Written answers

Thursday, 30 March 2006

  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 10: To ask the Minister for Finance if his provision in the Finance Bill 2006 to impose penalties on tax avoidance schemes, subsequently proved illegal, has been affected by a recent...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps which are being taken to amend the Stock Exchange Act 1995 to protect investors, in particular those whose shares are held electronically,...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for changes in the way in which a successor to the NDP will be drawn up. [12508/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 14: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether any other elements of the Irish tax code could be subject to challenge under state aid rules. [12527/06]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for Finance if the issue of confining promotions to only persons willing to decentralise has been modified as a result of recent Labour Court hearings; and if he...
    • Pay Rates
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Finance if research has been conducted into the gap between public sector and private sector pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12521/06]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with other Departments or State agencies which are concerned at the potential loss of expertise and corporate knowledge as...
    • Social Partnership
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for Finance his ambitions for the current round of social partnership talks. [12541/06]
    • EU Funding
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with his EU counterparts, including the British Government, regarding new funding for the PEACE programme in the period...
    • Revenue Investigations
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons, companies and trusts being investigated by the Revenue Commissioners arising from the Clerical Medical Insurance and NIB...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the Exchequer returns for the first two months of 2006. [12373/06]
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce tax on sales of biofuel cars and biofuels as an incentive to persons wishing to develop the biofuel industry; and if he will make...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      Question 25: To ask the Minister for Finance if all certificates for tax allowance and credits have been sent out to all taxpayers; the reason for the delays that arose in 2006; if he has...
    • Motor Vehicle Registration
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which number plate providers are regulated here; his plans to introduce registration and monitoring of such providers to allow for the...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 27: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received the report of the Information Commissioner for the purpose of review of non-disclosure provisions in accordance with the Freedom of...
    • Employment Levels
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the contrasting trends reported by the Central Statistics Office in respect of employment growth and output growth in the economy, which...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Finance if an estimate has been undertaken of the number of civil or public servants who do not wish to relocate and will be surplus to requirements as a...
    • Public Service Contracts
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he intends to take to ensure that public service contracts are awarded only to those companies which meet minimum standards in terms of pay,...
    • National Pension Reserve Fund
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for Finance the terms on which funds in the National Pensions Reserve Fund have been made available for public sector projects; and the reason they have not been...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the possibility of introducing measures to promote greater availability of long-term fixed interest mortgages which would reduce...
    • Benchmarking Awards
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Finance his ambitions for the next round of benchmarking assessments. [12542/06]
    • Employment Levels
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to set targets in respect of public service employment over the three years 2006-08. [12517/06]
    • Price Inflation
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has examined the impact of invisible inflation on the economy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11323/06]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the decentralisation of 50 Revenue staff to Listowel, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12370/06]
    • Revenue Investigations
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons, companies and trusts being investigated by the Revenue Commissioners arising from the Ansbacher accounts issue at the latest...
    • State Airports
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the significant number of flights that arrive at both Cork and Shannon Airports at times when there are no customs...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by the Consumers Association of Ireland that banks were fleecing consumers as a result of...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Finance the anticipated costs in terms of acquiring and equipping premises and other related costs at the latest date for which figures are available of the...
    • Special Savings Incentive Scheme
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Finance the underlying assumptions that he has made regarding the impact of consumption and on saving of the maturing of SSIAs. [12499/06]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in regard to the almost €2.5 billion remaining outstanding in uncollected taxes, the proportion of this the Revenue Commissioners expect to...
    • Partnership Agreements
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the financial commitments envisaged by his Department in the context of a new social partnership programme over ten years. [12505/06]
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the implications for the Irish economy of the recent quarter point increase in interest rates announced by the European Central Bank; and...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his proposals to reduce the fees payable at tribunals. [12515/06]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance the negotiations which have taken place regarding the placement of persons who do not opt to decentralise with their units or agencies; and the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance if reports of a stricter interpretation of tax rules for US parent companies located abroad have been investigated; and the potential impact on...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on progress on reforming the budgetary process since his budget speech in December 2004. [12410/06]
    • European Council Meetings
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the ECOFIN meeting of 14 March 2006. [12414/06]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance the funding available for improving flood defences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9509/06]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made by the Revenue Commissioners in regard to measures to deal with the problem of bogus subcontractor and agency worker phenomenon in...
