Written answers
Tuesday, 28 March 2006
- Department of Defence
- Overseas Missions
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on his recent visit to Liberia; if he will report on his meeting with the new Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf; and if he...
- Defence Forces Investigations
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Defence the changes that have been made to internal Defence Force procedures following the publication of the investigation into the death of a person...
- Overseas Missions
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Defence if legislation is required to enable members of the Reserve Defence Force who are selected for overseas duties to return to their previous employment...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Defence if recent approaches have been made to him with a view to developing Casement Aerodrome at Baldonnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Defence when he expects the Defence Forces to take delivery of the 12,000 helmets purchased earlier in 2006; his plans to replace the personal body armour...
- Overseas Missions
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has had a request for troops to serve as part of a peacekeeping force in the Congo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11848/06]
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of cadets and the number of private soldiers who were accepted into the Defence Forces in 2004 and 2005; the number of applications...
- Overseas Missions
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Irish troops currently on service overseas on missions in Liberia, Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina; the nature of their duties there; and...
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National Emergency Plan
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the meeting of the Government's interdepartmental working group on emergency planning regarding the threat of bird flu to Ireland...
- Research and Technology Fund
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on the common defence research and technology fund agreed by EU Defence Ministers in March 2006. [11820/06]
- Defence Forces Investigations
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Defence the position in relation to the investigation into the allegations regarding the misappropriation of funds by two quartermasters; if he has received...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department in 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006 on the purchase of uniforms, boots and other clothing worn by members of the...
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National Emergency Plan
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will publish the findings of the simulated emergency situations staged in different parts of the country to test the effectiveness of the...
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Commemorative Events
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Defence the preparations the Defence Forces have carried out for the Easter parade commemoration in 2006. [11854/06]
- Overseas Missions
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Defence if the planned meeting between representatives from his Department, the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Defence Forces of Sweden and Ireland to...
- Defence Forces Investigations
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will consider an inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); his views on whether there is a basis to reopen this case; and if he...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Defence the steps he has taken to rectify the absence of human rights safeguards, identified by this Deputy, governing the provision of training to foreign...
- Third Level Education
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of commissioned non-commissioned personnel attending third level education; the range of courses involved; the cost incurred in 2004 and...
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Commemorative Events
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has arranged further meetings of the all-party group to plan commemorations of the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising; the issues that were...
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National Emergency Plan
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the March meetings of the interdepartmental working group on emergency planning and the task force on emergency planning; if the...
- EU Ministerial Meetings
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the meeting of European Defence Ministers in Innsbruck on 7 March 2006; the issues that were discussed at this meeting; and if he...
- Hearing Impairment
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of recruits in the Army, the Naval Service and the Air Corps who have been discharged on the grounds of hearing difficulties from 2000 to...
- Military Archives
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Defence the position in relation to increasing the staff and facilities at the military archives in Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin; and if he will make a...
- Website Use
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received any indication from the owners of a particular website (details supplied) since his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 17 of 3...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of nuclear, chemical and biological suits available to each branch of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defence Forces Travel
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Defence if members of the Defence Forces other than those on UN service, travelled abroad as part of the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; if so, details of...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Defence if tourist-friendly signage will be put up to outline the range areas and details with regard to live firing practices at the Glen of Imaal, County...
- Overseas Missions
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of apprentice mechanics working on the Irish overseas mission to Liberia; if all the fitter mechanics currently operating on this mission...
- Security Escorts
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount received from the banks in 1996, in respect of cash escorts supplied by the Defence Forces; the amount received in 2006 and due to be...
- Defence Forces Investigations
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Defence the position with regard to the investigation into the circumstances in which a medical appointment (details supplied) was made; and if he will make...
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National Emergency Plan
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Defence if the task force on emergency planning has discussed the response to the recent riots in Dublin; if the task force has made recommendations with...
