Written answers
Wednesday, 5 April 2006
- Department of Education and Science
- Third Level Fees
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether the abolition of tuition fees has been a positive factor in the significant increase in participation across all...
- Adult Education
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposed timeframe for implementing the recommendations of the McIver report which has been accepted in principle by the Government;...
- Departmental Staff
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position within her Department with regard to the implementation of circulars (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures that she has taken to ensure the delivery of the extension of the school year through the month of July in the case of all...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of applications received by the Residential Institutions Redress Board; the number of payments made; and the amount of the...
- Disruptive Students
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she will take to simplify or streamline the appeals process set out as part of section 29 of the Education Act 1998; and if...
- School Staffing
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made on the vetting of all school staff to prevent child abuse; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Early School Leavers
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her response to the survey of 2002-03 school leavers carried out by the ESRI which indicated that the percentage of those who left...
- Education Welfare Service
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding allocated to the National Educational Welfare Board for 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13348/06]
- Youth Services
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding allocated towards youth work for 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13331/06]
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a recognised teaching qualification is a prerequisite to registration under section 31 of the Teaching Council Act 2001; and if she...
- Medical Education
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures she will introduce to allow students from low income backgrounds avail of the increased number of places in view of her...
- School Discipline
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of behaviour support teams which will be established; the location of each team; the number of schools that each team will...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to proceed with centralising the operation of the means test for third level grants to an appropriate Department; and if...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on concerns expressed by a number of survivors' groups, including the Aislinn Centre, One in Four and Irish SOCA, regarding...
- School Curriculum
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be provided for the introduction of driver education in schools through the transition year programme in view of recent...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in some cases the professional judgment of educational psychologists is being...
- Whole School Evaluations
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of whole school evaluations completed at primary level to date in 2006; the projected number to be completed over the course...
- School Curriculum
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the revised syllabus for leaving certificate art will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13184/06]
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the cases made by a number of schools that have not been invited to participate in the DEIS scheme that they should be...
- Whole School Evaluations
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when it is envisaged that the first whole school evaluation report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools with access to dedicated sporting facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13338/06]
- Multi-Denominational Schools
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report progress on commitments made to Educate Together; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13521/06]
- Telecommunications Services
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will strengthen the capacity of schools to effectively use broadband and information technology by providing software appropriate...
- School Staffing
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the legislation to establish a register of persons considered unsafe to work with children will be published; and if she will make...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of places available nationally on the Early Start programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13341/06]
- Early School Leavers
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the system which is in place to track the approximately 1,000 children who do not transfer from primary to post-primary school each...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the PPP schools announced in 2005 will be offered to market; the number of bundles these schools will be offered in; when it is...
- School Curriculum
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which is being made in changing the emphasis from the written to the spoken language in the teaching of Irish in schools...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the implementation of the DEIS programme nationwide. [13451/06]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the progress being made with the building of the new school buildings for a school (details supplied) in County...
- School Transport
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the roll-out of new buses and progress regarding the implementation of seat belts on school buses. [13447/06]
- Psychological Service
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the areas of the country where primary schools do not have access to psychological assessments directly through the National Educational...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she supports the proposals of the IPPN in its document, New Horizons for Smaller Schools and Teaching Principalship in Ireland, on...
- Psychological Service
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of psychologists employed by the national education psychologist service; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Languages Programme
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her response to an EU report that showed Ireland as having the worst record for proficiency in a second language in Europe; if she will...
- School Curriculum
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will amend the rules and programme for secondary schools in respect of the subject requirement for leaving certificate Irish; and...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of the Adamstown schools which are planned to be opened within the next two years; when the remainder are planned to be...
- State Claims Agency
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on her plans regarding the pursuance of costs following the recent High Court decision on the O'Keeffe case. [13449/06]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in junior classes of more than 20; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13323/06]
- Early Childhood Education
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average age at which infants enter primary school for the first time in each county; the number of schools which operate age...
- School Transport
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to upgrade the school transport fleet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13180/06]
- Languages Programme
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress she is making to implement the findings of the steering group established under the auspices of the commission on school...
