Written answers

Tuesday, 25 April 2006

  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Transport Policy
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the input that his Department will have in the implementation of Transport 21, especially in reespect of vital tourist routes; and if...
    • Cultural Projects
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the necessary funding will be provided for a new theatre in Monaghan town, which is being supported by the town council, county...
    • Punchestown Festival
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the efforts that are being made to promote the Punchestown festival as an Irish Cheltenham; the amount of money that the festival...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the recent information provided by the American Consulate that there is an increasing level of...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will include provision for grant aid for sporting organisations for solar energy conversion to substitute for oil, gas and...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the measures that the Government intends to put in place between now and the Ryder Cup in September 2006 to promote Ireland as a...
    • National Conference Centre
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the development of the national conference centre; if he is in a position to appoint a preferred tenderer; and...
    • Greyhound Racing Industry
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received a report on various matters relating to Bord na gCon from a person (details supplied); when the report will be...
    • National Concert Hall
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the details of the rollout of the proposed new National Concert Hall; the aspects of the existing building which will be retained; the...
    • Cross-Border Tourism
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the efforts that are being made to promote cross-Border tourism; his views on whether the promotion of the island of Ireland as a...
    • Sports Anti-Doping Programme
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the Irish Sports Council's anti-doping report 2005; his views on the fact that, despite the fact...
    • Film Industry Development
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans for the development of the film industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15100/06]
    • Tourism Policy
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the third and final report of the tourism action plan implementation group; his views on its...
    • National Stadium
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the development of the first phase of the Abbotstown project; the estimated date of the completion of the first...
    • National Aquatic Centre
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans for the future management of the National Aquatic Centre following the removal of Dublin Waterworld; and if he will make a...
    • Sport Players Grant Scheme
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will confirm that he has reached agreement with the Gaelic Players' Association that his Department is prepared to provide...
    • Proposed Soccer Stadium
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will expand on recent criticisms he made of the ongoing attempts by GAA clubs in the Tallaght area to prevent the stadium...
    • Abbey Theatre
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the provision of the new Abbey Theatre at George's Dock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15161/06]
    • Proposed Soccer Stadium
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received an application for Government funding for the completion of the construction of the new stadium for Shamrock Rovers...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Census of Population
      Question 97: To ask the Taoiseach if the census should be more correctly described as a census for the Republic of Ireland. [14835/06]
    • Unemployment Levels
      Question 98: To ask the Taoiseach the unemployment rate for Dublin City Council by district electoral division for 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15276/06]
    • Social Partnership
      Question 99: To ask the Taoiseach the progress of the social partnership talks; the expected timeframe for completing the talks; if the framework of an agreement is emerging and the details...
    • Irish Language
      Question 100: To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of the staff of his Department who are able to provide services through Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14236/06]
    • Official Engagements
      Question 101: To ask the Taoiseach the details of his travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the people who travelled with him in their official party; the duration of the visit;...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      Question 102: To ask the Taoiseach the progress he has made in securing the agreement of the British Government to the course of action recommended in the report of the justice committee on the...
    • Centenarian Bounty
      Question 103: To ask the Taoiseach if the Government has decided to extend the presidential payment for Irish citizens reaching the age of 100 years to those living abroad; the date of the...
    • Departmental Legal Advice
      Question 104: To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has legal advisers of its own, naming the officers in question; and the reason effect has not been given to the recommendation in the report...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Child Care Services
      Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the legislation which exists in relation to the regulation of child minders; the maximum number of children that a...
    • Health Levy
      Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount forgone in revenue for the 2% health levy due to the introduction of the over-70s medical card; and if she will...
    • Domestic Violence
      Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the situation for the provision of facilities for men suffering from domestic violence; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Guardianship Rights
      Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the lack of directives to its social workers in the application of legal guardianship...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding will be sanctioned for an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork to provide a crèche, pre-school and...
    • Health Services
      Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the financial assistance available to a person (details supplied) with multiple sclerosis to continue payments on a car...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) is receiving all of her entitlements; and if she will work with the family on this matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the lengthy waiting time for an assessment in a clinic (details supplied) which could...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 201 of 12 October 2004, her intentions in respect of the future use of the lands on...
    • Health Services
      Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is on a waiting list for...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is a time limit for the completion of vetting procedures when appointing new employees to positions in the health...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on extending the mobility allowance to those above the age of 66 years. [14243/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); the action she will take on same; and if she...
    • Home Help Service
      Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to SIPTU's Be Fair to Those Who Care campaign; if she intends to address the issues raised...
    • Health Services
      Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that it is virtually impossible to get through to the Health Service Executive...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on youth cafes as a means to deliver quality youth work; the financial resources allocated in 2005 and 2006 for...
    • Health Services
      Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an appointment will be made for a cataract operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the mechanisms which are in place to ensure communication between her Department and the Central Statistics Office in order...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the benefits which a patient derives from VHI in view of the fact that a patient (details supplied) in County Donegal has...
    • Organ Donation
      Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the efforts she is making to promote organ donor cards; if the national census under way could be utilised in this regard;...
    • Health Services
      Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of hours a week home help a person (details supplied) in Dublin would be able to arrange if they agreed to have...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to make strips for the coaguchek machines available here through the general medical services scheme (details...
    • Health Services
      Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has developed a policy for the recycling of medical aids such as walkers, crutches and so on in view of the fact...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when BreastCheck will become available to women in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14463/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a full-time senior cardiologist will be appointed at Kerry General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the details of her travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the people who travelled with her in the official...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if medication will be free to children suffering from ADHD who qualify for domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make...
    • Health Services
      Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of applications her Department has had for the general practitioner visit card since the introduction of the...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the cervical screening service is not available free of charge to women beyond 60 years of age and prior to...
    • Health Services
      Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the criteria which are used to determine whether the availability of a health service in the State is a policy matter and,...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to provide affordable residential care for older persons, particularly taking into account the...
    • Health Services
      Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will examine the facilities available for angiogram patients in St. James's day care; and if she will report...
    • Cancer Control Strategy
      Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the expected date for the publication of the strategy for cancer control in Ireland 2006; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the person who authorised the change in recorded next-of-kin of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has appointed the proposed task force on osteoporosis; if so, the members of same; if not, when the task force will...
    • Health Services
      Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for an outpatient clinic appointment to be scheduled for a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the length of the waiting lists for surgical procedures in each of the six major hospitals in Dublin; the number of people...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of checks across the food industry for potential shortcomings in traceability and labelling standards the Food...
    • Health Services
      Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the level of funds that the Health Service Executive allocated to services in the greater Dublin area in 2005; the...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of an application under the housing aid for the elderly scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Clare;...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the location of pharmacies in a significant number of health centres which are located in purpose built...
    • Health Services
      Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the Government is funding private companies to provide a home help service when it will not give this funding to...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of the health budget which has been allocated to the running of hospitals for each year since 1995 to date in...
