Written answers

Thursday, 23 March 2006

  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Job Losses
      Question 14: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he intends to take to provide alternative employment for workers at a company (details supplied) in County Cork...
    • National Reform Programme
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he has taken to ensure the inclusion of the Oireachtas and Irish society generally in broader consultation on...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has carried out an assessment to determine the optimum number of labour inspectors which are necessary to...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is his intention to urgently introduce legislation to provide for the creation of a new offence of corporate...
    • Job Losses
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether there is evidence to suggest that job losses are being under-reported in those businesses in receipt of...
    • EU Directives
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date by the European Commission's group of national experts, involving officials from his Department, on...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if employees and their trade unions were consulted in the formulation by the Health and Safety Authority of guidelines for...
    • Job Losses
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he or his Department have investigated the cause or causes of job losses that have resulted in most cases...
    • Statutory Audits
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the call by the Institute of Chartered Accountants for the audit exemption threshold to be increased; and if he...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he is taking to ensure that the official net payment documented by employers corresponds to the actual payment...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he will take to lower costs for businesses, which include insurance costs that are 20% higher than those in the UK;...
    • Trade Union Recognition
      Question 27: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the decision of the Competition Authority to interpret the Competition Act 2002 as prohibiting self-employed...
    • National Reform Programme
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he is taking to address the European Commission's assessment that relatively little attention is paid to the...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of the participation and remit of Government representatives of the EU Group of European...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the serious concern expressed by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions regarding recent data...
    • Skill Shortages
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether there is poor co-ordination between the Department of Education and Science and his Department on the...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has read the CEO Pulse 2006 report from PricewaterhouseCoopers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11350/06]
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has received new draft regulations from the Health and Safety Authority to provide for improved safety conditions in...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date with regard to consideration of the discussion document covering the operation of the labour...
    • Job Creation
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the discussions or contacts he has had with the job creation agencies with a view to seeking new industries for Mallow,...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will publish the expert report on workplace bullying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11353/06]
    • EU Directives
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in respect of EU directives for which his Department has responsibility, the number remaining to be implemented; the...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, under the provisions of section 24 of the Industrial Relations Act 1946, the Labour Court will investigate the employment...
    • Consumer Affairs
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date with regard to the implementation of the report of the Consumer Strategy Group; and if he will make...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will make a statement to Dáil Éireann on the findings of the NESC report entitled Creating a More Inclusive Labour...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of inspections which were carried out by the labour inspectorate in 2005 in respect of compliance by employers...
    • Skill Shortages
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the role his Department can play in improving management skills here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11340/06]
    • Intellectual Property Rights
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the representations his Department has made under trade related aspects of intellectual property rights to improve access to...
    • Research Funding
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the barriers to the commercialisation of research and development which exist; the steps he plans to take to remove same; and...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date in appointing a new chief science adviser to the Government; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in regard to each of the inquiries being carried out by or on behalf of his Department; the projected date for...
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employers who pay their employees less than the national minimum wage on the basis that a monetary allowance is...
    • Sports Sponsorship
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the practice of some sports organisations, including the Irish national soccer team,...
    • Company Closures
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he intends to establish a task force to provide support services to workers that have been made redundant in view of the...
    • Migrant Workers
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workers from accession states likely to arrive here in the next five years; the policy response of his...
    • Accidents in the Workplace
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of deaths and injuries arising from workplace accidents generally and specifically in regard to the construction...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in regard to the investigation by the labour inspectorate into allegations of very serious irregularities in...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied with the way FÁS spends its budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11342/06]
    • Job Losses
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he has taken arising from the announcement by NEC, Ballivor, County Meath, that it is to cease operations with the...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the costs incurred by the State, at the latest date for which figures are available, arising from the various inquiries...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to research prepared for the ATGWU, based on the Watson Wyatt labour cost survey, which shows...
    • Wage Levels
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will make a statement on the findings of the NESC report, Creating a More Inclusive Labour Market, that the richest 20%...
    • European Social Charter
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason Ireland has not fulfilled its reporting obligations under the European Social Charter since 2004, as charged in...
    • EU Directives
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his response to the draft services directive approved by the European Parliament on 16 February 2006; if the draft directive...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date in his consultations regarding the possible establishment of a joint labour committee to protect...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in regard to the direction issued to an authorised officer to cease their inquiries into three companies being carried...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he will take to improve information infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11347/06]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the remit of FÁS should be changed to reflect changed economic circumstances; and if he will make a...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in regard to the investigation being carried out by his Department into reports highlighted in the media of the...
    • Migrant Workers
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the discrepancy between Central Statistics Office projections of 20,000 immigrants per annum and estimates by...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on introducing legislation to give trade unions the power to appoint representatives to boards of directors of...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his assessment of Ireland as a knowledge economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11344/06]
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has had communication with the Department of Finance regarding the upward revision in line with European standards of...