- Psychological Service
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of national education psychologists employed in each region; the number of vacant posts in each region; and if she will make...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to fulfil the commitment in An Agreed Programme for Government on class size; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Youth Services
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the sections of the Youth Work Act 2001 that have yet to be commenced; the amount that has been made available each year towards the...
- School Evaluations
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of whole school evaluations completed at post-primary level to date in 2006; the projected number to be completed over the...
- Multi-Denominational Schools
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made by the working party on religious education comprised of Educate Together, her Department and the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the arrangements that have been put in place to address the needs of the 100 children with autism who had their home tuition grants...
- School Staffing
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the low number of teachers who apply for posts as school principal in comparison to the number who apply for ordinary...
- Tuarascáil Ranna
Question 101: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an bhfuil tuarascáil Harris ar an Ghaeilge scrúdaithe aici go fóill, cad iad na príomh-mholtaí atá sa tuarascáil, cén uair a...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the effect the new primary staffing schedule recently announced will have on class sizes for the forthcoming school year; and if she...
- Adult Education
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the consultations which have taken place with the colleges of further education with regard to the implementation of the McIver report...
- School Curriculum
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the circulation of books, dealing with drug-related issues, to primary schools; and if she will make a...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is in a position to improve pupil-teacher ratios in line with best international practice; and if she will make a statement on...
- Psychological Service
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding allocated to the National Educational Psychologist Service for 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13344/06]
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the difficulty vocational education committees are having in accessing the central Garda vetting unit has been resolved; and if she...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the legislative response that she will take in response to school discipline problems; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Staffing
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will change the rule whereby a principal teacher in a national school who resigns as principal reverts to the status of the...
- School Discipline
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she proposes to implement in full the recommendations of the Martin task force on student behaviour; and if she will make a...
- School Enrolments
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take to ensure children in west Dublin who have no places for September in national school will be accommodated; if...
- Literacy Levels
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the statistics available for adult literacy; the way in which Ireland compares in an international context; and if she will make a...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide the most recent information on the socioeconomic background of persons in receipt of third level grants; and if she...
- School Curriculum
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of individual subject inspections undertaken to date in 2006; the projected number to be undertaken over the course of 2006;...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take to ensure second level schools do not shirk their responsibility to admit students who have special needs; and...
- Languages Programme
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding being provided towards language support for non-nationals; if there are plans to increase this figure; and if she will make...
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Whole School Evaluations
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department's inspectorate has completed whole school evaluations and issued same to schools for comment, prior to these being...
- School Discipline
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will be updating the recommendations that issue to all schools with regard to student behaviour and discipline; and if she will...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which she expects to be in a position to provide the required level of psychological assessment, speech therapy,...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of grant aid available to primary schools to assist in their provision of physical education programmes; and if she will make...
- Early School Leavers
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she intends to introduce statutory recognition of a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Adult Education
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the National Adult Learning Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13336/06]
- Primary Pupil Database
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects to put in place a comprehensive database of primary school pupils based on PPS numbers; and if she will make a...
- School Curriculum
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of second level schools itemised by type offering music to leaving certificate level; and if she will make a statement on...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will review the urgent need for a sports hall for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; if her Department's...
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Whole School Evaluations
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are plans to integrate the green schools programme into the whole school evaluation process; and if she will make a statement...
- Youth Services
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in the implementation of the national youth work development plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the transfer of properties and money from the religious congregations has been completed in the context of the indemnity agreement;...
- Youth Services
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to expand the existing youth encounter projects and a group (details supplied) in accordance with a recommendation of the...
- Inquiry into Child Abuse
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the next review of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse will take place; the submissions which will be sought from survivor...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to plans to find a suitable site for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; if discussions have been...
- School Discipline
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will begin recruiting staff for the regional behaviour support teams announced following the publication of the task force on...
- School Curriculum
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools offering the junior certificate schools programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13361/06]
- School Services Contracts
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the provision of vending machines will be part of the next round of PPP contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Youth Services
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made to date with regard to the implementation of the national youth work development plan; and if she will make a...
- Public Service Charges
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to this Deputy's recent written question in relation to schools in Wicklow, if she will carry out a survey on the impact of...