    • Health Services
      Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when funding will become available to the mid-western region for care packages to provide home care grants for elderly...
    • Psychiatric Services
      Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress on the establishment of diagnostic attention deficit hyperactivity disorder centres located in different...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the drug Ritalin is available on prescription to adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. [14712/06]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the Health Service Executive ceases the practice of requiring annual renewal of medical cards for...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a vitamin B12 injection was withdrawn from the supply to persons suffering from Crohn's disease and vitamin B12...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the costs incurred to date in the case taken against her Department and the Health Service Executive by the parents of a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding provided for organisations (details supplied) in 2004 and 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding home help services as the age profile of staff is getting older; and her views on what will happen...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an application for housing aid for the elderly will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is a stockpile of an anti-viral medicine (details supplied) available here. [14833/06]
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to introduce a universal cervical cancer screening programme in the Health Service Executive southern area;...
    • Health Services
      Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) of the Health Service Executive received a letter dated 16 March 2006 from a person...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which she intends to allocate the €22.5 million in funding announced for intellectual, physical-sensory...
    • Health Services
      Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when orthodontic treatment will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [14896/06]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will support an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 3 with concerns regarding nursing home availability for...
    • Health Services
      Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a procedure. [14902/06]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be transferred from an acute bed in the Galway Regional Hospital to a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the facilities for which funding have been sought for a centre (details supplied) in 2006 to care for persons with an...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number cases to date of caesarean sections performed in maternity hospitals here which are elective; the number which...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to upgrade the ambulance service in the west of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to upgrade services and facilities available in the County Hospital Roscommon; and if she will make...
    • Health Services
      Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a service (details supplied) was discontinued in County Mayo; when the service was last provided and the plans...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action which was taken by her following the receipt of the brief for the extension to Bandon Community Hospital in...
    • Sale of Tobacco Products
      Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of compliance tests carried out on retail premises by the Office of Tobacco Control, the number of offences...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the support services and programmes that are available to a person (details supplied); the amount of funding given in the...
    • Health Services
      Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when home help will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is in need of such help;...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the relevant section of her Department has...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 239: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the criteria which exists for medical card qualification in the case of people who are diagnosed with breast cancer and who...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in arranging a knee operation for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with home help; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 245: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funds her Department will provide to top up a grant under the disabled persons grant scheme for works to accommodate...
    • Health Services
      Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will have an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath expedited; and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 247: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that it is intended to replace the community welfare officer with the Department of Social and Family...
    • Violence Against Women
      Question 248: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she intends to take to ensure that statutory and voluntary services are trained and resourced to respond to the...
    • Cancer Incidence
      Question 249: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the incidence of cancer diagnosed among residents of Dublin city, by population, in each district electoral division; and...
    • Health Services
      Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the length of time people from County Mayo must currently wait to see the pain specialist in Galway. [15231/06]
    • Nursing Home Care
      Question 251: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the criteria applied for placement decisions for long-term nursing home care at St. Ita's and St. Camillus Hospital,...
    • Health Services
      Question 252: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if home help will be provided in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of their age and medical...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 254: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if a response will be expedited....
    • Hospital Services
      Question 255: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in providing a bed at St. Luke's Hospital, Dublin for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 256: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the level of subvention being awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny has been...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 257: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the exact terms of reference of the independent consultative committee to review acute hospitals in the mid-west region; if...
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 258: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the services covered by the €120 per week charged for Class 1 patients in receipt of nursing care in the Health Service...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 259: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow waiting to be admitted to Tallaght Hospital under the...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 260: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when work under the special housing aid for the elderly scheme will be carried out for a person (details supplied) in...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of buses across the country transporting adults with intellectual and learning disabilities to sheltered...
    • Health Capital Programme
      Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the proposal to upgrade the helicopter landing pad at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital,...
    • Health Services
      Question 263: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will examine the possibility of making defibrillators available to every fire station; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 264: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of medical card refusals that have been appealed nationally in each year since 2000; the number of appeals that...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 265: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the acute hospital bed designation; the number of public, private and semi-private, non-designated and total number of beds...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 266: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Question No. 82 of 23 March 2006, the status of the tendering process; the discussions held with the Department...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 267: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the directive she has given to the Health Service Executive to deal with physical assaults on the nursing profession; the...
    • Death Certificates
      Question 268: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to modify death certificates to include place of internment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 269: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to increase the rates of pay for home subvention to care for the elderly in view of the fact that they are not...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 270: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of older people on a waiting list for a community care service to be provided; the number of older people on a...
    • Health Service Funding
      Question 271: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the level of funding available to the health services in 2005 and 2006 allocations; the process the Health Service...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 272: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her Department's policy on the operation of the accident and emergency departments of Dublin hospitals, from a policy...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 273: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made to increase bed capacity in hospitals and long-stay services here; the identified shortages...
    • Health Services
      Question 274: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason she has under-resourced the public home help service while at the same time subsidised private companies...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 275: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a housing aid for the elderly application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 276: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the arrangements which have been made by her in order that public patients can avail of radiotherapy treatment at the...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 277: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will approve the Health Service Executive capital plan for 2006 and specifically phase 3C of Naas Hospital. [15554/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 278: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the Adjournment debate in Dáil Éireann on 27 April 2005 on home help cutbacks in County Kildare; her further...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 279: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the bed shortage for long stay care in the north Dublin, north city area; the level of funding which has been given to the...
    • Health Services
      Question 280: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will receive an appointment for assessment for speech and language...
    • Legal Services
      Question 281: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has sought legal advice from outside legal advisers; and the fees paid to each such legal adviser in 2004...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Finance if further tax relief assistance will be granted to a person (details supplied) particularly with their annual cost of care at €65,000. [14238/06]
    • National Mapping Service
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that people must pay a fee of approximately €37.18 for an OSI 1:1000 site location map; his plans to...
    • Tax Code
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the possibility of introducing tax incentives to encourage the standing of sound stallions; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the result of the assessment by the Office of Public Works on the site for a new Garda station in Dundrum; and the status of...
    • Public Service Contracts
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the Revenue Commissioners outsource work to India and other countries; the type of work outsourced; the amount it costs; and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that staffing levels are increased and other problems associated with the excessive queues in public offices controlled by the...
    • Revenue Commissioners' Audits
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of inspections by the Revenue Commissioners which have been carried out in the past year on properties developed under the section 50 tax...
    • Public Procurement Policy
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied, with reference to public procurement policy that contracting authorities make adequate effort, as his guidelines state they...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of his travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the people who travelled with him in their official party; the duration of...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Finance with reference to decentralisation, if Kanturk is on a priority list; the number of civil servants who have agreed to go to Kanturk; and if land has...