    • County Enterprise Boards
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to review the eligibility criteria for funding from county enterprise boards; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if recipients of domiciliary care allowance are entitled to the carer's respite grant irrespective of other personal...
    • Health Services
      Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the assistance which can be provided to a local organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of medical cards there were on a county basis on 1 January 1998; the number that are at the present time on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a cancer patient (details supplied) in County Cork who is awaiting...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate an application on appeal to the southern Health Service Executive region for an increase in travel...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 168 of 29 November 2005, the status of the organisation of the tendering process; the discussions...
    • Health Services
      Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the difficulties in recruiting a full-time permanent speech and language therapist for a school (details supplied); the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for a non-profit service provider in the intellectual disability sector having no financial statements between...
    • Health Services
      Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position relating to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be given an appointment for an eye specialist in Galway. [11480/06]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for the long awaited care for the elderly home in Ballinrobe, County Mayo; her views on whether this is an...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the national cervical cancer screening service will be instituted; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the helicopter emergency medical service will be introduced to persons here in view of the continuing loss of life and...
    • Hepatitis C Incidence
      Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider her stance on providing free health care for the estimated 100 women who are severely affected, that...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the paramedic grade in the ambulance service will be rolled out nationally to provide this essential service; her views...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the short-listing, fee negotiations and interviews have been completed for the BreastCheck extension in Galway city given...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on placing mandatory arrangements wherever pharmaceutical products and alternative remedies are sold to...
    • Homeopathy Therapists
      Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the licensing of homoeopaths prior to opening up to the public and ensuring a homoeopath refers a patient on...
    • Drug Trials
      Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of drug trials involving psychiatric patients in 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006. [11491/06]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that an agreement between the Health Service Executive and SIPTU to abolish zero-hour contracts for home...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of admissions to the accident and emergency department of Wexford General Hospital in 2005 that can be attributed...
    • Health Services
      Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the actions her Department is undertaking to promote the prevention and treatment of motor neurone disease; and if she will...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the supports which are available to working parents who cannot arrange for their children to be collected from school; if...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received from persons with County Limerick addresses seeking repayment of overcharges in State...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance if the entitlement of a person (details supplied) in County Cork to stamp duty exemption on the transfer of a farm will be examined in view of their...
    • State Property
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will proceed with the heads of agreement settled in 2002 for the Great Blasket Island and incorporated in the management plan for the island;...
    • Tax Code
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance if a stamp duty exemption will be granted on the transfer of a farm from a parent to a son based on the qualification which the son holds (details...
    • State Property
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance the specific plans his Department has for Doneraile Court and Park, Doneraile, County Cork. [11419/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the repayment of VAT to unregistered farmers to include VAT paid on the purchase of farm equipment such as tractors, which are used...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is a legal requirement that VAT be charged on all road tolls; the amount of VAT collected in 2005 from each tolling facility nationwide; and if...
    • Tax Code
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance if people paying maintenance towards the care of their children are entitled to claim tax relief on same; the amounts of tax relief claimed for the...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Coastal Protection
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when funding for phase 2 of a specific project (details supplied) will be approved in order to carry out urgent...
    • Broadcasting Legislation
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he or others with his authority have had discussions with RTE or those in the private broadcasting sector in...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the strategies and plans he has for Irish industry, especially when many companies have moved to low-wage economies from...
    • Migrant Workers
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average industrial earnings per annum of migrant workers here. [11399/06]
    • Employment Levels
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of young persons, as defined in the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act 1996, in employment at 31...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is a grant scheme in place to assist a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is refurbishing a bar and...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of those workers who worked on Sundays in 2005 who were paid double time for working on a Sunday. [11438/06]
    • Job Losses
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he intends to take to address the plight of the workers made redundant by a company (details supplied) in County...
    • Job Creation
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures which are being taken by his Department and the agencies which report to him to attract jobs to the north...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has examined the implications of the intention by some oil companies to cease business here; if this is likely to have...
    • Job Losses
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that sufficient action has been taken to address the issue of jobs lost in County Kildare over the past...
    • Export Licensing
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to the need for transparency and accountability in the control of exports of military and dual use goods here, his...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when draft legislation, originally scheduled for 2005, on the control of exports of military and dual use goods will be...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to provide pensions to Irish missionaries living abroad in developing countries who do not intend to return home to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is not being awarded the family income supplement. [11430/06]
  • Department of Transport
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Transport the numbers employed by county in the coast guard service; their role and responsibilities; the future for the coast guard service; the number of...
    • Road Haulage Industry
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Transport the incentives he proposes to introduce to encourage the use of trucks with engines that fit the criteria of Euro 4 status; and if he will make a...
