug (details supplied) is no longer available; if her Department has plans to reintroduce this drug; and if...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there are means by which a pharmacist trained outside the EEA, Australia or New Zealand may register to practise here;...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) was on a trolley at Beaumont Hospital and was treated in such a manner; and if this...
    • Health Services
      Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if respite care has been provided to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [10147/06]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her policy in relation to working beyond the age of 65; if the Health Service Executive facilitates working beyond 65; and...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing serious overcrowding at Ennis General Hospital; if her attention has further...
    • Health Services
      Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason no facilities exist within the Republic of Ireland where patients with a known latex allergy or a suspected...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that despite requests to the Health Service Executive, southern region, on 26...
    • Health Expenditure
      Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the original financial allocation for 2003, 2004, and 2005 in respect of Cork University Hospital, South Infirmary-Victoria...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be provided with a bed in a hospital in Galway. [10233/06]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the Government policy regarding child protection and family support in respect of asylum seeking families; if a case worker...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to facilitate patients who are prescribed vitamin B12 injections for pernicious anaemia and who can no longer...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of applications that were received by her Department for medical cards over the past five years that were not...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the x-ray unit at St. Vincent's Hospital, Athy, County Kildare, is not in operation; when the problems will be...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the structure of the child and adolescent psychiatric services in each Health Service Executive area as described in...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital beds in each Health Service Executive area dedicated exclusively to adolescents at present; her...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason people in Ballyfermot who are on medical cards are finding it increasingly difficult to have their dentures...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [10277/06]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the financial assistance that can be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 for the full-time care of their three...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be allocated an appointment; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the term of office of the first Health Insurance Authority has expired; if not, when she expects it to expire; when she...
    • Health Services
      Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person diagnosed with Down's syndrome will qualify for a mobility allowance; and if not, the criteria they fail to...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of speech and language therapists employed in the various regions of the Health Service Executive; her views on...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a complete schedule of all national disability groups here; and also a schedule of the recognised group...
    • National Emergency Plan
      Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the state of preparedness of hospitals to cope with major disasters, for example train or air crashes, where multiple...
    • Health Services
      Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if palliative care services will be developed in each Health Service Executive region; her proposals in this regard; and if...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she will approve the Health Service Executive capital plan for 2006 to enable projects such as the new Dingle...
    • Health Services
      Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will increase the subvention being awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to planning difficulties experienced by applicants who wish to set up multi-disciplinary...
    • Health Services
      Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if home help attendant hours will be provided for persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [10374/06]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason it is taking such a long time for the Health Service Executive south east region to obtain Garda clearance for a...
    • Health Services
      Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason home support hours were cut and then discontinued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;...
    • Clinical Trials
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of clinical trials which were conducted on psychiatric patients over the past three years. [10389/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for psychiatric assessment for children. [10390/06]
    • Health Contribution Levy
      Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to abolish payment of the 2% health levy by people over 65 years of age. [10393/06]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the medical card does not cover full chiropody cost for older people; and if she proposes to address this issue....
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to extend BreastCheck for women over 65. [10398/06]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a reply will issue to Question No. 179 of 29 November 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10411/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if ongoing financial assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if she will be considered...
    • Community Development
      Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Question No. 118 of 24 November 2005, if she will request the Health Service Executive to issue a comprehensive...
    • Health Services
      Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Question No. 111 of 1 December 2005, if the Health Service Executive will be requested to issue a response....
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a reply will issue to Question No. 225 of 7 February 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10430/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of both the strain on provision of beds in hospitals and the inequitable situation whereby women who live...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has satisfied herself that the helicopter landing facility in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to the outstanding pension entitlement of former staff of the National Rehabilitation Board (details supplied),...
    • Health Services
      Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for a hearing test at the county clinic in Navan; the measures which will be put in place to reduce this...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an increased level of subvention will be awarded on appeal to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if this person should have been charged for...
    • Health Services
      Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the current usage and future plans for the Health Service Executive property (details supplied) in...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on including patients who have undergone illeostomy procedures in the long-term illness scheme. [10520/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she will take following her Department receiving a letter from a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; if...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Wexford is entitled to more subvention; if her attention has been drawn to the...
    • Health Services
      Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department funds a group (details supplied) in County Wexford; if so, the amount of funding received; the person who...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position concerning the provision of additional accommodation relating to the phase 2B element of the General Hospital,...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an application for a refund under the nursing home fees repayment scheme will be awarded to a person (details...
    • Crisis Pregnancy Prevention
      Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the need for reform of the Crisis Pregnancy Agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10593/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date for a clinic at Tallaght Hospital; and...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if this parliamentary question can be taken by way of an appeal to refuse a medical card in the case of a person (details...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the allocation of funding in respect of enhanced nursing home subvention will be made available to the Southern Health...
    • Health Services
      Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive speech therapy; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the expected date by which BreastCheck will be available in North Tipperary by units other than mobile units; the reason...
    • Health Services
      Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of beds contracted to the Health Service Executive in County Tipperary in private nursing homes. [10669/06]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, who has been refused subvention, with a view...
    • Health Services
      Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress regarding the issues raised at meetings between the Health Service Executive and Irish Autism Action held in...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 244: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will reverse the decision not to reimburse the current market price of deltacortril tablets under the drugs payment...
    • Health Services
      Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when provision will be made for occupational therapy to be provided on a regular basis to enable a person (details...
    • Nursing Homes
      Question 256: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she expects the report on the deaths at Leas Cross (details supplied). [10729/06]
    • Health Statistics
      Question 258: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason her Department has not published a complete health statistics report since 2002; the contact details and the...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 259: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an application under the housing aid for the elderly scheme will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Avian Flu
      Question 260: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the emergency arrangements in place to deal with a possible bird flu epidemic; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 259 of 14 February 2006. [10841/06]
    • Organ Donation
      Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make it compulsory for all chemist shops to display organ donor cards; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 264: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a GMS doctor has not been appointed and medical card restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 265: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in 1982 a Government-appointed team found that 14 children here who were...
    • Health Services
      Question 268: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for a reduction of almost 750,000 in home help hours between 2002 and 2004; and if she will make a statement on...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 269: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Question No. 112 of 16 February 2006, the reason for the delay in a reply issuing to same; and if she will make...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 270: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an investigation will be ordered into the circumstances whereby a baby (details supplied) became profoundly mentally and...