    • Tax Code
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Finance if an application for tax relief for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Savings Incentive Scheme
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Finance the taxes and charges which will accrue to an SSIA held to maturity; if such taxes and charges would vary if an SSIA holder had left the State prior...
    • Tax Code
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures which exist for grievances regarding dealing with taxation matters; if persons can deal with queries by phone if they do not receive...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue generated from the Irish Financial Services Centre annually since its inception. [14724/06]
    • Public Service Contracts
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Finance if he keeps track of the extent to which printing work contracted in by Departments or State agencies is done by domestic printers compared to...
    • Tax Code
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Finance if stamp duty will be waived in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14766/06]
    • National Development Plan
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Finance the spend in the south and east region to date in 2006 under the National Development Plan 2000-2006; and the breakdown of planned and actual...
    • Tax Code
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Finance if a ministerial order requires to be issued to remedy the situation concerning VAT being charged to registered charities, thus avoiding the...
    • Control of Dogs
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the urgent need to introduce dog control by-laws for Office of Public Works properties as Office of Public Works...
    • Tax Code
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people who availed of tax relief due to the fact that they employed a person to take care of an incapacitated person for each of 2003,...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking in order that the national development plan is fully implemented in the Border, midland and western region; and if he will...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Finance the position on the acquisition of a site for a new school at Summercove, Kinsale, County Cork; and if he will confirm that arrangements are being...
    • Tax Code
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the widowed parent tax credit ceases after five years; his plans to extend the relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Stations
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of an application for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15052/06]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress being made on the decentralisation of 50 Revenue Commissioners staff to Newcastle West, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement...
    • River Maintenance
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will take steps to have the banks of the River Inny, opposite Ballycroughy, attended to as the area adjacent to the said River Inny, known as...
    • Liquor Licensing
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of off-licence premises in each of the Twenty-six Counties and the types of licence in each case; the number of new licences which have...
    • River Maintenance
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Finance the schedule of works being carried out on the River Tolka; the works that remain to be carried out; the works that will be carried out in 2006; if...
    • Tax Code
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of redundancy payment which was exempt from taxation in 1997 and in each year up to 2006. [15189/06]
    • River Maintenance
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works will include in its maintenance programme sections of the River Deel one mile each side of the Deel bridge at Rathkeale...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Finance when he intends to approve the revised costings structure increase sought in the standard national costings used by the Department of Agriculture and...
    • Tax Code
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Finance the enforcement procedures which exist in respect of the obligation on employers to issue a P45 to employees when they leave a job; if his attention...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Finance if he received correspondence of 6 April 2006 regarding a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Flood Relief
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in regard to negotiations between Kildare County Council and his Department in the matter of the facilitation of the required flood...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in regard to the provision of the proposed new Garda station in Leixlip, County Kildare; if full and final agreement has been reached in...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Finance the state of negotiations with regard to the acquisition of a proposed site for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if his attention has...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Finance if the new Garda station in Derrinturn, County Kildare, is ready for occupation. [15543/06]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the fact that planning permission was granted on 27 March 2006, tenders have been received for the roof repairs to a school (details...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Finance if the board of the Office of Public Works has made a final decision on the new Leixlip Garda station; the decision reached; and when construction...
    • Legal Services
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has sought legal advice from outside legal advisers; and the fees paid to each such legal adviser in 2004 and 2005. [15765/06]
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Broadcasting Policy
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred options for the broadcasting of all sporting events here; if he expects or intends to influence...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on calls for the provision of more detailed information on customers' electricity bills, which could...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department will provide financial backing for Clare County Council's proposal to upgrade broadband...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the training requirements which are being considered for approval of plumbers as installers of solar panels...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the details of his travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the people who travelled with him in...
    • Road Network
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if planning permission is needed for a local authority for work at a slipway in County Mayo; and, if not, the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if it is possible for a group broadband scheme to be launched in the Craughwell area of County Galway, similar...
    • Gas Supply
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the full cost to the economy here of not having a fully liberalised gas market in line with the EU gas market,...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the funding mechanisms which are available for local game angling clubs to carry out development and enhancement...
    • Television Licence Fee
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a television licence must be paid where a person owns no television set but where they receive broadcasts by...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the discussions he has had with the Marine Institute in regard to the provision of salmon counters and smolt...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the upgrading of the pension of a person (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the recent...
    • Legal Services
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department has sought legal advice from outside legal advisers; and the fees paid to each such legal...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Diplomatic Relations
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will invite the Cuban President to Ireland in 2006; and if he will build and develop the relationship between Cuba and Ireland. [14233/06]
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there is a secret concentration camp in Shenyang, China and if Falun Gong practitioners are being persecuted there. [14904/06]
    • International Agreements
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when he expects the ratification of the International Convention on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and their Families to be completed; and...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a recent EU report from the Jerusalem and Ramallah heads of mission regarding east Jerusalem; his views on...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether there is sufficient evidence to suggest that Government to Government support in Ethiopia reaches the neediest of its...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on a recent statement by the UN special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief concerning the treatment of followers of the...
    • Arms Trade
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the international campaign by non-governmental organisations such as Amnesty International, Oxfam and...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to the worsening drought in Kenya, the fact that people living there are facing chronic food shortages and the growing fears that the...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of his travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the people who travelled with him in their official party; the...
    • International Agreements
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department have received a copy of any of the six regional impact assessment studies carried out for the European Commission in 1998...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount it would cost a person living in Jordan, who is entitled to an Irish passport, to take out an Irish passport through the Jordanian...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the redeveloping relationship with Lesotho following the decision in respect of the establishment of a full Irish...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the Niger Delta humanitarian crisis in which mass killings have occurred; the steps the international...
    • European Council
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the EU Ombudsman's recommendations that the Council of the European Union should review its refusal to meet publicly whenever it...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport can be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15259/06]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a statement made by Concord, a confederation of European non-governmental organisations, on the 3 April...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the latest Amnesty International report on extraordinary rendition which exposes the CIA's practice of using private aircraft...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a report from the United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the United...
    • Legal Services
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has sought legal advice from outside legal advisers; and the fees paid to each such legal adviser in 2004 and 2005. [15767/06]
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • National Archives
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if, in view of the historical importance of public records and the forthcoming centenary events that will be organised around events...
    • National Aquatic Centre
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the recent High Court decision to make an order for possession of the National Aquatic Centre due to wilful breaches of...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the data derived from the national audit of leisure facilities and census 2006 will be used in his consideration of lottery grant...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he intends to put in place a further access programme for the construction or upgrading of cultural and heritage buildings during...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the details of his travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the people who travelled with him in their official party;...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will work with Dublin City Council in assisting a club (details supplied) in Dublin 3 with its efforts for more playing...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if Kilkenny Borough Council will be allowed to proceed to tender relative to its plans for a new swimming pool complex for the city;...