- School Staffing
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her campaign to attract more men into teaching is successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13525/06]
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has restored resource hours as needed to schools in disadvantaged areas who lost teachers and teaching hours due to the...
- Interdepartmental Co-ordination
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of interaction between her Department and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment with regard to work-based...
- Department of Health and Children
- Child Care Services
Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the funding of construction of a new child care centre in County Limerick. [13660/06]
- Health Services
Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce a hearing screen service for all newborn babies; and if she will support the National Association for...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Ennis General Hospital capital development project, including phase 1A and subsequent phases, due to commence late...
- Hospital Services
Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a recent letter from the national hospitals office stating that 24-hour casualty services would continue to operate at...
- Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she intends to include certain ointments and creams (details supplied) to the list of medication which is currently...
- Hospital Services
Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if and when she will make provision for the patients from the south east of the country who need radiotherapy services to...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the changes in the nursing home subvention scheme, she intends to change the format of the application form;...
- Health Service Staff
Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the status of community welfare officers is being changed; if Department of Social and Family Affairs are taking over...
- Health Services
Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will receive audiology services; the reason for the delay in same; and if she will make a...
- Health Service Staff
Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of home helps employed in County Mayo at present; the hourly rate of pay they receive; and if they have received...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a consultancy company (details supplied) has been brought in to look at the organisation of acute services in Dublin...
- Hospital Services
Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Sligo is called for their operation in the Mater Hospital as...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will furnish a reply to Parliamentary Question No. 389 of 25 January 2006; the reason for the delay; and if she will...
- Ambulance Service
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when her Department received the report from the former western health board on the development of three additional...
- Health Services
Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 still attending school is not eligible for free dental treatment; and...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the payment of supplementary welfare allowance by community welfare officers to assist people...
- Health Services
Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has an Alzheimer's unit in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the...
- National Rehabilitation Board
Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the legislation, statutory instrument or regulations which facilitated the establishment of the National Rehabilitation...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the promised provision of a modern children's hospital on the Mater Hospital site to replace Temple...
- Department of Finance
- Communications Masts
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Finance if a new mast has been erected on the grounds of Clontarf Garda station, Dublin 3; the number of masts that are currently positioned at this Garda...
- Tax Code
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are tax incentives available to a person or persons seeking to commence a tourist related industry in a RAPID designated area; and if he...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Fishing Vessel Licences
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a fishing licence will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Louth in view of the delay in...
- Parliamentary Questions
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will furnish a reply to Question No. 589 of 25 January 2006; the reason for the delay; and if he will make...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the organisations in County Donegal that have applied to his Department for lottery funding towards the development of sports,...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Redundancy Payments
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an application for redundancy rebate has been received in his Department in respect of former Irish Ferries workers; the...
- Job Creation
Question 199: 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...
- Trade Negotiations
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 199 of 29 March 2006 the mechanism available to a group to accompany such trades...
- Industrial Development
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if progress has been made in relation to implementing the new mandate for Shannon Development announced in July 2005. [13720/06]
- Markets Regulation
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position relating to market town status; if towns which have this status and do not hold a market before 1 May 2006 will...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Departmental Staff
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the status of community welfare officers is being changed; if his Department is taking over the functions of community welfare...
- Department of Transport
- Planning Issues
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 296 of 28 March 2006, if he will clarify the position with regard to public parks which local authorities...
- Driving Tests
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of applicants awaiting a driving test in each test centre; the corresponding waiting time and pass rates; and if he will make a...
- Rail Services
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the initiatives Irish Rail has taken to expand and increase the level of rail freight business it operates in...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- EU Directives
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if this State sought a derogation from the biocides directive; and if so, the grounds on which such a derogation was sought. [13702/06]
- Grant Payments
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the grants available to produce wood pelleter for pellet-fuelled burners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13664/06]
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a company (details supplied) presented a copy of a report to her Department on the production of ethanol in 2001; if so, if she will...
- Animal Diseases
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 29 March 2006, if she will provide the Deputy with copies of presentations made by the...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she intends to pay back moneys to early retirement from farming scheme participants who were inadvertently or wrongly offset from...
- Grant Payments
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if payment of single farm payment scheme will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [13778/06]
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Residency Permits
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the financial and health difficulties being experienced by persons (details supplied) due...