    • Health Services
      Question 271: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the necessary service for assessment and initiation of methadone treatment will be provided; the follow-up treatment...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 285: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to the letter from the Health Service Executive of 9 March 2006 in response to Question No. 480 of 25 January 2006,...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 286: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason she has not approved the phase 3C development of Naas General Hospital, which is included in the 2006 capital...
    • Health Services
      Question 287: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in a response issuing in respect of Question No. 113 of 16 February 2006 from the Health Service...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 288: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in providing the information sought under Questions Nos. 140 of 15 December 2005 and 474 of 25...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 289: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing a response to Questions Nos. 114 of 16 February 2006 and 477 of 25 January 2006 from...
    • Health Services
      Question 290: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing a response to Questions Nos. 479 of 25 January 2006 and 116 of 16 February 2006 from...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 291: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if nurses working in Dingle Hospital, which is in a Gaeltacht area of Kerry, will be granted an extra allowance for...
    • Health Services
      Question 292: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the policy in respect of the provision of post-operative physiotherapy for patients suffering from dementia; and if she...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 293: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the policy in respect of charges for inpatient services in nursing homes in respect of patients in public nursing homes and...
    • Health Service Inspections
      Question 294: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details of all inspections carried out by the social services inspectorate and other agencies in...
  • Department of Finance
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the circumstances at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if a school building project at a school...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Finance when the appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for vehicle registration tax exemption will be considered; and if he will make a...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the Fermoy flood relief scheme; if a contract for the scheme has been selected; when work on the scheme will commence; the...
    • Regional Development
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Finance what have the group of western Ministers called together to overview the spending and drawdown for the Border, midland, western region of the...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Finance in regard to the mobile phone transmitters which are placed on Howth Garda station, the plans which exist to put further transmitters at this...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on amending the regulations for term time working to include shorter breaks of four or six weeks; the merits and drawbacks of such a...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the gardaí in Carbury, County Kildare, have not moved to their new Garda station in Derrinturn, County Kildare; and the action being...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Finance further to the meeting between the Office of Public Works and officials from Kildare County Council on 8 February 2006, if there has been any...
    • Oileáin Amach ón gCósta
      Question 304: To ask the Aire Airgeadais an dtabharfaidh sé tuairisc maidir leis an mBlascaod Mór a oscailt don phobal. [10962/06]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 should be paying income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10047/06]
    • Motor Vehicle Registration
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which number plate providers are regulated here; his plans to introduce registration and monitoring of such providers to allow for the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is correct that a VAT rate of 21% is applied to the bill for a social alarm monitoring service; if a VAT exemption applies to the purchasing of...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a comprehensive and up-to-date list held by the Revenue Commissioners of all licensed premises in Cork city and county. [10070/06]
    • Motor Vehicle Registration
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to whether the Revenue Commissioners can provide on-line vehicle registration tax for motor vehicle dealers and...
    • Electronic Projects
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Finance if the e-Estimates project has been completed; if not, the reason therefore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10095/06]
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is proposed to introduce a carbon tax in the foreseeable future; his views and best estimate of its implications for carbon emission levels;...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Finance the state of the decentralisation process; the percentages in the various Departments and agencies who have applied to move; if promotional...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Finance the principal features of the Exchequer figures for January-February 2006; the way in which revenue and spending compare with budget 2006...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Revenue Commissioners have developed enhanced management services for customers since 2000; if...
    • Tax Code
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to arrangements whereby a developer can enter an agreement to build under licence on land owned by another party and...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress which is being made to advance the decentralisation of the Office of Public Works to Kanturk, County Cork; and if sufficient staff are...
    • State Airports
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of flights that arrived at Dublin Airport, Shannon Airport and Cork Airport at times when they have no customs officers rostered for duty...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works will arrange interim accommodation for the 200 staff from the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural...
    • Road Network
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Commissioners of Public Works have carried out maintenance works on a road (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding correspondence (details supplied). [10385/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that a VAT rate of 21% applies to a magazine (details supplied) since 1 January 2006 when prior to this date it was zero rated. [10401/06]
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is legitimate to make verbal requests under the Freedom of Information Act 1997; and, if this is the case, the process whereby the fees are...
    • Tax Code
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners consider appeals for tax repayment beyond the four-year deadline, where there are grounds of ill health for people to...
    • State Property
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Finance if assistance will be given to a local authority in finalising the transfer of a site which has been developed into a playground (details supplied)...
    • Tax Code
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are difficulties in the Revenue computer system in automatically picking up instances which trigger a refund, for example, a person becoming...
    • Alcohol Data
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have published or retained data for the volume of beer, cider, wine and spirits between 1980 and 1987; and if that...
    • Investment Schemes
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a bogus Internet investment scheme, known as PIPS scheme, the origin of which is outside of the State; his views...
    • Tax Code
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Finance if a taxpayer will qualify for an incapacitated child tax credit for providing full-time care for their brother. [10473/06]
    • EU Directives
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which statutory instruments are generated in relation to the European taxation on savings directive; if they are voted through at Dáil...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Finance the salary for clerk of works in the Office of Public Works; the way in which this compares with the pay for the clerk of works-building inspectors...
    • National Stadium
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Finance if, due to previous dealings in relation to the establishment of Campus and Stadium Ireland Development Limited and the holding and transferring of...
    • Tax Code
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Finance if concessions apply to the stamp duty clawback on first-time buyers who obtained stamp duty relief on a house, where for example they were forced to...
    • Communications Masts
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange to have the mast on Stepaside Garda station removed as it is out of keeping with the surrounding village. [10652/06]
    • State Property
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Finance if a building (details supplied) in Dublin 9 will be retained for use by the public service following the decentralisation of its current use; and if...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Finance if the €150 fee paid by persons (details supplied) in Dublin 7 to the Office of the Information Commissioner to access a document from their file...
    • Tax Code
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Finance when a certificate of tax free allowance will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the fact that they have...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the provision of a new Garda station at Castleisland, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10826/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) utilised the arrangement whereby it paid no income tax for its employees here. [10900/06]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Finance if the independent assessor has completed the examination of the 98 submissions made in response to the public consultation on the new Leixlip Garda...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Finance if officials from the Office of Public Works have met officials from Kildare County Council on the Leixlip flood relief study; and the outcome of...