    • Sport and Recreational Facilities
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a dedicated facility for gymnastics will be made available to clubs across north Dublin as part of the Sports Campus Ireland...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when a decision will be made on the application for funding for the erection of a stand at the athletic track at the Cork Institute...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his proposals to specifically assist musical societies, arts or theatrical groups throughout County Kildare which might be interested...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his proposals to directly assist from the proceeds of the national lottery or otherwise various voluntary and community groups and...
    • Film Industry Development
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of films currently being filmed on location here; the file projects likely to be undertaken here in the coming years; and...
    • Legal Services
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department has sought legal advice from outside legal advisers; and the fees paid to each such legal adviser in 2004 and 2005....
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Work Permits
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has been refused a work permit; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Research Funding
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the concerns of Austria, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland and Slovakia, who welcome the seventh EU...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the review of capping on the community employment scheme is due to be complete; the terms of reference of this review;...
    • Company Closures
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if all the rules have been adhered to with regard to payment in a receivership issue (details supplied). [14490/06]
    • Official Engagements
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of his travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the people who travelled with him in the official...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, further to data received from Gama Construction and Gama Endustri concerning wages paid to their Turkish workers...
    • Company Ownership
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has established who the beneficial owners of a company (details supplied) were in 2005 when millions of euro in Gama...
    • Job Creation
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA Ireland supported jobs created in each of the midland counties Laois, Offaly, Longford and Westmeath in...
    • Job Losses
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Government intends to pay from the redundancy fund towards the cost of the Irish Ferries lay-offs. [14812/06]
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the detailed process that was involved in the selection of the current chief executive of the National Consumer Agency; the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the contents of correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Work Permits
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if work permits are being issued to persons (details supplied) for work in specialised Thai restaurants; if so, the...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to locate 50% of IDA Ireland jobs in the Border, midlands and western region; and if he will make a...
    • County Enterprise Boards
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to develop the county enterprise board investment programmes in the Border, midlands and western...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to increase the number of Enterprise Ireland supported jobs in the Border, midlands and western...
    • Work Permits
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the procedure whereby a person who is not Irish but was previously employed here on foot of a work visa can transfer to...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when legislation will be introduced to control arms brokers. [15077/06]
    • Departmental Websites
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason his Department's website has not been updated since 2001 regarding the export of dual use components for military...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the training given to labour inspectors before taking up their duties; and if they receive training in employment law. [15080/06]
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of the continuing high levels of workplace accidents and deaths, he is satisfied that the requirements to bring...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount allocated by his Department towards training and development through agencies such as FÁS; and if he will make a...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a high level specialist team will be appointed to develop a strategy to be implemented by Shannon Development and the...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the expected date of publication of regulations regarding the drug testing of employees as provided for in the Safety,...
    • National Spatial Strategy
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his view on the impact of Cavan town's hub town status under the national spatial strategy since the national spatial...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if funding will be approved for a project (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the discussions he has had with Enterprise...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will abolish the stipulation whereby a person on a community employment scheme reaching age 55 will be able to...
    • Legal Services
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has sought legal advice from outside legal advisers; and the fees paid to each such legal adviser in 2004...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated cost of the carer's allowance if the carer's means were individually assessed for the payment; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision on a carer's allowance claim will be made for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, in view of the fact that...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details of his travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the people who travelled with him in the official party;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason an offer made by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, who was overpaid by his Department, is not being accepted...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the financial discrepancy that exists between the orphan and foster allowance will be addressed; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 was awarded supplementary allowance and was recently approved a disability allowance;...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the eligibility criteria for persons wishing to avail of the back to work enterprise allowance in the case of recipients...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14999/06]
    • Community Welfare Officers
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will confirm that it is intended to replace the community welfare officer with the Department of Social and Family Affairs...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the discussions he has had with the Department of Finance in the matter of the introduction of a national waiver scheme for refuse...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not entitled to the full rate allowable under the back to work scheme;...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated percentage of the population included in the central records system maintained by his Department; the estimated...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether he will waive habitual residence qualifying condition for carer's allowance in particular for persons who are...
    • Legal Advisers
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has sought legal advice from outside legal advisers; and the fees paid to each such legal adviser in 2004 and...
  • Department of Transport
    • Driving Licences
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to instances whereby licensing authorities are refusing applications for provisional licences by EU nationals due...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Transport where Ballinasloe, County Galway, stands concerning the proposed decentralisation plan; the action taken to acquire a site and other relevant...
    • Recreational Watercraft
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Transport if he plans to establish in law any of the recommendations outlined in the Final Report of the Action Group on Small Powered Recreational Craft...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Transport the average waiting time at each driving test centre throughout the country; the number of testers employed at each centre; and if he will make a...
    • Dublin Port Company
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of Dublin Port Company; if there are plans to privatise same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15258/06]
    • Driving Tests
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on setting up a driving test centre in Belmullet, County Mayo, on a temporary basis while the tests for the Ballina test centre are...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Transport the budget of the taxi regulator; the amount expended by his office since he was appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14355/06]
    • Driving Tests
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to appoint more driver testers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14356/06]
    • Road Safety
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on amending the law to allow for persons who are involved in car accidents and who feign illness or an injury to be tested for alcohol...
    • Proposed Metro Route
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Transport if the proposed metro east route could be better aligned to Beaumont Hospital; and if there are other plans to service Beaumont Hospital with...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason the offence of breach of a three tonne restricted area, which is the subject of an on the spot fine offence, is not included in the...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of people who are on a waiting list for a driving test at 31 March 2006; the number of people who are awaiting a driving test due to the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans he has put in place to publicise the new penalty points offences. [14453/06]
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Transport the details of his travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the people who travelled with him in the official party; the duration of...
    • Road Safety
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will state in regard to all traffic accidents the age of all drivers involved in fatal traffic accidents in each of the past four years; the...
    • Dublin Port Tunnel
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has received draft proposals for a heavy goods vehicle management strategy from Dublin City Council to coincide with the opening...
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received a submission from SIPTU seeking the establishment of an independent pension scheme for the employees of the Dublin Airport...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures he is taking to ensure that suitable accommodation will be found for a driving test centre in Killarney, County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Irish Aviation Authority
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department is monitoring the application by a company (details supplied) for a business airport; the role the Irish Aviation Authority plays...
    • Rail Network
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the business case presented by Irish Rail into the opening of the western rail corridor; the progress to date on the re-opening of the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 4 April 2006 and in view of the practical difficulties caused to people from outside the State who...
    • Transport 21 Programme
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the number of additional staff who have been recruited in the relevant State agencies dealing with the delivery...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Transport the audit or independent evaluation which is carried out on the work of national car test centres to establish if the pressure to carry out a...