- Defence Forces Investigations
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding allegations into the theft of diesel by a Defence Forces' member in Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defence Forces Deployment
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Defence the security preparations involving the Defence Forces at Shannon Airport to facilitate the transit of the US President, Mr. George W. Bush, through...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Defence if there are planned changes to defence legislation for the remainder of the lifetime of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Defence the approaches which have been made to his Department seeking to purchase property at Rockbrac House, Bray, County Wicklow; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Defence the full complement of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11827/06]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Defence the position with regard to decentralisation within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11829/06]
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces will be replacing the existing FN pistols; the stage such replacement programme is at; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Investigations
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of the inquiry that is to be established into the events surrounding the Niemba ambush in the Congo in 1960; the length of...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Industrial Wage
Question 125: To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of the workforce who at present receive less than the average industrial wage. [11453/06]
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Official Engagements
Question 126: To ask the Taoiseach his itinerary during his recent trip to America, including details of all the people and groups he met and the topics of discussion at each meeting or event....
- Official Census
Question 127: To ask the Taoiseach if the upcoming census will include a question as to whether the respondent is a member of the Roma community; and if so, the steps the Central Statistics...
- Department of Health and Children
- Alcohol Action Ireland Survey
Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the results of the Alcohol Action Ireland survey entitled Alcohol in Ireland — Time for Action have been brought to...
- Health Services
Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an application for funding to recruit a speech therapist has been made by a school (details supplied); and if she will...
- European Conventions
Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason Ireland has yet to ratify the European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals used for Experimental...
- Health Services
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of nursing home subventions and enhanced subventions which were paid per county in 2004 and 2005; the sum of...
- General Practitioner Training
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the projected number of additional general practitioners which her Department estimates will be needed in each of the next...
- Health Services
Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for four new ambulances in the services; and if same will be made a priority. [11618/06]
- Medical Cards
Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of general practitioner visit cards that have been issued since the scheme commenced. [11630/06]
- Health Services
Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for the renewal of a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she...
- Mental Health Services
Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to implement the recommendations from the expert group on mental health policy report, A Vision For...
- Health Services
Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress which is being made in the application by a person (details supplied) for a medical card. [11672/06]
- Cancer Incidence
Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the trend among children to use sunbeds when preparing for occasions such as First Holy...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the well-being of Irish patients availing of the National Treatment Purchase Fund in the UK following...
- Alcohol Policy
Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the person who is the national adviser on alcohol policy; if the Health Service Executive now has responsibility for this...
- Health Services
Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a medical card has been refused to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 with severe multiple sclerosis. [11704/06]
- Hospital Charges
Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if patients who are admitted to hospitals and who spend time on a trolley are charged; the amount of money charged to such...
- Home Care Services
Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which, other than paying for private physiotherapy treatment, old age pensioners can avoid the long delays if...
- Health Services
Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans in conjunction with the Health Service Executive to extend the bed capacity at a hospital (details supplied) in...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed upgrading and refurbishment of the Alzheimer's unit at a hospital (details supplied) in...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of the usage made of the sums referred to in DOHC 09/09/03 — CS/10210, which states that Meath would...
- Animal Welfare
Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to halt the rise in experiments without anaesthetic on animals in Irish universities; if she will...
- Health Service Staff
Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to increase the numbers of medical staff qualified to diagnose and treat myasthenia gravis. [11787/06]
- Commemorative Events
Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the events that she is attending in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising. [11879/06]
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the closure of the isolation unit in Peamount Hospital in view of the incidences of new cases...
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Health Services
Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene to ensure that an agreement reached between unions representing home helps and the Health Service...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the level of subvention being awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be increased...
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Health Services
Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding which has been allocated to north and south Tipperary for the provision of adult respite care since 2000; the...
- Health Service Staff
Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the decision to appoint community dieticians has not been implemented in the Health Service Executive mid...
- Health Services
Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a care plan for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if the maximum support and advice will...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the membership of the task force she is assembling to address the accident and emergency crisis; and in particular, who is...
- Hospital Procedures
Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of cases to date of caesarean sections performed in maternity hospitals here which were elective; the number...
- Medical Cards
Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an application for a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited. [11979/06]
- Health Services
Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will expedite a...