    • State Property
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Question No. 535 of 28 September 2005, if there has been further movement on the acquisition of the lands. [11075/06]
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of sites visited or examined with regard to suitability in the context of the provision of an alternative site for a school (details...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the facilitator between the Irish Postmasters' Union and An Post has to report back to him to ensure that...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if drift netting licence holders will be compensated in the event that drift netting is to be discontinued; and...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a fish farm (details supplied) has licences to transport fish from their cages to fish farms (details...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the Government policy on the promotion of the inshore fishing industry; if there are figures available for the...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason fishermen who use small boats, those under 26 ft. are not permitted to use nets alongside pots; if...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, further to Question No. 158 of 2 March 2006, if he will give the necessary statutory powers to the Commission...
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo has been approved for a fish farming grant; and when they will...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of towns in Kildare serviced with broadband; the cost to the Exchequer in regard to each serviced...
    • Prospecting Licences
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a prospecting licence can be applied for on-line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10088/06]
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if vessel registration certificates and fishing licences can be applied for on-line; and if he will make a...
    • Geological Survey of Ireland
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department facilitates the on-line provision and purchase of geological data earth resources information...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position on the development of the Corrib gas field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10172/06]
    • Electricity Supply
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will request the Electricity Supply Board to facilitate Members with a help-line telephone number for ESB...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if grant assistance is available from his Department or agencies attached to his Department for a start-up...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to roll out a national fibre-optic network to every home and business here; and if he will make a...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures he is taking to encourage An Post to maintain the post office network at its current size; and if...
    • Postal Services
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a stamp will issue in honour of Michael Davitt to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his death. [10482/06]
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the breakdown of the cost categories of the funding claimed by a group (details supplied) in County Mayo; the...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the cost to the taxpayer of the Deloitte & Touche report on energy; the persons to whom it has been referred or...
    • Communications Masts
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the percentage of phone masts, overall and in each county, which have been checked for signal strength and...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department has estimated the cost to the State of implementing the proposal by a company (details...
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the proposals the Government has to ensure that the people retain the right to fish inshore waters, rivers,...
    • Employment Records
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the employment dates for a former employee (details supplied) of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs. [10880/06]
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding the application submitted by Ballycotton Harbour Development Association for development...
    • Broadcasting Legislation
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects to be in a position to make a decision in relation to designating the Ryder Cup as a free to air...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals for the future of the 999 emergency service; the manner in which he will retain the existing...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Emigrant Support Services
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will use his influence with the US authorities with a view to the regularisation of the undocumented Irish in the US: if he will seek a...
    • International Agreements
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the proceedings involving a person (details supplied) in the USA concerning that person's attempt to...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, while in Washington DC for St. Patrick's Day, he discussed the Kennedy-McCain bill with President Bush; his views on whether President...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport can be applied for on-line; if not, the reason this service is not available; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding his contacts in respect of the Northern Ireland peace process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10246/06]
    • Humanitarian Issues
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action Ireland can take to alleviate the problems caused by drought and famine in Kenya; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he received formal confirmation from any political party in Northern Ireland that that party accepted the December 2004 comprehensive...
    • International Agreements
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when Ireland will ratify the Hague Convention on adoptions. [10496/06]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the US Government has appointed a transitional co-ordinator for Cuba; if he recognises the...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the inclusion of Zimbabwe in the Irish aid bilateral aid programme; and the aid which is going to non-governmental organisations...
    • Children's Rights
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the concerns of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 whose children were taken out of the State without their consent. [10694/06]
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when his Department will make a decision on a funding application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10831/06]
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department has received an application for a sports and capital grant from a group (details supplied); if his attention has...
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans to institute an anti-racism or anti-sectarianism campaign through sports in general, and in particular soccer, modelled on...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a sports capital grant will be awarded to a club (details supplied) in County Galway. [10170/06]
    • National Museum
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if persons employed in the National Museum and so on who are on contract have the opportunity to obtain permanency and pension...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received an application from a club (details supplied); if he has examined this application; if he can confirm that the...
    • Sports Stadia
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the contacts his Department has had with groups (details supplied) regarding the Genesis report, particularly on ground-sharing; and...
    • National Stadium
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he is satisfied that he has and has always had power to hold and transfer shares in Campus and Stadium Ireland Development...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will confirm the receipt of a grant application under the 2006 sport capital programme from a club (details supplied) in Dublin...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Health and Safety Authority
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if instructions have been issued to the Health and Safety Authority regarding the appointment of health and safety officers...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is a regulation in place to ensure that companies that purport to be experts in health and safety regulations and...
    • Work Permits
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a work permit can be applied for on-line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10085/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the annual returns can be filled on-line; if new companies can be registered on-line; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Patents Office
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the public has on-line access to the Patents Office Journal and to the Patents Office's register and databases; if the...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has an on-line service to calculate redundancy payments for employers and employees; and if he will make a...
    • Work Permits
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review a decision to disallow an application for a work permit in respect of a Ukrainian national (details...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he intends to take to restore employment in north Mayo and in Ballina, County Mayo, in view of the fact that the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if grant assistance is available from his Department or agencies attached to his Department for a start-up company intending...
    • Migrant Workers
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps which are being taken to prevent the exploitation of migrant workers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Labour Inspectorate
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace inspections carried out by labour inspectors in each month of 2005; his views on whether the current...
    • Work Permits
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permit applications in each year since 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10315/06]
    • Job Losses
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts being made to find alternative employment for those who are being made redundant by a company ( details...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grants which are available to a company (details supplied) in County Wexford who wish to start up a new business. [10548/06]
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that home help workers continue to be employed on zero-hours contracts in breach...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he plans to take to assist Irish companies and international companies based here maintain a cost...
    • Job Losses
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views at the job losses announced by a company (details supplied) in County Tipperary; his further views on the outlook...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of visits to Nenagh arranged by Shannon Development and the IDA for potential foreign direct investors,...
    • Employment Statistics
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workdays that were lost in 2005 and in each of the previous five years, as a result of work related injuries;...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost to date of a project (details supplied); the methods used to determine the success or otherwise of the project; and...
    • Work Permits
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has reviewed a decision not to grant a work permit to a person (details supplied) and if the appeal in this case has...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in the past 12 months he has received representations from trade unions, employers bodies or any other party in respect...