- Garda Deployment
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number involved in dealing with human resources within the Garda Síochána; and the number of these are who are gardaí...
- Adult Caution Scheme
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the recent adult caution scheme; the guidelines for its implementation; the reason for its introduction; and...
- Garda Stations
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has received the brief of requirements for the new Garda station at Castleisland, County Kerry; the...
- Land Registry Applications
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of a dealing for a person (details supplied). [13682/06]
- Public Order Offences
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons each of whom has been prosecuted on more than one occasion for public drinking or drunkenness in the...
- Visa Applications
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for a holiday visa for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Deployment
Question 235: 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. [13699/06]
- Garda Investigations
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding correspondence (details supplied); his plans to hold an independent inquiry; and if he will make a...
- Crime Levels
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the headline offences for Garda districts (details supplied) for the years 2004 and 2005 in County Limerick. [13711/06]
- Garda Deployment
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed in Garda districts (details supplied) in County Limerick for the years 1997, 2000, 2001,...
- Crime Levels
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the statistics on headline crime figures in County Clare over the past five years; and the detection rates for the different...
- Garda Deployment
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed in the Laois-Offaly Garda division during 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005; and if he...
- Crime Levels
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of crimes recorded and detected across all headings in the Longford-Westmeath Garda division during 1997, 2000,...
- Garda Strength
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed in Tipperary Garda division during 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005; and if he will...
- Crime Levels
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of crimes recorded and detected across all headings in Waterford-Kilkenny Garda division during 1997, 2000, 2001,...
- Garda Strength
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed in Wicklow-Wexford Garda division during 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005; and if he...
- Crime Levels
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of crimes recorded and detected across all headings in Wicklow-Wexford Garda division during 1997, 2000, 2001,...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding an application for naturalisation made by a person (details supplied) in County...
- Garda Strength
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community gardaí in Cabra Garda station; and if in view of the imminent increase in population from new areas...
- Irish Language
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the status of and progress toward official recognition of Irish sign language; the official recognition...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to a proposal submitted to his Department in April 2005 by the Irish Deaf Society, National...
- Department of Education and Science
- State Claims Agency
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will clarify what she said in Dáil Éireann on 28 March 2006 with reference to legal costs being sought by the Department of...
- Early Childhood Education
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of places available on the Early Start programmes; the locations where Early Start is available; and if she will make a...
- Adult Education
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the recommendations from the task force on lifelong learning of 2002 which have not been acted upon. [13780/06]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the school year will be extended through July 2006 for a special class, details supplied, and the reason for this decision; and if...
- Irish Language
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction the establishment of an all-Irish education centre at Baile Mhuirne, County Cork; and if she will make a statement...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the appeal procedures in operation in cases of refusal by vocational education committees and local authority higher education grant...
- School Curriculum
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number and percentage of secondary school students who took transition year in the last year for which figures are available. [13593/06]
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a statement on the conditions in a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and when she will make funds available...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to providing funding for a new national school at Cullen, Mallow, County Cork. [13688/06]
- School Staffing
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for an extra teacher by a board of management of a school where 75% of the classes exceed 31...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will clarify if the allocation of hearing support resources is part of the DEIS initiative; if not, the way in which a school...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will furnish a reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1292 of 25 January 2006; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Defence his proposals to reduce the 5 ft. 4 in. height restriction for female Defence Forces recruits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13691/06]
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 265: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on allocating further funding under the home improvement scheme for the elderly and central heating...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 266: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will give final approval for developments (details supplied) in County Cork. [13690/06]
- Turbary Rights
Question 267: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 532 of 28 March 2006 if a person wishing to cut turf for his or her own...
- Environmental Policy
Question 268: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the bogs in Galway east which are designated for conservation under the European Communities (Natural...
- EU Directives
Question 269: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the parts of the Aarhus Convention Agreement and its associated EU directives, in which 2003/4/EC and...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 270: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received documentation from Limerick County Council for sewerage schemes (details supplied) in...
- Local Authority Boundaries
Question 271: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will make a decision on the boundary extension application by Limerick City Council. [13719/06]
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 272: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 26 January 2006 the status of these regional water schemes; when...