    • Road Network
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Transport the spend on all roads, other than national primary roads, in the south and east region. [14779/06]
    • Road Safety
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of operators licensed by his Department to carry passengers by private or public hire; the number of such bus operators who have...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in relation to providing a testing centre (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14811/06]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the procedures which are in place to remove penalty points from a driver's licence when it is found that the...
    • Dublin Transport Authority
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Transport the detailed process that was involved in the selection of the current chairperson of the interim Dublin Transport Authority; the procedures that...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to reduce the present driving test waiting list for provisional licence holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14850/06]
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding the National Roads Authority, National Toll Roads and people with...
    • Rail Network
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he intends to take to upgrade the rail network in the Border, midlands and western, BMW, region; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Air Services
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to improve air access into the Border midlands and western, BMW, region; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Services
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Transport if Iarnród Éireann is proceeding with plans to upgrade Ennis Railway Station and provide secure parking for Iarnród Éireann customers using the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 28 February 2006, the reason for the continued delay in publishing the cross-departmental review of...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of instances in which drivers have not challenged the award of penalty points against them since the introduction of penalty points for...
    • Road Safety
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Transport when and by what legislative means he intends transposing EU Directive 2005/66/EC. [15191/06]
    • Public Transport
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps that are in place to co-ordinate new and existing bus routes with proposed metro stops; and the reason this does not form part of the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Transport the level of expenditure in 2003, 2004 and 2005 on road safety. [15195/06]
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Transport if parking contrary to the direction of traffic is permitted under the Road Traffic Acts; the circumstances when it is or is not permitted; and if...
    • Road Safety
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Transport if there is a procedure whereby members of the public can require a local authority to perform a review of a special speed limit, particularly...
    • Landing Rights
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Shannon airport was used in February 2006 to facilitate the sale of attack helicopters between the...
    • Airlines Pension Scheme
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in respect of the topping up of the Irish airlines pension scheme, he will top up the entire scheme or just the Aer Lingus portion of the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Transport if there is a count provided to him of the number of lay-bys or stopping points for goods vehicles on national routes here; the details of same; if...
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Transport the position on the commitment to have Cork Airport established independently free of debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15383/06]
    • Public Transport
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has concluded his review of the reform of the bus market; and when he will make a decision on the Dublin Bus application for funding. [15546/06]
    • Rail Network
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received the inspector's report on the public inquiry into the Kildare route project; and when he is likely to either confirm or reject...
    • Public Transport
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received proposals for park and ride facilities in County Kildare under Transport 21. [15551/06]
    • Legal Services
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has sought legal advice from outside legal advisers; and the fees paid to each such legal adviser in 2004 and 2005. [15771/06]
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when work will begin on the extension of the pier at Brandon, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if additional funding will be made available to the Clondalkin Drug Task Force to pay staff employed as family project...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the details of his travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the people who travelled with him in their...
    • Community Development
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the grants available through his Department that might be appropriate to a project (details supplied) in Dublin 12;...
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there have been discussions between the Grand Canal Development Committee and his Department regarding funding of...
    • Community Development
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a school (details supplied) in County Mayo, will be allocated funding under the CLÁR programme for a playground....
    • Rural Social Scheme
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to correspondence (details supplied) if he has completed the review; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there is a yearly monitoring fee for the security emergency pendant for the elderly; and if he will make a...
    • Legal Services
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department has sought legal advice from outside legal advisers; and the fees paid to each such legal adviser in...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the recent decision of the European Food Safety Authority to allow the use of formaldehyde, a human carcinogen, as a growth...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food, further to decentralisation to Macroom, if Macroom is on a priority list; the number of civil servants who have agreed to go there;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the EU single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who did not consolidate his...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if it is possible for personnel in her Department who are currently working in Dublin to be considered for a transfer to PULSE in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in payment of a 2005 REP scheme grant for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [14360/06]
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she intends to extend the farm retirement scheme when the current scheme ceases on 31 December 2006; if, in introducing a new scheme,...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way in which she proposes to promote forestry, particularly on bad land on the Atlantic seaboard; if such trees can eventually be...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason the single farm payment has not issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite this...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the details of her travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the people who travelled with her in their official party; the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the outcome of an application for extra suckler quota from the national reserve for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick....
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will confirm having received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if, in this context, she will...
    • On-farm Inspections
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will honour her undertaking, given to the Milk Rights Group at a meeting in Ballymote, that she would consider allowing ten days...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding an appeal lodged in 2005 in respect of the EU single payment for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick....
    • Milk Quota
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount she has paid out on advertising the milk quota restructuring for 2006; her views on whether her new proposal for milk quota...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive the disadvantaged area payment and single farm payment. [14676/06]
    • Organic Farming
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of organic operators registered with her Department in each of the years since and including 2000; the number of inspections...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department will re-examine a forestry application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the EU single payment scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the documentation recently...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the length of time an injured swan was left on a roadside in Dublin before receiving treatment; if the swan was tested for avian flu; if...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment of the farm waste management grant will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [15026/06]
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, arising from a previous parliamentary question, where she states that her Department does not have responsibility for the protection...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding an application for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick for allocation of entitlements from single...
    • Suckler Cow Quota
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the outcome of an application for extra suckler cow quota from the national reserve for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick....
    • Milk Quota
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the outcome of an application to the milk quota tribunal in the year 2005-06 quota year for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason the single farm payment has not been paid to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if there is other documentation to...
    • Legal Disputes
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a detailed response to correspondence, details supplied, will be furnished; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15340/06]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she intends to issue the outstanding decisions under the national reserve; the number of applicants awaiting a decision; the number...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department has sought legal advice from outside legal advisers and the fees paid to each such legal advisers in 2004 and 2005....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department has legal advisers of its own, naming the officers in question; and the reason effect has not been given to the...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Garda Operations
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views regarding the possibility of establishing a transport police, possibly under the new Garda reserve, to take...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the resources which are planned for the first three months to ensure that high enforcement accompanies public awareness of...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he intends to take to record and release figures regarding the number of girls and women denied asylum who have...
    • Paternity Leave
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the entitlements in respect of paternity leave; if consideration can or will be taken to amend or increase same in line with...
    • Domestic Partnerships
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if submissions sent in previously for the All-Party Oireachtas Committee report on the Constitution regarding the family...
    • Garda Training
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if all members of the traffic corps have undergone the Garda advanced driver training course; if not, the number who have...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that 15 members of the Garda Síochána sought transfers from a station, details supplied, in the latter...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when two visa applications will be issued for persons, details supplied. [14250/06]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person, details supplied, in County Carlow will have their naturalisation application finalised. [14251/06]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the increasing break-ins around the Exchequer Street area; if the culprits have been...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the figures for the number of Gardaí on the beat during the day and during the evening and nights in the Dublin 4 area; the...