    • House Prices
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance his assessment of the housing market; and the levels of personal debt and their capacity to destabilise economic progress. [12530/06]
    • Social Finance
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date with regard to the plan announced in budget 2006 for the establishment of a fund for social finance; if the amount of the...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recent record profits reported by the main banking organisations; his views on whether there is excessive...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures his Department will take to prevent further abuses of public private partnership arrangements in view of the recent High Court decision...
    • Price Inflation
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the jump in the annual rate of inflation to 3.3%, a level last seen in June 2003, according to the consumer price...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will make an announcement on the next phase of decentralisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12548/06]
    • Strategic Management Initiative
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department plans to review the way in which State agencies are managed on foot of the recent Institute of Public Administration report. [12413/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has or will consider extending the €10,000 income tax exemption for self-employed childminders to other workers in the child care sector in...
    • Public Service Employment
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in regard to the allocation in the revised Book of Estimates, providing for an increase of more than 8,800 in public service numbers, the areas to...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of court prosecution initiated as a result of tax evasion in respect of each year since 1997; the number of cases in which convictions were...
    • Economic Policy
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance when he last met with the Central Bank to discuss economic policy. [12545/06]
    • State Property
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the planned sale of State property announced; the property sold to date and the amount raised; the way in which the money used...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an amnesty for old age pensioners against the payment of annual Government automatic teller machine card charges considering the...
    • Housing Policy
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures his Department has taken to reduce the economy's exposure to the housing market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12417/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received fresh analysis of the tax relief availed of by top earners as revealed by the Revenue study of the 400 highest earners; and if he...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will act on the recommendation of the GRECO group of the Council of Europe that the Government should reconsider its policy of charging fees for...
    • Peer Review System
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance if the promised peer review system for large ICT projects is in place; the way in which same will operate; the threshold of figure above which the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants and other public servants who had been decentralised from Dublin to other locations by the original deadline for the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and percentage of income earners who are paying tax at the higher rate and the standard rate for 2005; the anticipated figures for each...
    • Special Savings Incentive Scheme
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of special savings incentive scheme accounts opened at the latest date for which figures are available; the average amount of savings per...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid to date to the Revenue Commissioners in respect of settlements made in connection with its investigation into the use of life...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in regard to the refurbishment of Dunmanway Garda station; when he expects work to commence on the said refurbishment; and if he will...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of grants awarded to elderly persons for home improvement grants by the Health Service Executive and health...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of occupational therapists and physiotherapists employed in different regions by the Health Service Executive who...
    • Health Services
      Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the average interval that a person can expect to wait before receiving services from occupational and physiotherapists; and...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive does not make allowances for VHI, BUPA and so...
    • Services for People with Disabilities.
      Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding recent improvements on residential, day care and respite waiting lists for people with intellectual...
    • Health Services
      Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the waiting list for appointments with the pain specialist in Galway; the number on the waiting list for each county in the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be given their medical records in relation to their attendance in...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason there is no funding available for a home care package for a person (details supplied); and the location of the...
    • Health Services
      Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if consideration has been given to embarking on a campaign where free nicotine gum will be offered to help people give up...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce a screening programme for bowel cancer for 60 to 69 year olds; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received from persons with County Roscommon addresses seeking repayment of overcharges in...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a recent NCCRI report which states that some general practitioners activity discourage...
    • Health Services
      Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo received the domiciliary care allowance. [12773/06]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of State employees on suspension with pay as on 31 December 2004 and 31 December 2005; and the details of same....
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has imposed restrictions on the right to obtain interest relief on borrowings on properties purchased overseas for renting or for occupation....
    • State Property
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance when the north linear park along the Liffey near Chapelizod will be transferred to Dublin City Council (details supplied). [12575/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for P21s to be issued to persons (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12577/06]
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a full statement on the ongoing problems with the computer system in the tax offices here. [12685/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the possibility of providing a rebate for farmers and others who normally use, and are so entitled to do so, marked diesel; if, in that...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the transfer of a site from Cork County Council to a school (details supplied) in County Cork; the number of meetings the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of State employees on suspension with pay as on 31 December 2004 and 31 December 2005; and the details of same. [12699/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of the home carer's tax credit in each of the years since its introduction; the numbers availing of this credit in each of...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in regard to discussions with Kildare County Council in the matter of the alleviation of flooding at the Mill Lane, Leixlip, County...
    • Money Laundering
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has identified instances whereby organised crime has utilised or infiltrated the banking system with potential threat to the integrity and...