    • Labour Inspectorate
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the ratio of labour inspectors to workforce in each of the past ten years. [10861/06]
    • Labour Court Staff
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff employed by the Labour Court in each of the past ten years. [10863/06]
    • Labour Inspectorate
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of inspections which have been carried out by the labour inspectorate in respect of compliance with the...
    • Waste Management
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the European Communities (Control of Major Accident Hazards Involving Dangerous Substances) Regulations will apply to the...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Grant Payments
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the funding allocated to a group (details supplied) since its formation; the expected timeframe for fulfilling its mandate; if it...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the protections which are in place for deckhands on fishing vessels from the point of view of social welfare payments for periods...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the incentive he plans to put in place to encourage workers over 65 to remain in the workplace; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for interest mortgage relief for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount saved by the operation of the means test for the carer's allowance in the most recent complete year for which data is...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his proposals to modify the pay-related social insurance system to enable class D contributions to be taken into account for a...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to introduce an on-line ready-reckoner in order that people would know their entitlements at the press of a button by...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department fund a group (details supplied) in County Wexford; if so, the amount of funding received; the person who is...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork, has been kept waiting for almost four weeks for a decision on their...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the discussions he has had or intends to have with the Minister for Education and Science on the issue of young carers and the...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost of his Department's investigation into welfare fraud in 2004 and 2005; the number of staff involved in the investigation;...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the breakdown of the poverty rates for each county here; the number of children who are at risk of poverty or living in consistent...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the community welfare officers will be instructed to give people on low incomes financial assistance towards the purchase of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if rent allowance or a deposit will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who has been sleeping...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W is paying PRSI. [10696/06]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people who work on the lo-call number for information regarding pensions in his Department; if the staff have targets...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the large number of women who have been disqualified from pension entitlement due to the years...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an increase in rent allowance will be considered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his progress, to date, on implementing a flexible working hours system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11118/06]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been refused the carer's allowance; the support available to the person;...
  • Department of Transport
    • Driver Licensing
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Transport the driving licence requirements for the driving of coaches here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10408/06]
    • Driving Tests
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Transport if an early driving test will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [10476/06]
    • Park and Ride Facilities
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received proposals for the provision of park and ride facilities in County Kildare under Transport 21. [11073/06]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce on the spot fines for tachograph offences; the way in which this will operate; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Transport if the National Roads Authority will continue to compile the annual road traffic collision data; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Services
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Transport if Iarnród Éireann has to adhere to the EU guidelines on train service timetables; if it is the prerogative of each member state's train...
    • Driver Licensing
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Transport if a driving licence can be applied for on-line; if not, the reason this service is not available; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Port Development
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will work closely with other relevant Departments in pushing forward the proposal to develop the port of Bremore, north of Balbriggan as a...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 2 March 2006, the breakdown of the infringements of tachograph and vehicle checks as inspected by...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals regarding the development of Baltimore Harbour in west Cork; and the funding that will be made available therefor. [10153/06]
    • Driving Tests
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the automated telephone answering service at the Ballina office in dealing with driver testing...
    • Park and Ride Facilities
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Transport the mechanism by which funding for park and ride facilities in the GDA will be allocated in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Safety
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Transport if he intends to instruct local authorities on the need to engage in full audit of speed limits and road signage, etc., on non-national roads in...
    • Driver Licensing
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Transport the facilities that are available for persons with literacy problems to apply for a driving licence and to take the driving test; and if he will...
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Transport his response to the submission made by Dublin cycling campaign to him on 23 February 2006 on the repeal of the requirement for cyclists to use a...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Transport if the taxi regulator has ever issued an annual report; when the taxi regulator's next annual report is due for release; the areas in which such...
    • Road Safety
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Transport the regulations which apply to the driving of coaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10407/06]
    • Driving Tests
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Transport the speed at which a car must be driven over speed ramps during a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10464/06]
    • Road Safety
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures which are in place by his Department to tackle the carnage on roads here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10513/06]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Transport the penalties, other than the application of penalty points, which can be applied for breaches of road traffic legislation; and if he will make a...
    • Statutory Instruments
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will list all statutory instruments signed by him in 2005 and to date in 2006. [10529/06]
    • Road Safety
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to change the driver's licence; the plans in his Department to change this into a plastic type card; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rail Network
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Phoenix Park rail tunnel has been upgraded since 1996; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10632/06]
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Transport the statutory instruments that apply to the issuing of and renewing of public service vehicle licences; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Air Services
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Transport if a Cabinet decision has been made to use part of the proceeds of privatisation to shore up the pension fund in Aer Lingus. [10714/06]
    • Road Safety
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Transport what is meant by the term "obstruction" under Article 33 of Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997, which prohibits a heavy goods...
    • Air Services
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Transport the additional measures which are being considered to secure the future use of Aer Lingus's Heathrow Airport landing slots for flights servicing...
    • Road Safety
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 380 of 7 March 2006, if any of the 21 licence holders who have accumulated 12 penalty points have been...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 314 of 15 November 2005 and Question No. 352 of 7 February 2006 the delay in acquiring the site; the reason...
    • Rail Network
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Transport if the proposed new rail station in Dublin's dockland will allow for interconnectivity between the existing fixed line rail service and the...
    • Public Transport
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received the Dublin Bus network review; and when he will make a decision on funding for additional buses for the Dublin Bus fleet. [11059/06]
    • Road Network
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Transport the grants received from the EU in respect of building the M50. [11065/06]
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Transport the policy in respect of the regulation and licensing of taxi-despatch companies; the requirements of such companies in regard to certificate of...
    • Road Safety
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 424 of 14 February 2006, the provision of EU Directive 96/96/EC which prevents the Government requiring...
    • Air Services
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 7 March 2006 and his statement that Government investment in Aer Lingus would be challenged in...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Grant Payments
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who is working on a rural social scheme will be awarded the adult...
    • Céanna agus Calafoirt
      Question 530: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil iarratas ina Roinn maidir le hobair a dhéanamh ar Ché Thamhnaigh, Cill Chártha, an dtabharfaidh sé cuntas ar...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if financial assistance will be given to a local drugs group (details supplied) in its efforts to pay for security...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to expand, extend or replace the RAPID programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11090/06]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the moneys awarded by his Department by way of grant or other support in the year ending 31 December 2005 on a county...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the criteria for qualification for the various schemes run by his Department; if these criteria have been met in all...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare is not in receipt of the full early retirement pension; and if she will make a...