    • Garda Communications
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the stage at which the development and provision of digital radio services for the emergency services are now at; and if he...
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the implications of the findings of the Breaking Down Barriers report recently commissioned by Amnesty...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the law is not being implemented in respect of the parking of trucks on Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9, details...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding a visa application for a person, details supplied. [14427/06]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding an application for naturalisation by a person, details supplied, in Dublin 22. [14428/06]
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug seizures in County Clare in 2004, 2005 and each of the months of January, February and March of 2006; the...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application in the Land Registry office for a person, details supplied, in County Clare; and if he will...
    • Legislative Terminology
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on removing the word non-national from the Immigration Act 1999, with a view to replacing it with a more...
    • Irish Language
      Question 638: To ask the Aire Dlí agus Cirt, Comhionannais agus Athchóirithe Dlí i bhfianaise cheart bunreachtúil an tsaoránaigh plé leis an nGarda Síochána as Gaeilge agus i bhfianaise...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Question No. 1,173 of 25 January 2006, when an application for a person, details supplied, in County Clare will...
    • Irish Language
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Solicitors Act 1954 will be amended to allow Irish citizens, who were granted an exemption from having to study Irish...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of his travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the people who travelled with him in their...
    • Inquiries into Garda Activities
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has reviewed the circumstances of the death of a person, details supplied; and his views on whether further...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made relating to an application to remain here by a person, details supplied, in County Kildare; and...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the decision to deport will be deferred in the case of persons, details supplied, in County Meath; and if he will make a...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of summonses involving road traffic act offences and illegal parking offences which were issued in each county in...
    • Garda Communications
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the radio system that is obsolete will be replaced in the Garda barracks, Abbey Street, Ennis; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the district Garda patrol cars will be upgraded from 1.4 litre engines to more powerful 1.8 litre types; and if he will...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason he is refusing to implement a report, details supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14542/06]
    • Irish Language
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Road Traffic Acts are available in Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14557/06]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of additional gardaí who have been recruited into the traffic corps since the beginning of 2006; the number to...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí who are trained in using breathalyser equipment in each Garda division nationwide; and if he will make...
    • Judicial Recommendations
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of the recommendations made by a judge (details supplied) that have been implemented to date. [14573/06]
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 655: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the national property services regulatory authority; if a site has been acquired in Navan; if a...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when registration of title to property (details supplied) in County Limerick will be completed. [14579/06]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision was made by the visa office in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 8; the reason behind the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason an application for citizenship was refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4; if the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a decision will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 who has applied for permission to remain...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will finalise registration of property for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the fact that all...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí working in community policing in the Tallaght station in each year over the past five years; and if he...
    • Sentencing Policy
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the need for the introduction of mandatory minimum sentencing as the norm in new legislation to allay the...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the investigation into the recent shootings on the M50 and N4; if there are additional resources...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason Garda numbers at Lucan station have fallen in view of the number of new developments in the area such as...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare has been processed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Data Protection
      Question 670: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will clarify the wording on a reply that issued to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who applied for...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 671: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the rejection of visa applications of Bosnian artists who intended visiting here for an art exhibition...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the post mortem photos from the Stardust fire in 1981 will be released; and if they will be given to the legal team of...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received representations from a person (details supplied) in respect of an allegation of child sexual abuse that...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 676: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if documents were forged in any part of the EU and then knowingly used in the Republic of Ireland for financial gain; if...
    • Repatriation Applications
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the case of a person (details supplied) for repatriation will be decided; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a decision by his Department to provide closed circuit television in Kilkenny city; the timeframe involved for...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 679: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide the information requested under Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 9 February 2006 in respect of the sale...
    • Garda Training
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if An Garda Síochána is adequately trained in dealing with the situation in respect of men suffering domestic violence;...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 682: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, on foot of advice from the visa section of his Department, a person...
    • Private Security Authority
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the strategic plan required under section 9 of the Private Security Services Act 2004 will be published by the Private...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the home of the head of the Criminal Assets Bureau was burgled; if documents relating to the activities of the Criminal...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances under which he attended a conference on special policing in Chester on the weekend of 1 April 2006; the...
    • Repatriation Applications
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) has not had his or her application for repatriation expedited; if it is true that the...
    • Garda Reserve
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda reserve force will be empowered to work on traffic management duties; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 689: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether up to 25% of crime is committed by people who are already on bail for other alleged offences; and if he...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 690: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) is not deported to Burma in view of the treatment meted out to others who...
    • Garda Reserve
      Question 691: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and his views on the idea of using the new Garda reserve force on...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 737 of 12 April 2005 the status of an application for a person (details supplied) in...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 693: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will request a report from the Garda authorities on the number of incidents reported to the Garda regarding vandalism...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 694: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made to grant permission for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow to remain here; and the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 695: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons, with reference to the residence criteria for naturalisation applications, applying for citizenship by...
    • Postal Services
      Question 696: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an agency (details supplied) under his responsibility has arbitrarily...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 697: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position on the residency application in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 698: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if all documentation required to determine the application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 699: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform why the reason given in his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 30 March 2006 for not allowing reunification of...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 700: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15011/06]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 701: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider his decision to refer the application for refugee status in the case of persons (details supplied) to...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 704: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will authorise the transfer of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to accommodation more adjacent to the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 705: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 694 of 21 March 2006, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the family in...
    • Garda Retirement
      Question 706: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to change the retirement age for Garda sergeants; the options he is considering; his views on changing same for...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 707: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this person's spouse...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 708: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in reference to previous questions concerning the leasing actions of the Land Registry Office, he will confirm the legal...
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 712: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of prisoners who have escaped from prison or who have not returned after temporary release; the length of time...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 713: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a project funded by the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 714: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects that the application of a person (details supplied) for residency will be determined; and if he will make a...
    • Refugee Appeals Tribunal
      Question 715: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to list the former members of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal; the dates of their appointment; and the remuneration paid to...
    • Garda Training
      Question 716: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the training and resources which are given to the Garda Síochána to comply with its responsibilities as detailed in the...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 719: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a map will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15222/06]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 720: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a citizenship application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [15223/06]
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 721: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the situation in Nigeria; if this situation was fully examined in the course of...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 722: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding residency and refugee status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 723: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the origin of the ban on alcohol sales on Good Friday; his views on whether it is appropriate for such a ban to be continued...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 724: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a dealing for persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 725: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if visa arrangements exist for non-EU citizens to come here as volunteers with established churches or other bodies; and his...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 726: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the significant concerns expressed at the downgrading of the Garda station in Glengarriff...
    • Garda Training
      Question 727: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the claim of the general secretary of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors that in respect of...