    • Tax Code
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance if he proposes to take steps of a taxation nature to discourage job relocation to low cost economies; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Yield
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue accruing to the Exchequer on foot of various forms of motor taxation including vehicle registration tax, excise duty, direct or...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has identified hidden inflationary tendencies which seem to activate job relocation to lower cost economies; the action he...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the acquisition of all accommodation or other requirements associated with the Government's decentralisation programme to date since the...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in regard to the provision of the proposed new Garda station at Leixlip, County Kildare; if all the investigative procedures have been...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason approximately €900 was retained by Revenue from a person (details supplied) relating to a tax issue; the further reason this person was...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Port Development
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if ownership has been established regarding the area of Dublin Bay which the Dublin Port Company wishes to...
    • Marine Safety
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of navigational lights which are in place in Mulroy Bay; if more are to be installed; the cost...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the areas in County Sligo which have broadband facilities in place; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of State employees on suspension with pay as on 31 December 2004 and 31 December 2005; and the...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the assistance which is available for a club (details supplied) to buy minimalist basic equipment to ensure the safe continuation of...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views, in view of the fact that the number of nights spent outside Dublin by overseas visitors has fallen by 9.2 million since...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of State employees on suspension with pay as on 31 December 2004 and 31 December 2005; and the details of same. [13144/06]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Work Permits
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications received in each of the past five years for work permits in respect of farriers from non-EU...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the mechanism available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to seek and obtain payments for employment; and if...
    • EU Directives
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when it is expected that the unfair commercial practices directive, which increases protection for consumers across the EU...
    • Job Creation
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs that have been created in County Wexford through the direct involvement of Enterprise Ireland or the IDA...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of State employees on suspension with pay as of 31 December 2004 and 31 December 2005; and the details of same....
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the various recommendations made in the October 1998 report, Review of the Carer's Allowance; the recommendations which have been...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when full rent support will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has been informed that the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of State employees on suspension with pay as on 31 December 2004 and 31 December 2005; and the details of same. [13146/06]
  • Department of Transport
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Transport the legislation which governs the enforcement of measures to deal with the menace of quad bikes and motor bikes being raced in the enclosed parks...
    • Port Development
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures which have been taken to investigate the development of alternative ports in order to accommodate increased demand and activity in the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Transport the level of funding provided to each local authority to facilitate the metrification of speed limits; the budget allocated on an annual basis for...
    • National Car Test
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that the operation of the national car test complies with the competition and monopoly laws; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has looked into the setting up of a driving standards authority for taxi drivers. [12598/06]
    • Rail Network
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on the progress to date in re-opening the railway station in Dunleer, County Louth. [12694/06]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Transport the penalty that currently applies for non-display of a valid national car test certificate; the specific statutory instrument where this penalty...
    • Rail Services
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that CIE and Iarnród Éireann appear to be closing down all remaining rail freight facilities in Cork;...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of State employees on suspension with pay as on 31 December 2004 and 31 December 2005; and the details of same. [13147/06]
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of applications to his Department for funding (details supplied); the result of such applications; the...
    • Community Development
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has schemes through which a plan could be developed to take over a swimming pool which has been an enormous...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of State employees on suspension with pay as on 31 December 2004 and 31 December 2005; and the details of...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Milk Quota
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the owner of milk quotas allocated to farmers who qualified under the reserve; and if these farmers have the right to retain the quotas...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) has not received his dairy premium; when same will be released; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of State employees on suspension with pay as on 31 December 2004 and 31 December 2005; and the details of same. [13149/06]
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Garda Stations
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for the construction of a new Garda station to be located in the Knocklyon area in Dublin; his further...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed in Garda stations (details supplied) for each of the years ending 31 December 2000, 2001,...
    • Vehicle Sales
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the practice by the SIMI by which they exclude the courts from having jurisdiction in...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the strength of the Garda in Ballyfermot; and the proposals the Garda Commissioner has for increasing the complement...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his Minister of State told the Fathers for Justice group that it would...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures which can be taken and are being taken by the Garda Síochána in the Finglas area to deal with the menace of...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are circumstances whereby a person (details supplied) would be given a student visa to study English here; and if...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans for a 24-hour Garda station in Carndonagh in north Inishowen, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Judicial Appointments
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of judges of the Supreme Court, High Court, Circuit Court and District Court; and the number of those who,...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions in each of the years from 2000 to the present for a breach of an article of SI 395 of 1999; the...