    • Sugar Beet Industry
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the total cessation of beet production in County Tipperary; the measures she will put in place for Tipperary beet growers...
    • Water Quality
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the concerns of many citizens about nitrates, pollution and its effects on lakes, rivers and land here; and if she will...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare did not receive the single farm payment. [10046/06]
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the possible impact on the organic farming industry of the five-year test programme of genetically engineered potatoes due...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the gender breakdown of nominees of farming organisations to the boards of statutory bodies under her Department's remit; and if she...
    • Departmental Services
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if area aid applications can be accessed on-line; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10126/06]
    • Disease Eradication Schemes
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress made by her Department in the development of systems to support disease eradication schemes incorporating on-line access...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment from her Department due to the fact that they gave up supplying...
    • Farm Household Incomes
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the situation in relation to farm incomes since 1995 on a yearly basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10173/06]
    • Live Exports
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to ensure that adequate shipping capacity is provided at peak periods for the export of excess quantities of live calves to...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason there was a reduction in headage payments for 2005 regarding a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason the rate of farm retirement pension for a person (details supplied) in County Cork was reduced from €880 per month to...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason Coillte is refusing to answer questions put to it under the Freedom of Information Act 1997 since the Government is the only...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a supplementary payment in respect of their extensification for 2005. [10412/06]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of working groups established in the past and agreed in the North-South Ministerial Council to deliver on all-Ireland...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a supplementary payment reflecting the decoupled 2005 dairy premium will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo as...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the application for milk quota for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when a decision will be made; and if she...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received the single farm payment. [10708/06]
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the funding provided by her Department for the control of varroa in bees; the funding specifically available to beekeepers to control...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when extensification grant payment for 2005 will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [10969/06]
    • EU Directives
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her proposals to meet the concerns of the Irish Farmers Association regarding the nitrates regulations and Teagasc submission (details...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the amount which will be awarded to this person in 2006; and if...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the carbon sequestration capacity of the forestry sector both public and private here; the most efficient species in this regard; the...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the proposed decentralisation of the Land Registry Office to Roscommon; the way in which people have...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is proposed to establish a press council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10314/06]
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the Government will publish the national women's strategy; the position regarding the commitments given under the...
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if funding will be provided to the Health Service Executive, north-west region, to give financial assistance to a person...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be registered by the registrar of titles; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for naturalisation; and if he...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda Síochána has undertaken a review of all medical records of people who died while in the care of the State to...
    • Land Registry
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Land Registry Office has completed its development of its electronic access service to support access to a broader...
    • Garda Research
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has received a report entitled, Young People and the Gardaí, Victimisation and Delinquency Research...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the delays in a matter (details supplied) relating to rectification of boundaries will be resolved; and if the maximum...
    • Public Service Appointments
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if one clerical assistant will be provided to the Garda station in Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed in the Carlow division during 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005; and if he will make a...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of crimes recorded and detected across all headings in the Cork city Garda divisions during 1997, 2000, 2001,...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide figures for the enforcement of regulations in respect of the compulsory fitting of speed limitation...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the gardaí did not investigate a case (details supplied) and the reason forensic evidence which showed a forgery...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí allocated to Crumlin, Tallaght, Terenure and Rathfarnham Garda stations; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding his plans for the introduction of anti-social behaviour orders; his contacts with groups who have...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Government policy regarding child protection and family support in respect of asylum seeking families; if a case worker...
    • Domestic Violence
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps which are been taken by his Department to ensure that the appropriate procedures are put in place in order to...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford concerning whom a deportation order has been...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cars impounded for not having either tax or insurance each year from 2002 to date; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to investigate the reason a person made a decision to reduce the Garda manning level at Ballymore...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of charges brought against persons defacing public and private property with graffiti and so on in 2005; and the...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a work visa was refused for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is financial assistance available to private householders to install a security camera in circumstances where there...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of crimes recorded and detected across all headings in Limerick Garda division during 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002,...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed in the Galway west division during 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005; and if he will...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will investigate allegations regarding an ex-detective Garda (details supplied); their role in the Stardust fire...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a safety and security plan will be put in place at an open space between areas (details supplied); if he will curb the...
    • Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of disciplinary inquiries held in County Mayo in the year 2000; the number of members involved and the cost of...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the status of an application for citizenship of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; the reason...
    • Garda Resources
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on establishing Garda divisions on a county basis to facilitate the introduction of joint policing committees with...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress in an application for naturalisation in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if their...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of recorded headline and non-headline crimes in every Garda district in 2005, classifying each headline grouping;...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the requirements which are set out in the Children Act 2001 regarding the services to be supplied in day centres; the...
    • Internet Fraud
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to a bogus Internet investment scheme, known as a people in profit system, PIPS, scheme, the...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of crimes recorded and detected across all headings in the Dublin north central metropolitan region division...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed in the Limerick division during 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005; and if he will make a...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the application for registration will be completed for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [10498/06]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to a shortfall in funding for the proposed community crèche in Tuam, County Galway and the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied with the level of payment and collection of fines issued in respect of road traffic offences; the...
    • Community Councils
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has had a request to meet with a community council (details supplied) in County Wexford; when he will meet with it;...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application in the Land Registry office for persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make...
    • Coroners Service
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to change the system in which suicide inquests are heard for privacy of the families involved; and if he will make...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that, at all of the meetings referred to in his answer to Parliamentary Question No. 397 of the 28...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason outstanding bench warrants in cases have not been executed for each of the past five years; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the operation of the PULSE system; the number of Garda stations in which it is available and not...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the estimated number of illegally held weapons here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10577/06]
    • Garda Remuneration
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which the Garda training rate of pay during the two year training period is set; his views on whether it is set...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to a case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; if so, when the deceased person's...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of single people seeking refuge who have been moved to a town (details supplied) in County Mayo. [10598/06]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 192 of 9 March 2006, if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person...
    • Child Abduction
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to matters surrounding the departure of persons (details supplied); the assistance which can or...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons in the immigration section of his Department who were deployed after January 2005 to the Irish-born...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ensure that the impounded quad bikes and mini scramblers seized by the Garda and unclaimed are scrapped and not...