- Hospital Services
Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a response has not been received by this Deputy from the parliamentary affairs division of the Health Service...
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Health Services
Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the exact policies within primary, community and continuing care in respect of home help; if a relative can deliver home...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the changes being made at the Meath Hospital; the number of beds lost as a result of the...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the information which is available to her Department on the incidence of the MRSA virus in the general population; and if...
- Health Services
Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount which has been awarded to solicitors in each county for people not paying for their stay in hospital in 2000 to...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of an application under the housing aid for the elderly for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if...
- Health Services
Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will work with the Department of Social...
- Department of Finance
- Driving Tests
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the recent arbitration board decision not to permit outsourcing of the driving test, he is considering renegotiating section 21 of the...
- Garda Equipment
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Finance the status and details of the tender for the Tetra communications system for An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
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Architectural Heritage
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration been given to transferring Liffey Vale on the Chapelizod Road, Dublin 20, to Dublin City Council in order that some body will be...
- Traffic Regulations
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works have given consideration to the reopening of the gate into Phoenix Park from the top of Knockmaroon Hill, Chapelizod,...
- Tax Code
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement in respect of the preparation of tax certificates and tax credits statements for widowed people; and if there is a...
- Tax Collection
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 has paid too much tax in 2006; if the correct certificate of tax credits has been issued to them having...
- Price Inflation
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Finance the effects the Budget 2006 changes have had on home heating oil prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11757/06]
- Government Publications
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost per thousand of the production of the Constitution of Ireland which is produced by the Government Publications Office. [11758/06}
- Commemorative Events
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Finance the events that he is attending in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising. [11880/06]
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Architectural Heritage
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works attention has been drawn to the deteriorating condition of a cromlech (details supplied); if he will arrange to have...
- Tax Code
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps which are being taken to ensure that the condition of the section 50 tax relief scheme which stipulates that apartments built under the...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance when the site selection process in respect of a school (details supplied) will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12243/06]
- Public Private Partnerships
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount which has been invested by the National Pensions Reserve Fund in public private partnership projects; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Fisheries Protection
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the status of an application (details supplied) for compensation under the second round of the fisheries...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 224: To ask the Aire Cumarsáide, Mara agus Acmhainní Nádúrtha cén costas a bhí ar an leagan Béarla is déanaí de Thuarascáil Bhliantúil na Roinne agus san áireamh air sin...
- Corrib Gas Pipeline
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department will provide a copy of the final Advantica report on the safety of the Corrib gas pipeline to...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his Department's plans to spend money on the old and new piers in Duncannon, County Wexford; and if he will make...
- Commemorative Events
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the events that he is attending in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter...
- Energy Sector
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland has the seventh most expensive energy prices among the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the towns in County Galway which have been approved for infrastructural works (details supplied); the extent of...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the additional measures he will undertake to protect coarse fish stocks in rivers and lakes here which are under...
- Departmental Appointments
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the membership of the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board: when the current members were...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the status regarding the compensation or buy-out scheme for salmon fishermen; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
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Official Engagements
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his itinerary during his recent trip to America, including details of all the people and groups he met and the topics of discussion at each...
- Commemorative Events
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the events that he is attending in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising. [11882/06]
- Human Rights Issues
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the lack of progress in moving Roma refugees out of the toxic waste dump in which they have lived in Mitrovica, Kosovo, since...
- Visa Applications
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when visa applications, submitted in Beijing will be approved for persons (details supplied). [11944/06]
- Passport Applications
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount spent to date on developing an on-line passport application service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11969/06]
- Pre-Clearance Facilities at State Airports
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to discussions between the US authorities and Dublin Airport Authority on the wish of the USA to provide full...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding correspondence (details supplied) for capital lottery funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Arts Funding
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of capital projects in his Department that have incorporated the percentage for arts scheme and the number that did not...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if funding under the sports capital programme 2006 will be granted on foot of an application made by a group (details supplied) in...