    • European Council Meetings
      Question 728: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Government will be represented at the Justice and Home Affairs Council in Luxembourg on 27 and 28 April 2006; and if...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 730: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a search in form 100 (details supplied) will be dealt with regarding lands in County Donegal; and if this matter will...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 731: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if closed circuit television, CCTV, cameras will be installed in the Stoneybatter area of Dublin city; and if he will make a...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 732: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a copy file plan or map of a folio in County Mayo has not issued to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
    • European Council Meetings
      Question 740: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will raise the need, acknowledged by himself, for the Hague programme to be revisited in view of the rejection of the...
    • EU Directives
      Question 741: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on indications made by the US during the course of the EU-US informal high level meeting on freedom, security and...
    • International Agreements
      Question 742: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the US expressing serious concern regarding the potential negative impact that the draft framework decision on...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 743: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the latest Amnesty International report on extraordinary rendition which exposes the CIA's practice of using...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 744: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will intervene with the Land Registry Office and have an application processed for a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 745: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 746: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 30 March 2006 (details supplied), if the appeal has been examined by a visa...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 747: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quarterly breakdown of headline crime incidents in the Carlow-Kildare division for each quarter in 2005 and the first...
    • Legal Services
      Question 748: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has sought legal advice from outside legal advisers; and the fees paid to each such legal adviser in 2004...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 751: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to ensure that Irish sign language is given official recognition by the Government; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 752: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has plans to centralise administration of the third level grants scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14597/06]
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 754: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the effect the loss of disadvantaged status will have on school development planning in view of the fact that the planning was based on...
    • Bullying in Schools
      Question 760: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the role of her Department in response to bullying amongst staff members in a vocational educational committee school; the action which...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 762: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if information relating to nutrition and healthy eating appears on the curriculum for secondary school students; if there are plans to...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 763: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 4 is currently planning its refurbishment; if...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 764: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grants applied for to her Department by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6; the response of her Department to these...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 800: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be included in the building and modernisation programme during 2006; if not,...
    • Youth Services
      Question 801: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects to publish a report on the review on the provision of youth information; the cost of the report; the financial...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 802: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a project (details supplied) in County Kildare is likely to advance to planning and construction phases; and if she will make a...
    • School Records
      Question 805: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 is provided with records of their school attendance. [14365/06]
    • School Transport
      Question 807: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she intends to take regarding the lack of a child protection policy for children with special needs who are transported to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 808: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the assistance that will be given to persons (details supplied) in County Carlow. [14408/06]
    • School Services Staff
      Question 809: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person who holds a director's post in a school of 1,000 students (details supplied) in Dublin 17 is not entitled to a...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 810: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that her Department has received an application for funding from a school (details supplied) in County Longford,...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 811: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the post-graduate courses which are fully paid for by the State under the higher education grants programme; if she will increase the...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 812: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to reintroduce third level fees; if any discussions have taken place with senior officials in her Department and the third...
    • State Examinations
      Question 813: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of prolonged delays encountered during leaving certificate re-checks which often result in a genuine student not receiving...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 815: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of her travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the people who travelled with her in their official party;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 816: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the circumstances in which her Department will contribute towards the cost of extra tuition for children with dyspraxia; and if this...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 817: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the work completed to date and planned for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; the cost of the works; the expected completion...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 818: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if adequate resources will be provided for all children with disabilities in second level education; and if she will make this a...
    • School Transport
      Question 820: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare will not be facilitated with school transport in September 2006; and if she will...
    • Adult Education
      Question 824: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made in the allocation of the funding set aside following the recommendations of the McIver report on...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 825: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grants which are available through her Department that might be appropriate to a project (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if...
    • Student Representation
      Question 827: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to appoint a student representative to the Grangegorman Development Agency or the Docklands (Rail) Development...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 829: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the assistance which is available to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who suffers from dyslexia and will be sitting the...
    • Schools Inspectorate
      Question 831: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures her Department has taken to monitor teacher performance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14697/06]
    • School Curriculum
      Question 832: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the regulations that govern the amount of time which is to be devoted to the teaching of religion in primary schools; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 833: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the age at which educational services are available for persons with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. [14713/06]
    • School Enrolments
      Question 837: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timeframe within which she expects to receive reports on one teacher schools with fewer than 12 pupils enrolled on 30 September...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 838: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason no special school units comparable to those at primary level are available at second level for children on the autism...
    • Irish Exemption
      Question 839: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria which are applied in granting an exemption from having to sit Irish as a compulsory subject in the leaving certificate to...
    • Student Support Schemes
      Question 842: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will eradicate variations in the way that local administrations administer the student assistance fund and the millennium...
    • Part-time Students
      Question 843: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will abolish part-time fees or phase them out over time to widen access to education; and if she will award financial supports...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 848: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of pupils in each of the different class size ranges 0-9, 10-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40 and over for schools...
    • Educational Projects
      Question 849: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a group (details supplied) has had to cut back art workshops in its refuges; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 850: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if, in view of the circumstances of the case...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 851: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of pupils in infant classes for schools (details supplied). [14830/06]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 852: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details attached) in County Donegal is unable to have the help of a classroom assistant and who may have to leave...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 853: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Offaly is not entitled to a grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      Question 855: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if temporary classroom accommodation will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for the coming school year,...
    • Bullying in Schools
      Question 856: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will meet a person (details supplied) in order that he can make a presentation to her on a method of addressing bullying in...
    • School Staffing
      Question 857: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the situation regarding the withdrawal of staff at a school (details supplied) in County Galway will be reviewed; and if she will...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 858: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 23 November 2005, if officials in her Department have considered a site regarding an...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 859: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason resources for special needs children attending a school (details supplied) in County Limerick have been progressively...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 860: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she intends to take to upgrade primary schools in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14936/06]
    • School Staffing
      Question 870: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when school principals will receive information regarding the implications for schools not invited to participate in the new programme...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 872: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the process by which a band rating is assigned to an application in relation to a school and the procedure which follows this...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 874: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the assistance available from her Department to replace and upgrade school computers and software in a primary school in a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 875: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown of primary school class sizes for each county, showing in each case the number of pupils in classes of 19 and under,...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 876: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the third level grant application of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 877: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made towards the provision of suitable accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the review is...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 880: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on proposals for a pilot scheme to be set up in a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for the summer of 2006 for...
    • School Staffing
      Question 881: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will expedite a response to an application made by a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny to the primary staffing...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 882: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the necessary services will be in place in a secondary school (details supplied) in County Tipperary to facilitate a first year...
    • School Attendance
      Question 883: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the relevant section of her Department has taken action...
    • School Transport
      Question 884: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of school buses in the fleet which are fitted with seat belts; the number of school buses which do not have seat belts for...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 885: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount allocated by her Department for the higher education grants scheme for 2006, 2005 and 2004; the number of students in...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 890: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 26 January 2006, if she will re-examine her reply; the regulations for recognition as a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 891: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the turmoil that will ensue at a school (details supplied) in County Galway by the proposed...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 893: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the assistance her Department or its agencies will offer a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 to address an issue; and if she will...