    • Youth Services
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 461 of 7 February 2006 regarding funding for a project (details supplied), if a...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps to expedite an application pursuant to a section 49 application on behalf of a person (details...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite the application of a person (details supplied) for citizenship. [10680/06]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is in a position to provide the information requested under Parliamentary Questions Nos. 464 and 465 on 7 February...
    • Warrant Statistics
      Question 671: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of warrants that are outstanding in each Garda division; if he will break down the total outstanding warrants for...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the unsatisfactory arrangements for dealing with the public in his Department; and the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford for residency here; and if he will make a...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application by a group (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the reason for the delay...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 676: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he proposes to hold another recruitment campaign for the Garda Síochána. [10739/06]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he can confirm receipt of an application for naturalisation from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 18; if he has...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be reached regarding the application for residency from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 who has...
    • Child Care Facilities
      Question 680: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if additional grant aid will be provided for the capital construction and staffing of a crèche facility at the institute of...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Land Registry Office will expedite a dealing (details supplied) in County Cork. [10761/06]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 682: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 500 of 14 February 2006, the status of an appeal application for a person (details...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself that the procedures followed in the determination of the application for refugee status in the...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child Care Facilities
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the provision of grant aid to provide a family resource centre in Listowel, County Kerry; and if he...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances in which he is willing to grant family reunification in the cases of persons who were granted residency...
    • Irish Prison Service
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which the new annualised hour contracts have impacted on the delivery of service and on the efficiency of...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 690: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed in Clonmel, Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary, Cahir, Fethard and Cashel in south Tipperary; the...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 691: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a decision has been made on a family reunification application for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if no...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the towns of Cashel, Cahir, Clonmel, Fethard, Carrick-on-Suir and Tipperary for each of the years...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 693: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason it is proposed to transfer persons (details supplied) in County Clare to France to have their refugee status...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 694: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which he expects a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to send their children to fee-paying schools when...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 696: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if all aspects of the case have been fully examined in the proposal to deport persons (details supplied) in County Meath; if...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 697: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress in the case of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare,...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 698: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; if his attention has been drawn to their health...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 700: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 15 February 2006, if there have been further developments regarding an...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 701: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a request for funding from the Missing in Ireland Support Service. [10970/06]
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 702: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda Síochána received a report on the blooding of greyhounds and of extreme cruelty to animals (details...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 703: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps to expedite an application for first registration by a person (details supplied) in County Longford;...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 704: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures the Garda Síochána may take to counteract the use of drugs and house break-ins in the Finglas area; and if he...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 705: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 23 February 2006, there has been any success regarding the closure orders...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 706: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí in the Carlow-Kildare division on 28 February 2006. [11077/06]
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 708: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position on the use of closed circuit television cameras by private persons; if officials have examined a possible...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 709: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the 23 fatal shootings that have occurred since Ireland was declared officially safe by European standards a...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 710: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take to ensure that a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow receives State funding and does not close on 31...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 711: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the service record of five years while employed by a semi-State company of a person (details supplied) in County Laois has...
    • Youth Services
      Question 712: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if assistance will be given to a project (details supplied) in Dublin 17 in its efforts to get extra youth workers; and if assistance...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 713: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if she will investigate the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 714: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position for a proposed new second level school at Clifden, County Galway; when it is expected that this school building project...
    • School Transport
      Question 715: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take, in the interest of pupil safety and the safety of all road users, to help secure a safe alternative school...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 716: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of applications received under Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools; the schools offered the programme to date; the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 717: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Clare will be given the go-ahead for extra accommodation; when the Department of Education...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 718: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the Residential Institutions Redress Board and those inquiring into child abuse in State and religious institutions have undertaken...
    • Professional Qualifications Recognition
      Question 719: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the HEA or HETAC has examined the way in which an equivalence of qualifications can be established where the academic qualifications...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 720: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if secretarial services, additional teaching and special needs assistance support, time within the school day and other resources will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 721: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many schools are in serious financial difficulties due to projects in the devolved...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 722: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the National Educational Psychological Service will be expanded sufficiently to allow for assessments under the Education for...
    • Adult Education
      Question 723: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is an on-line national database of adult learning opportunities and a national telephone helpline service; if not, the reason...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 725: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take regarding the high class sizes at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make class size a...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 726: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a decision has been taken that pupils who do their national education at the new national school in Naas will only be allowed to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 727: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for a special needs assistant and additional resource hours for a person (details supplied) in...
    • School Staffing
      Question 728: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the service required to qualify for a contract of indefinite duration as a post-primary school teacher; if she will allow an appeal...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 729: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a...
    • Graduates Statistics
      Question 734: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of graduates in engineering between the years 1990 and 2005, inclusive, in universities here; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 736: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an additional grant of €51,000 will be awarded to a school (details supplied) in County Galway to allow for the completion of a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 737: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the resources she will provide for the particular needs, staffing and materials of gifted children in primary schools; and if she will...
    • Rules for National Schools
      Question 738: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when it is proposed to update the rules for national schools to incorporate the changes in Irish education that have taken place since...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 739: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made and the timescale she envisages in bringing primary class sizes into line with best European models; and if she will...
    • School Transport
      Question 740: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she proposes to review the post-primary school transport routes, catchment areas and boundaries in view of various anomalies and...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 741: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of pupils from a school (details supplied) in County Wexford who are excluded from the catchment area for a school; the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 742: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a site has been purchased for a new primary school in Rathcormack, County Cork; when the new school will be constructed; the length...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 743: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a new site is being sought for the proposed amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Galway; if a site has been sourced...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 744: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the development of the new physical education hall at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if arrangements...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 745: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a schedule has been set for provision of a new building to house a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if she intends to...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 746: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to extend the walk tall support service to other areas of disadvantage outside of local drugs task force areas (details...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 747: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the acquisition of a suitable site for the provision of a new building for a school (details supplied). [10270/06]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 748: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if all arrears due have been paid to a fully qualified regular part-time resource teacher (details supplied) in County Limerick; and...
    • Adult Education
      Question 749: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when her Department last held a meeting with the Teacher's Union of Ireland to prioritise recommendations of the McIver report; when...