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Commemorative Events
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the events that he is attending in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising. [11883/06]
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will allocate a grant under the sports capital programme to a project (details supplied) in County Galway in order to allow the...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position of an application for funding for educational purposes for a group (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
- Employment Statistics
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the jobs which have been created in County Mayo in the past five years; and the jobs which were lost in County Mayo for the...
- Trade Union Recognition
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered the implications for trade union recognition here of the findings of the European Court of Human Rights...
- Direct Selling Agencies
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed regarding the treatment of commercial agents employed by direct...
- National Minimum Wage
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he proposes to take to ensure his Department will give accurate and up to date information to non-nationals...
- Industrial Development
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position of IDA lands (details supplied) in County Kildare; if there has been an expression of interest or if interested...
- Rights Commissioners
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Rights Commissioners on 31 December 2005 and on that date in each of the previous five years; if he is...
- Departmental Staff
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff employed in the employment rights enforcement unit within his Department. [11661/06]
- Pension Provisions
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is his intention to implement the recommendation in the Mercer human resource consulting study of the construction...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the proposal made by SIPTU in August 2005 that a scientific review body be established to...
- Bullying in the Workplace
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of workers who were victims of bullying in 2005 and in each of the previous five years. [11715/06]
- Labour Inspectorate
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the recommendations in relation to the mandate of the labour inspectorate which were proposed in the report, Mandate and...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent in each of the past five years by his Department on campaigns to raise awareness among workers of their...
- Legislative Programme
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when new legislation to amend and update the Employment Agency Act 1971 will be published. [11791/06]
- Job Creation
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new jobs granted by the IDA and established in the mid-west region in each year from 2002 to date in 2006; and...
- Industrial Development
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of site visits by promoters of inward investment for industrial purposes which have been organised by the IDA and...
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Commemorative Events
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the events that he is attending in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising. [11884/06]
- Foreign Direct Investment
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of visits to a town (details supplied) in County Galway arranged by the IDA for potential foreign direct...
- Industrial Development
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of visits to a town (details supplied) in County Galway arranged by the IDA for potential foreign direct...
- Work Practices
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the recent discovery that workers on an ESB contract were not being paid proper pay and conditions; and if this...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if core funding will be provided for community employment positions which are currently supporting personal social services...
- Job Creation
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs which have been created by Enterprise Ireland (details supplied) in each of the years from 1995 to 2005;...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- General Register
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount spent to date on developing an on-line application process for birth, death and marriage certificates; and if he will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated cost per annum of increasing paid maternity leave to 52 weeks where maternity benefit would be 100% of pay up to the...
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Commemorative Events
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the events that he is attending in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising. [11885/06]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 39 of 21 March 2006 if rent allowance will be awarded for a short term; if he will expedite a...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of jobs from his Department to be decentralised to County Donegal; the locations in Donegal to where the jobs are to be...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo for a retrospective payment of unemployment...
- Family Support Services
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will report on his plans for the future development of the money advice and budgeting services which are funded by his...
- Social Welfare Allowances
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) will be allowed to retain their rent allowance while attending a third level course. [12082/06]
- Department of Transport
- Road Network
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of revenue which is expected to be generated from road tolling over the next 20 years; the amount which will accrue to the State and to...
- Great Southern Hotels Group
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Transport the current and planned joint ventures between the Great Southern Hotel Group and a company (details supplied); and if all such ventures are put...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Transport if there are plans to introduce the offence of breaking a three-tonne restriction on the penalty point system. [11987/06]
- Aer Lingus Privatisation
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will support the anti-privatisation campaign by SIPTU; if his attention has been drawn to the case of the Air New Zealand privatisation in...
- Driving Tests
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Transport the waiting times in relation to obtaining a driving test at the Naas, Carlow and Portlaoise centres; his plans to address the problems of waiting;...
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Commemorative Events
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Transport the events that he is attending in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising. [11886/06]
- Pension Provisions
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Transport the procedures under which the Government will provide moneys to supplement the Aer Lingus pension fund; if such top-ups of the fund include...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in relation to the Road Traffic Act 2002, Part 4, offence reference number 11, there is a list of Garda signals to which the offence refers;...