    • Air Services
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will take steps to ensure that the rights of disabled people travelling by air are preserved, in the context of the forthcoming decision to...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether it is true that disabled parking spaces provided by local authorities are free of charge with no time limit applying; when all...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will direct the Commission for Taxi Regulation to defer the implementation of its action plan, Driving Forward, in view of the apparent lack...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Transport the charge that applies to each of the on-the-spot fine categories. [11538/06]
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Community Development
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the assistance which can be provided to a local organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tuaraiscáil na Roinne
      Question 148: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén costas a bhí ar an leagan Béarla is déanaí de Thuarascáil Bhliantúil na Roinne agus san áireamh air sin...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason the farm retirement pension of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford has been reduced by €185.98 per week. [11410/06]
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department paid for the public notice placed in the spring 2006 edition of a publication (details supplied); if so, the amount...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a REPS query for persons (details supplied) in County Mayo will be dealt with by the regional office in Galway considering that the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason an application by a person (details supplied) in County Galway for the transfer of entitlements by way of private contract...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount accruing to the Exchequer from fixed charge penalties for traffic offences in each of the past six years. [11533/06]
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to review existing legislation and to introduce new legislation with regard to releasing details of paedophiles...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of single males in residence at Kiltimagh, County Mayo, while awaiting asylum seeker decisions; the reason the...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for funding to develop a crèche facility by an organisation (details supplied) in...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person who has lived here since the early 1980s, whose father is employed in the health system in Ireland, who...
    • Bench Warrants
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances whereby a bench warrant was issued for the arrest of a person (details supplied); when the warrant was...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the modules that are outstanding and remain to be dealt with by the Morris tribunal; when he expects the final report; and...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí who are employed full-time as drivers for Government Ministers and for other persons holding State...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, in the case of a foreign national marrying an Irish citizen and where the marriage fails, the attitude his Department...
    • Parental Leave
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the revised parental leave policy is coming into effect; and if parents of an eight year old child or older will be...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding an application for permission to remain here by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of Operation Anvil to date; and the successes achieved by the Garda Síochána during Operation Anvil. [11451/06]
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the results of the Alcohol Action Ireland survey, Alcohol in Ireland — Time for Action, have been brought to his...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the outcome of the Garda investigation in respect of the fraudulent extraction of training fees from participants in the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is standard procedure to inquire or investigate whether an applicant for naturalisation has engaged in any political...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Questions Nos. 464 and 465 of 7 February 2006, if he is in a position to provide the information requested on...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if fixtures and fittings from Fort Mitchel Prison have been transferred or sold; if sold, to whom and for what price; if...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will conduct a full investigation into the number of gardaí currently required and required in the future to provide...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civilian vacancies within the Garda service; if the public service staffing embargo is preventing these roles...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of on-the-spot fines issued by the Garda Síochána in each of the past six years; and the breakdown by offence....
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if gardaí at roadside checkpoints have direct access to PULSE and the national driver file and data held by the vehicle...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the work of the persistent offenders task force in respect of traffic offenders; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will urgently review the case of persons (details supplied) in County Waterford, who have been taken into custody and...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the financial assistance schemes which are available from her Department to third level students who qualify for the higher education...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if assistance will be given to a person with a disability (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [11395/06]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the necessary funding will be made available to provide a canteen service at a centre (details supplied) in County Limerick. [11396/06]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm the veracity or otherwise of a newspaper report (details supplied); if she will further confirm that her Department...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the date upon which the 2006 third level grant aid scheme will be published; the reason publication of the scheme in 2005 was delayed...
    • School Transport
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the assistance which can be provided to a local organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11404/06]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 29 November 2005, the status of the organisation of the tendering process; when tenders...
    • Languages Programme
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, arising from previous parliamentary questions regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9, her Department has concluded its...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will re-examine the case of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 for learning support as the school was not made aware that...
    • School Staffing
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has received correspondence from a school (details supplied) in County Wexford in regard to the appointment of a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the application for extension to and refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in County Cork was first made; and when the work...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Waterford has not been included in the new school support programme; if her attention...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in primary education in class sizes under 20, 25 to 29 and 30 or over; and the number of children in infant...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 has been designated in band two disadvantage while the school adjoining is in band...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make resources available to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 to provide special needs tuition to a pupil. [11527/06]
    • School Placement
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a significant lack of primary school places in certain towns (details...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in respect of Question No. 379 of 25 January 2006, he will indicate the ownership by organisation of the...
    • Public Service Charges
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason primary schools are being metered for non-domestic water usage; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Hunting Licences
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he granted an extension of licences to cover March 2006 to beagling clubs; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses allocated to local authorities (details supplied) under the 2000 and 2002 Acts; the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a circular has been distributed to local authorities regarding unfinished housing estates within the past...
    • Local Authority Services
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the performance in each of the county councils and county boroughs in respect of the performance indicators,...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is provision within standard local authority tendering documentation requiring checks to be carried...