    • School Support Programme
      Question 750: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the post-primary schools in Donegal which will be included in her recently announced equality of opportunity in schools programme....
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 753: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount that was underspent in 2005 in the schools building programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10320/06]
    • State Examinations
      Question 754: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention was drawn to allegations concerning the marking of the leaving certificate Irish paper for 2005; if she has raised...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 755: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10333/06]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 756: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of applications and the name of the schools from which she received an application for funding in counties Wicklow and...
    • School Transport
      Question 757: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if transportation issues will be resolved for a person (details supplied); and if she will ensure that all pupils with a disability are...
    • School Staffing
      Question 758: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will qualify for a full-time school secretary, paid at the full rate, under the DEIS...
    • School Absenteeism
      Question 759: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, arising from Question No. 470 of 28 February 2006 regarding levels of absence from school, it is possible to extract information on...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 760: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the replies to Questions Nos. 787 of 14 June 2005 and 718 of 28 June 2005 regarding the impending closure of the school,...
    • School Gardens
      Question 761: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on funding the promotion of school gardens; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10378/06]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 762: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost to her Department, in terms of materials, staff time and opportunity costs of sending copies of the press releases issued by...
    • Water Charges
      Question 764: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the discrepancy in water charges which sees a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow, with 106...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 766: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in respect of the consultation taking place between a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, Kilkenny County...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 767: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made in respect of the location for a new site (details supplied); and when site acquisition procedures...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 768: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for additional classroom accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 769: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to State funding for a school (details supplied) for children aged between two and 18 years; the reason...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 770: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made in respect of an application that was made to her regarding the recognition of a US qualification for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 771: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction funding to enable ACORN applied behavioural analysis school for autistic children to set up a unit on Dublin's...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 772: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost to the Exchequer of abolishing third level fees for mature students and those taking part-time courses; and if she will make a...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 773: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received a copy of the parents report into the Kilkenny city vocational school parents' association; if the parents' report...
    • School Staffing
      Question 774: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the application for a technology teacher which was submitted to her by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in view of...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 775: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if additional funding will be made available to the vocational education committees in 2006 to ensure continuity of their courses, with...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 776: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation in relation to the provision of a new school to replace an existing school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • School Support Programme
      Question 777: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will be considered as a base school for its cluster as part of DEIS; and if she will...
    • Road Safety
      Question 779: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will make available a special Department of Education fund or budget for school road safety for the provision of road...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 781: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date on the application for a building project by the board of management of a national school (details supplied) in...
    • School Staffing
      Question 782: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the pay and conditions of persons employed as classroom assistants for children with special needs; if studies have been undertaken of...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 783: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average class size in primary schools, per county, per year, from 1995 to 2000; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 784: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if and when a top-up grant will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare under the 2005 PLC maintenance...
    • School Attendance
      Question 785: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action proposed or intended in respect of the two children who were the subject of Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 9 March 2006;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 786: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if additional funding is available for a person (details supplied) in County Waterford who has been awarded a vocational educational...
    • After-School Programmes
      Question 789: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if problems have arisen in respect of after-school programmes regarding the vetting of participants as suitable to work with children;...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 790: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason restrictions have been placed on a new school (details supplied) in Dublin 10 from accepting pupils in the forthcoming...
    • School Transport
      Question 791: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction a change in the school bus route which has been approved by the vocational educational committee to collect a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 792: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if urgent assistance will be given to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 with more resource hours for special needs education; the...
    • School Transport
      Question 793: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the review of the closed school rule is due to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10750/06]
    • Teacher Remuneration
      Question 794: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on introducing a system whereby recognition would be given to prior experience in other employments in the increments paid to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 795: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some bus services for children with special needs are being withdrawn due to the lack...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 796: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, in view of the recent funds made available to Mayo schools, the reason for the failure to allocate funds to provide a sports hall to...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 797: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the precise time that she launched the final report of the task force on student behaviour; the precise time that this report was...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 798: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Cork where an application was made for an extension in 1999 to meet the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 799: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if there has been progress in the acquisition of a site for the...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 800: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if disadvantaged status will be granted to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if its learning support teacher will be...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 801: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost of putting a prefab into a primary school; and if this represent good value for money; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Placement
      Question 803: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if arrangements will be made to identify an appropriate educational placement for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who will...
    • School Evaluation
      Question 804: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of whole school evaluations carried out in schools in County Tipperary each year since 2000; the main issues of concern...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 805: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to appendix two of special education circular, SPED 02/05, what exactly constitutes all designated disadvantaged schools; and...
    • Teacher Secondment
      Question 806: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria and justification her Department has for assigning national school numbers to teachers who were not eligible for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 807: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 501 of 7 March 2006, if in view of the urgency of the case of the person (details supplied) that...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 808: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received the stage 2 submission in regard to the required phase two extension to a school (details supplied). [11046/06]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 809: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if further to the Adjournment debate on 1 March 2006 temporary accommodation is being provided to cater for all children applying to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 810: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason it is taking five months to examine the revised stage 3 submission in regard to the extension to a school (details...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 811: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the Chief State Solicitor has completed his examination of the contract documents for the purchase of the new site for a school...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 812: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if design teams have been appointed in regard to new schools (details supplied) and for the extension to a school. [11056/06]
    • Summer Works Scheme
      Question 814: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 16 February 2006, the appeal was successful. [11060/06]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 815: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is in a position to sanction progress in regard to the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare....
    • School Accommodation
      Question 816: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if temporary classroom accommodation will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [11099/06]
    • School Inspections
      Question 817: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide details of all her Departments inspections of a school (details supplied) over the past five years; her views on...
    • School Staffing
      Question 818: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the severe difficulties being experienced by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 as a result of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 819: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a building application submitted in 1997 by a school (details supplied) in County Cork which currently has 274 pupils and does not...
    • School Discipline
      Question 820: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the function and composition of the proposed new behaviour support teams; the way in which they will contribute to improved student...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 821: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has made a decision in regard to a tender report forwarded to her Department by a school (details supplied) in County...
    • School Staffing
      Question 827: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made to date in 2006 to resolve ongoing issues surrounding the resources and staffing for the double autism...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 829: To ask the Minister for Defence if a decision has been made on the offer made by Cork City Council for the acquisition of land at Collins Barracks, Cork, including the pitch and...