- Road Signage
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in relation to the Road Traffic Act of 2002, Part 4, offence reference number 17, his plans to issue instructions to the National Roads...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Transport in relation to the Road Traffic Act of 2002, Part 4, offence reference number 25, his plans to extend this offence in order that it also applies on...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of capital projects in his Department that have incorporated the percentage for arts scheme and the number that did not include the...
- Park and Ride Facilities
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has advertised for applications for funding to develop park and ride facilities in the greater Dublin area; the number of applications...
- Driver Licensing
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount spent to date on developing an on-line driving licence application service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11970/06]
- Road Safety
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for his failure to establish a nationwide network of motorcycle instructors to facilitate the delivery of training to motorcyclists as...
- Road Network
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is intended to make provision along the motorways for heavy goods vehicles to park to facilitate rest periods for drivers; and if he will...
- State Airports
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to discussions between the US Authorities and Dublin Airport Authority on the wish of the USA to provide full...
- Road Network
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Transport if consideration has been given to the redesignation of the R109 from a regional road to a local road to facilitate Chapelizod residents in...
- Rail Network
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Transport if a date has been fixed for the start of construction for the Kildare route project; if this project could be extended to Straffan Station thereby...
- Driver Testing
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Transport when a reply will issue as promised to Parliamentary Question No. 315 of 28 February 2006. [12115/06]
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Harbours and Piers
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when necessary work to improve the pier at Doolin, County Clare will take place; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the letters of support which were submitted with a company (details supplied) in County Donegal whose application for...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the process for a school (details supplied) to apply for funds from the dormant accounts fund to enable the school to...
- Official Engagements
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the events that he is attending in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising....
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- International Agreements
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason Ireland has yet to sign or ratify the European Convention for the Protection of Animals during International Transport...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide details of any grant scheme designed to promote anaerobic fertilisers; the funding available for such projects; and...
- Grant Payments
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the outstanding single payment entitlements will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan who has land leased...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if farmers involved in the early retirement scheme, who have contracted ten-year leases, will be allowed to change the lease when the...
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Factory Closures
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the structure and timescale of the proposed distribution of funding on the closures of the two sugar factories at Carlow and Mallow; the...
- Grant Payments
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the remainder of the single farm payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a...
- Official Engagements
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the events that she is attending in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising. [11888/06]
- Grant Payments
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in issuing a single farm payment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when this was approved for...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason sheep farmers in the Ballycroy, Tiernaur, Bangor and Keenagh areas of County Mayo are being asked to remove stock for six...
- EU Directives
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the Government's stance on the nitrates directive; if her Department is willing to change the current parameters; her views on whether...
- Grant Payments
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the terms and conditions in which a farmer over 35 years of age can resubmit his or her application to a scheme (details supplied) or...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount awarded to Laois County Council in 2005 in respect of water rates for her Departments offices in Portlaoise; and the amount...
- Grant Payments
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in issuing payment of suckler cow premium for 2005 to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and when...
- Alternative Farm Enterprises
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she will take to encourage farmers in County Wexford into alternative enterprises after they have to stop growing beet; and...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Stardust Tragedy
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will meet the Stardust victims and families; and if he will have a full public inquiry into this issue. [11568/06]
- Human Rights Issues
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the Government will bring forward a national women's strategy, which, among other things, will deal with violence...
- International Agreements
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason Ireland has yet to sign or ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings;...
- Garda Deployment
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of extra gardaí deployed to the various stations throughout County Kildare since May 2002; the extent to which...
- Residency Permits
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 regarding residency problems; and if the person will...
- Prisoner Health
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners who were certified as insane in 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006. [11581/06]
- Prison Accommodation
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of observation cells in operation in prisons here. [11582/06]
- Garda Operations
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances whereby the Garda Síochána can confiscate motorcycles, quad bikes and so on in public parks or open...