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason no action was taken following a report of alleged sexual abuse, reported by or on behalf of a person (details...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself that the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal were...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider the application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residential status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a plan to deal with anti-social behaviour at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 17 will be put in place; and if...
    • School Absenteeism
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress that has taken place in the case of two juveniles, out of school and home without permission, one under the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of State employees on suspension with pay as on 31 December 2004 and 31 December 2005; and the details of same....
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the existing services that are available for second level education for children with Asperger's on Dublin's northside; her plans for...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will waive the fees for the psychological educational assessment report on a person (details supplied) in County Sligo in view...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals for the replacement of dilapidated prefabricated classrooms at a school (details supplied) in County Meath. [12581/06]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for a special needs assistant and additional resource hours for a person (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in County Limerick which have been invited to participate in the new school support programme. [12585/06]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in primary schools in County Limerick in class sizes of between 25-30 and in classes of over 30 students. [12586/06]
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her officials will be asked to make contact with schools (details supplied) in Dublin 24; the way in which the particular needs of...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) in County Kildare for an extra classroom to facilitate the...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason she has invited a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 which has had disadvantaged status since 1994 to participate in the...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the practice of English language schools in Ireland charging foreign students for attending secondary schools, including...
    • School Transport
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if school transport will be provided for persons (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if financial assistance by way of increased higher education maintenance grant will be provided to persons (details supplied) in County...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if assistance will be given with the provision of a permanent site for a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Education and Science in view of the information contained in correspondence (details supplied) from the principal of a school in Dublin 11...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the gross overcrowding at a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if her attention has further...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students currently attending a school (details supplied) in County Wexford from outside the catchment area that would...
    • Languages Programme
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of An Chomhairle Oideachais Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta with regard to the establishment of the National Education...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has schemes through which a plan could be developed to take over a swimming pool which has been an enormous asset to the...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason schools applying for disadvantaged designation under DEIS are asked for social welfare details, such as lone parent family...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; her proposals and schedules for this school; and if she will...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on creating 50 more places for a group (details supplied) in the Coolock area of Dublin; and if the maximum support and...
    • School Transport
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will secure the retention of a school transport service (details supplied); if she will meet a group of parents representing the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will increase the resource hours for a person with a disability (details supplied); and if she will make this a priority case as...
    • School Absenteeism
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has taken place in the case of two juveniles out of school without permission and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of State employees on suspension with pay as on 31 December 2004 and 31 December 2005; and the details of same. [13151/06]
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the necessary funding will be provided to enable the ground chamber of Carrigafoyle Castle, Ballylongford,...
    • House Prices
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his assessment of trends in the housing market. [12757/06]
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of sections of the Local Government Act 2001 which have not been enacted; the timetable for their...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will ensure that the Liffey catchment area is incorporated into the study for the greater Dublin...
    • Road Network
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans in place to widen the four bridges on the main Milford and Carrigart road R247 (details supplied);...
    • Election Management System
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the serial number of each of the electronic voting machines owned by the State; the location of each of these...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve to the planning stage budget the submission made by Limerick County Council in relation to...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the essential repairs grant is available to elderly couples where only one person is over 65 years of age...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason proceeds of a sale of bog contained in a special area of conservation have not been awarded to a...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will commission An Post to deliver a blank electoral registration form to each house in the State for...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the concession or grant aid which is available from his Department for persons whose private dwelling house...
    • Waste Management
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he treats or proposes to treat solid waste landfill sites as carbon sinks and to take credit for the carbon...
    • Election Management System
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of Department staff who are engaged on an ongoing basis on the e-voting project; and if he will...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of external consultants who have to date been retained on the e-voting project; the costs to date...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and location of affordable houses provided or to be provided in County Kildare on foot of...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedures whereby local authority officials are permitted or encouraged to attend political meetings in...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the conditions under which building sites are allocated to Respond; the cost to the taxpayer and the price...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the basis on which estate management companies are authorised to charge exorbitant fees in local authority...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that the commitments given by him to the Houses of the Oireachtas during the passage of the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that the revised planning guidelines issued by his Department are being observed by the...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount collected by local authorities in commercial rates in 2004 and 2005; the rate at which these...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position on the Residential Tenancy Act 2004 whereby local authorities are to take over the rental...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of State employees on suspension with pay as on 31 December 2004 and 31 December 2005; and the...