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 831: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for the development of facilities at Baldonnel aerodrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10244/06]
    • Departmental Documents
      Question 832: To ask the Minister for Defence if, in view of his reply to Question No. 570 of 7 March 2006, he will undertake to update his Department's website concerning the case of a person...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Tax Yield
      Question 833: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the revenue generated by the plastic bag tax on a yearly basis since its introduction; his views on whether...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 834: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the decision not to proceed with phase two of the restoration works to Maynooth Castle....
    • Ministerial Guidelines
      Question 835: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the draft ministerial guidelines regarding internal space standards for apartments, currently being...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 837: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of his acknowledgement that there are at least 500,000 inaccuracies on the electoral register, he...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 838: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is an application with his Department in regard to refurbishment of houses (details supplied); and if...
    • Vehicle Ownership Transfers
      Question 840: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if notification of change of ownership of a vehicle for major motor traders can be done on-line; if change of...
    • Development Applications Tracking System
      Question 841: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the development applications tracking system within his Department has been completed; if not, the reason...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 842: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the integrated housing package project has been completed within his Department; if not, the reason...
    • Spatial Data Infrastructure
      Question 843: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the national spatial data infrastructure project is fully implemented; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 845: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if on-line registration on the electoral register is possible; if not the reason this is the case; and if he...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 846: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Question No. 244 of 2 March 2006, the way in which a person would know if planning permission were...
    • Road Network
      Question 847: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be made available for the upgrading of the R178 regional route from Carrickmacross to Dundalk;...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 848: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he proposes to increase the limits for the affordable housing scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 849: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the introduction of a policy of homesteading, that is, the provision of reconstruction grants and...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 850: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when correspondence from a group (details supplied) in County Galway will be replied to. [10183/06]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 851: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cutbacks he has requested from Clare County Council regarding the Scariff, Feakle, Quilty and Mullagh...
    • House Completions
      Question 852: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the house completions in each of the past five years; the percentage of these each year which were social...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 854: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on reducing the voting age to 16 in view of the decision of the Manx Parliament on the Isle of Man;...
    • Special Housing Needs
      Question 855: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps which are being taken by his Department to ensure that the appropriate procedures are put in place...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 856: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the costs to date for the Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments including third party...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 857: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the new income thresholds, loan limits, minimum mortgage proportion, deposits, thresholds for and level of...
    • Swimming Pool Safety
      Question 858: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the person who is responsible for safety guidelines regarding the operation of private and leisure centre...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 860: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 on the back-to-work scheme would be ineligible to become a...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 861: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received payment for a bog sold to Dúchas in...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 862: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in proceeding with the approved phase two and phase three of the remedial works...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 863: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding allocated to Monaghan County Council in 2005 for disabled persons' grants; and if he will make a...
    • Nuclear Plants
      Question 865: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the latest information available to his Department on radioactive discharges from the Sellafield nuclear...
    • Asbestos Remediation Programme
      Question 866: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grants which are available to replace an asbestos roof on a community centre. [10331/06]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 867: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the application which is with his Department from Roscommon County Council to fund the...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 869: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the policy of his Department in relation to the use of residential or commercial waste food disposers; if...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 870: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the provisions of the Planning Act 2000, including section 207, permitting a local authority to...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 871: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which he intends to strengthen the ability of the Private Residential Tenancies Board to...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 872: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if assistance will be given to a local authority in having a playground (details supplied) developed in County...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 873: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding which will be allocated to local authorities for home improvements for local authority houses;...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 876: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of a sewerage scheme in Milltown, County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 877: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the controls which exist to compel private landlords to maintain their properties to an acceptable standard;...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 878: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action which can be taken by neighbours who live beside a house where the owner has allowed rubbish to...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 879: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to enter into discussions with the Department of Education and Science regarding the new charges...
    • Road Safety
      Question 880: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department will make available a special fund or budget for school road safety for the provision of...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 882: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a local authority is liable for any part of the maintenance charge fee for apartments when it holds an...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 883: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding has been granted to Wexford County Council to build four council dwellings (details supplied); and...
    • Election Management System
      Question 884: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost to date for the storage of the electronic voting machines in each county; his plans for these...
    • Road Safety
      Question 885: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of adult school wardens who are employed in each county; if the county councils are prohibited from...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 886: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason for the delay in this...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 887: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if Sligo County Council will be allowed to give a derogation to enable them to include the additional land of...
    • Litter Pollution
      Question 888: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the minimum and maximum penalty for offences under the Litter Acts; if his Department has given consideration...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 889: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an area (details supplied) in County Tipperary is under consideration for classification as a special area...
    • EU Directives
      Question 890: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received advice from Teagasc recommending new phosphate limits under the nitrates directive; if no...
    • Motor Vehicle Registration
      Question 891: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of old age pensioners registered as passenger car vehicle owners in 2005. [10657/06]
    • Planning Issues
      Question 892: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the formal appeals process for those who wish to appeal the outcomes of a Part 8 decision to proceed with the...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 893: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will sanction an application for funding for a fire station (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and...
    • Local Authority Membership
      Question 894: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the fact that the Local Government Act 2001 requires elected members of local authorities to...
    • Wildlife Protection
      Question 895: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 8 March 2006, the circumstances under which a licence would be...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 896: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation in relation to a professional development worker who is overseas and working with bodies such as...
    • Library Projects
      Question 898: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of a new library for Castleisland, County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 900: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the capital allocated into each local authority from the local government fund in respect of the years 2000 to...
    • Building Controls
      Question 901: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he accepts the recommendations of the Competition Authority in relation to architects and the need for an...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 902: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received regular reports from the Private Residential Tenancies Board on registration of landlords,...
    • Fire Regulations
      Question 903: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to the recent media coverage of the Stardust tragedy, the legislation and regulations that govern the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 906: 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. [11061/06]
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 907: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 16 February 2006, the means of maintaining appropriate contact...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 908: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is in a position to approve the Upper Liffey Valley sewerage scheme revised preliminary report and water...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 909: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the information requested in Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 2 March 2006 is available. [11071/06]
    • Local Government Reform
      Question 910: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends in 2006 to issue regulations under the Local Government Act 2001, to allow, by order, the...
    • Motor Vehicle Registration
      Question 911: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of foreign vehicles registered here in each of the past five years. [11111/06]