- Child Care Services
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a grant will be awarded to a school (details supplied) in County Galway in view of the fact that the application was...
- Asylum Applications
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider his decision to deport a person (details supplied) who arrived here seeking asylum in 2001; and if he...
- Ground Rents
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the excessive and unwarranted delay in bringing forward legislation to provide for the abolition of ground...
- Road Traffic Accidents
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of road accidents on the section of the N7, encompassing the N7 Naas road widening scheme, during the period from...
- Garda Stations
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are plans to relocate the Garda station on Bakers Road, Gurranabraher, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Properties
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on proposed uses for the lands in the possession of the Irish Prison Service at the former Shanganagh...
- Registration of Title
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Question No. 379 of 29 June 2005, the status of an application in the Land Registry for a person (details...
- Child Care Services
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his response to the question of vetting child care workers as set out in the Dublin 10 child care network (details...
- Registration of Title
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application in the Land Registry for a person (details supplied) in County Clare has been finalised; and if he will...
- Visa Applications
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for persons (details supplied) to remain here with their mother is being dealt with under the set of...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) is entitled to Irish citizenship; the procedures to be followed in making such an...
- Property Sales
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the improvements which have taken place in the auctioneering business since his task force reported back to him; if private...
- Garda Equipment
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda PULSE system is able to process District Court summonses adequately. [11725/06]
- Asylum Applications
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will be allowed to apply to have their child come here to reside with them; and...
- Garda Strength
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí employed in the Tallaght Garda station in each year over the past five years; and if he will make a...
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Irish Prison Service
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to reopen the Curragh Prison, Curragh, County Kildare; his proposals in regard to the facility; the number of...
- Garda Stations
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will outline in tabular form the Garda building programme list in priority basis from number one to number 20; if he...
- Commemorative Events
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the events that he is attending in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising. [11889/06]
- Parental Leave
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has considered the extent to which the existence and duration of leave entitlements for parents affect the...
- Youth Projects
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the long delay in replacing a project (details supplied) in the west side of Galway City; the present...
- Visa Applications
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received an application for permission to reside here from a person (details supplied); if in view of the...
- Garda Equipment
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the estimated cost of introducing a new Tetra communications system for the Garda Síochána; and if he will make a...
- Crime Levels
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of crimes recorded and detected across all headings in a Garda division (details supplied) during the years from...
- Garda Operations
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the geographical area comprising a Garda division (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11902/06]
- Garda Strength
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are plans to increase the Garda force at Newcastlewest in view of the fact that in the past ten years Garda numbers...
- Garda Band
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of the Garda Síochána who form the Garda Band; the ranks contained therein and the number of each...
- Crime Levels
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of a survey on crime and law enforcement commissioned by his Department and conducted by TNS MRBI in March 2006;...
- State Vehicles
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of vehicles in the State car pool; the make, engine size and average age of the vehicles; and if he will make a...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda Síochána is enforcing the three tonne limit for traffic at Kennelsfort Road, Palmerstown, Dublin 20. [11985/06]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Question No. 666 of 21 March 2006, if a valid application has been received; and if a decision can be made....
- Anti-Racism Measures
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if consideration has been given to giving legal effect to the United Nations International Convention on the Elimination of...
- Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the dismissal from the Garda Síochána of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Strength
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí of all ranks who were in the New Ross district, County Wexford on 31 December in each of the years...
- Garda Training
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of the Garda Síochána in the Enniscorthy district, County Wexford who were registered, trained and...
- Garda Deployment
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of the 2,000 extra gardaí in the Government's programme for Government which will come to the Gorey district,...
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Crime Levels
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of robberies reported in the Enniscorthy district, County Wexford; the number detected in the years 2000, 2001,...
- Garda Training
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of times a year members of the Garda Síochána from each county were trained to use firearms; what the training...
- Crime Levels
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people who were arrested and charged for possession or use of drugs in the years 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005...
- Registration of Title
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to expedite an application for ground rent certificate sought from the Land Registry Office (details...
- Garda Strength
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the strength of the Garda Síochána as of 31 December 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005. [12186/06]
- Garda Communications
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason e-mail is not used by the Garda Síochána as a means of communication; if it is planned to introduce this...
- Department of Education and Science
- Special Educational Needs
Question 446: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that a pupil (details supplied) in Dublin 3 is given the maximum support and advice in getting the school of choice;...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if assistance will be given to a school (details supplied) in County Louth in getting extra corporate hours from the vocational...
- School Support Programme
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason only one primary school has been successful in respect of the programme entitled delivering equality of opportunity in...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the fact that there is a gap of one year between the two Law Society professional practice courses, her plans to change...
- School Staffing
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if one full-time teacher position will be supplied to replace the teacher who has been appointed full-time home liaison officer at a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the application made by a school (details supplied) in County Cork was unsuccessful in its application for summer works...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that the Dublin 7 Educate Together will be located at Grangegorman as the permanent primary school there; if...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the awarding of a tender for the construction of a new primary school building to relocate a school (details...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number and the schools in Counties Wicklow and Carlow classified as disadvantaged; the way in which these were selected; her plans...
- School Staffing
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to place all school secretaries and caretakers on her Department's payroll in order that they can have standardised...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if assistance will be given to a group (details supplied) in Dublin 9 regarding their concerns in relation to a proposed amalgamation;...
- School Staffing
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way in which the pay of school secretaries and caretakers in primary schools post 1979 is determined (details supplied); and if she...
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Sport and Recreational Development
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has been made aware of a request on behalf of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 to have access to playing...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department has so far refused the necessary funding to provide appropriate educational support for all 16 children...
- Third Level Fees
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the support her Department offers civil servants working in her Department who undertake further education by way of college or...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 805 of 21 March 2006, the grounds on which primary schools that were designated as...
- Aonad Oideachais LánGhaeilge
Question 464: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cathain a thosófar ar thógáil an aonaid oideachais lánGhaeilge, Baile Bhuirne; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina leith. [11765/06]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, as a result of an application by the board of management of a gaelscoil (details supplied) in County Limerick, the project will be...
- Commemorative Events
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the events that she is attending in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising. [11890/06]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make alternative and...
- School Accommodation
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the huge time constraints on schools in obtaining planning permission on time in order to have...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the investigation of sites for a school (details supplied) in County Galway which have taken place since her meeting with the...
- School Transport
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the change of transport arrangements for pupils attending a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if parents and...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of capital projects in her Department that have incorporated the percentage for arts scheme and the number that did not...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way in which income from special savings investment accounts will affect the means test of people for the third level grant; the...
- School Funding
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has made budgetary arrangements for schools to take account of the increased costs to them on foot of the obligation of local...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to previous parliamentary questions, the reason for the delay in arranging an assessment of two school sites at Callan, County...
- School Staffing
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of extra staff who were employed to work on the national youth art and national youth health programmes. [12062/06]
- National Youth Forum
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, following the success of the EU conference, the national forum on Europe plans to hold further joint events or conferences with the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to a case in which a child who is attending a special needs class is being charged the full €88 even...
- School Transport
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on paying a grant towards the cost of transport from Craughwell, County Galway, to the community school at Ennis, County...
- School Enrolments
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the projected enrolment figures for a school (details supplied) in County Cork over the future years; if she is committed to providing...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to previous parliamentary questions, if she will insist on the provision of appropriate educational placements for persons,...
- School Staffing
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if consideration will be given to a fourth teacher for a school, details supplied, in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the student enrolment and teacher allocation in wholetime equivalents for the 2005-06 school year for each post-primary school in...
- School Enrolments
Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the policy of some voluntary secondary schools to divert enrolment from members of the Traveller...
- School Management
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the policy of her Department in regard to the hearing of section 29 appeals by her Department in circumstances where the chief...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the case of a school, details supplied, in County Tipperary in respect of an application for additional...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 497: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the computer-pupil ratio itemised on a county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12239/06]
- Capitation Grants
Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason national schools have to pay approximately €300 to purchase an ordnance survey map that is taught as part of the syllabus;...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 502: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the decision by Kildare County Council at its meeting on 27 March 2006 to sanction the transfer of lands at Bawnogues,...
- Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act
Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the sections of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 that have been commenced to date; the sections that...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children who are in receipt of special educational assistance such as special needs assistant support; the number of...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made on a new secondary school for Gorey, County Wexford; if a site has been identified; the person who will...
- Department of Defence
- Army Barracks
Question 506: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to sell Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12114/06]
- Defence Forces Staff
Question 508: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding an application for a transfer for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Commemorative Events
Question 509: To ask the Minister for Defence the events that he will attend in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising. [11891/06]
- Pension Provisions
Question 510: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if their case will be examined with a view to granting a pension; and if he will...
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 511: To ask the Minister for Defence if payments to the Reserve Defence Force for security duties made since the introduction of the minimum wage complied fully with the minimum...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 513: To ask the Minister for Defence the degree to which Air Corps aeroplanes, equipment and training schedules are in accord with international best practice; and if he will make a...
- Overseas Missions
Question 519: To ask the Minister for Defence the outcome of discussions he has had with his EU colleagues or UN representatives in the matter of Irish participation in EU or UN-sponsored...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- House Prices
Question 524: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of second-hand houses that were purchased in 2004 and 2005; if he will provide a tabular breakdown...
- Homeless Persons
Question 525: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of homeless people under the age of 18 years and over the age of 18 years in each county; and the...
- Hunting Licences
Question 526: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he extended the hare hunting season by granting a licence to the Irish Masters of Beagles...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 527: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is a fund available for local authorities for the upgrading of kitchen units. [11575/06]
- Local Authority Staff
Question 528: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to provide additional staff for local authorities to strengthen their planning enforcement...
- Urban Renewal Schemes
Question 529: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to introduce a new urban and village renewal scheme when the present scheme terminates in 2006;...
- Grant Payments
Question 530: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to increase the grant level under the serviced land initiative from 40% to at least 75%...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 531: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the water pricing policy framework imposes an unsustainable financial burden on smaller...
- Turbary Rights
Question 532: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the restrictions placed on turf cutting here as a result of the transformation of EU directives into Irish...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 533: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of a sewerage scheme in Kilgarvan and Caherdaniel villages, County Kerry;...
- Register of Electors
Question 534: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps required to link the electoral register to the PPS register or a similar verification system; and if...
- Urban Renewal Schemes
Question 535: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be made available under the urban and village renewal conservation grant for a project...
- Planning Issues
Question 536: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend planning regulations to ensure that statutory undertakers must in future apply for planning...
- Departmental Funding
Question 537: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received an application to part-fund the construction of a community facility at...
- Waste Disposal
Question 538: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in respect of septic tanks; if there are new regulations on septic tanks; if there are grants...
- Remedial Works Scheme
Question 539: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the Mullaghmatt remedial scheme in Monaghan town; the works already undertaken by house number;...
- Commemorative Events
Question 540: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the events that he will attend in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter...
- EU Directives
Question 541: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if people granted exemption under the grandfather clause of section 11 ([i]d[/i]) of the Building Control Bill...
- Arts Funding
Question 542: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of capital projects in his Department that have incorporated the per cent for art scheme and the...
- Waste Management
Question 543: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the inequitable situation pertaining where old age pensioners and persons in receipt of social...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 544: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress being made on the Shanagolden-Foynes sewerage scheme, County Limerick; and if he will make a...
- Motor Vehicle Registration
Question 545: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent on developing an on-line facility to allow notification of change of vehicle ownership; and...
- Register of Electors
Question 546: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide details of the draft guidance for registration authorities on preparing and maintaining the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 547: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the continual failure of the residential sewerage system at North Beach,...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 548: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a reply as promised will issue to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 538 and 550 of 1 February 2006. [12118/06]
- Planning Issues
Question 549: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of housing schemes under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 forwarded to his...