    • School Transport
      Question 894: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school bus is encroaching into the catchment area of a school (details supplied) in...
    • Property Transfers
      Question 895: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to plans by University College Dublin to sell lands at Lyons Estate, Ardclough, County Kildare; if the...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 896: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the scope of National Educational Psychological Service to cover Youthreach centres will be extended. [15246/06]
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 897: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if Youthreach centres will be included in the broadband for schools initiative. [15247/06]
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 899: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount allocated by her Department towards training and development through agencies; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 900: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the employment of a person (details supplied) in County Clare at a primary school in County Tipperary; if the...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 902: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department has not recognised the Queens University Belfast degree of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin....
    • School Accommodation
      Question 903: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the short, medium and long-term measures her Department is undertaking to deal with the schools accomodation crisis in the Dublin 15...
    • School Staffing
      Question 904: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the procedures for the vetting of all school employees; if the procedures will impact on staff appointments for the upcoming 2006-07...
    • School Transport
      Question 905: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to review the operation of the post-primary school transport scheme, with particular reference to boundaries of catchment...
    • National College of Art and Design
      Question 906: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take with the authorities at the National College of Art and Design, Thomas Street, Dublin, to consider the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 907: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Question No. 192 of 23 March 2006, if she will update Dáil Éireann on the progress to date; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 908: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for a new secondary school (details supplied) in Dublin 15, in view of the large and growing population increase in this...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 909: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to ensure that speech therapy services are provided to school children in a school setting without the necessity for...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 910: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on making the scrúdú cáiliochta sa Ghaeilge available on a twice-yearly basis to applicants; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 911: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the additional staffing resources which have been introduced into primary and post-primary schools in the past five years to take...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 917: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if all second level schools in County Kildare are adequately equipped for the teaching of science subjects; the schools not so...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 918: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary and second level school projects she has approved or advanced to the next or final stages of development since...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 920: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the boards of management of the six national schools in Naas agree a common enrolment policy which will see the use of the new...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 921: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way in which the project for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will be progressed, in view of the fact that the school...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 925: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has concluded the assessment of the long-term accommodation needs of a new national school (details supplied); the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 927: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has sought legal advice from outside legal advisers; and the fees paid to each such legal adviser in 2004 and 2005....
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 930: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress which has been made by his Department regarding the recroachment of property (details supplied) in County Cork. [14266/06]
    • Official Engagements
      Question 931: To ask the Minister for Defence the details of his travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the people who travelled with him in his official party; the duration of...
    • Accident Investigations
      Question 932: To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department has received inquiries from a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; the reason no information has been given to the parents...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      Question 933: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason a company (details supplied) secured a contract to supply Army barracks at a price of 4 cent higher than a quote submitted from another...
    • Air Services
      Question 934: To ask the Minister for Defence the submission his Department has made regarding a proposal by a company (details supplied) to develop a business airport for Dublin. [14628/06]
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 935: To ask the Minister for Defence the position with respect to a compensation claim for injuries sustained on UN duty for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the avenues...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 936: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons who applied to join the Defence Forces in 2005; the number selected; if all applicants who passed the interview, medical and...
    • Medical Services
      Question 937: To ask the Minister for Defence the entitlements of members of the Defence Forces to free medical treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15196/06]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 940: To ask the Minister for Defence the names of the lawyers employed in the office of the Deputy Judge Advocate General; if they are barristers or solicitors; and the process by which...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 944: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Government will make the necessary funding available to the Health Service Executive Western Region in...
    • Waste Management
      Question 945: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to resolve the situation in County Mayo where agriculture waste is not being accepted by the...
    • Election Management System
      Question 946: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which the security and integrity of the electoral process would be compromised, as stated in his...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 947: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a local authority has the authority to reduce the length of time of a planning application in view of the...
    • EU Directives
      Question 948: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the nitrates directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14246/06]
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 950: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that homes protected under the Planning and Development Act 2000...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 953: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position with regard to seeking extra funding from his Department for group water schemes in County...
    • Waste Management
      Question 954: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which a person based in County Monaghan can assess information regarding the collection and...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 955: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if additional resources to the funding provided in each year from 2000 to the planning offices in each local...
    • Local Authority Facilities
      Question 956: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the local authorities which were approved for pilot project funding to construct a skateboard park; the...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 958: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Question No. 580 of 4 April 2006, if he will provide her with copies of the three separate...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 959: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of his travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the people who travelled with him in...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 960: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the enormous hardship and inconvenience caused to the residents of...
    • Waste Management
      Question 961: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on a review of the waste collection permit regulations and, in particular, the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 962: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will make funding available to Cork County Council to provide for a sewerage scheme in...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 966: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to update the minimum standards of accommodation regulations 1993; and if he will make a statement...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 967: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether design, build and operate schemes take longer to process through planning and are more...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 970: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects the proposed special areas of conservation, the majority of which were agreed between the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 971: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the strategies which are in place within his Department to ensure that the needs of an increasing population...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 972: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will instruct local authorities to use the population and residency information available to them...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 974: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his Department's latest estimate of the cost of servicing individual dwellings in Feakle, Scarriff and Quilty,...
    • Fire Service
      Question 979: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an application for road traffic accident equipment for the County Kilkenny fire service will be approved as...
    • National Parks
      Question 981: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will clarify the management of fishing at Glenveagh National Park, County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Water Charges
      Question 983: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position on water charges for national schools; if these rates are in line with policy governing this...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 984: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to limit the height of boundary trees in urban settings; and his views on an outright ban on...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 985: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision will be made regarding the situation where essential repair grants for the elderly and special...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      Question 987: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a statutory body to co-ordinate, manage, develop and protect the waters and lands surrounding Dublin Bay...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 988: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if adequate funding will be given or received by Kildare County Council for the provision, commissioning and...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 989: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the criteria required for a person to apply for a wind farm on their own lands; if common criteria exist; and...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 990: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will sanction funding for an extension to a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo. [15049/06]
    • Planning Issues
      Question 992: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government what constitutes a local person in the context of the 2005 rural planning guidelines; and if he will make a...
    • Road Network
      Question 997: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will put pressure on the National Roads Authority and Mayo County Council to bring the Castlebar to...
    • Election Management System
      Question 998: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimated costs in 2006 for storage of the electronic voting machines and ancillary equipment in each...
    • Waste Management
      Question 1002: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the discussions he has had with the Department of Finance in the matter of the introduction of a national...
    • Waste Charges
      Question 1003: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he accepts that there is an unfairness in the method by which the farming community are charged for the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1004: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Question No. 867 of 21 March 2006, the status of the application with his Department from...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 1007: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will supply the information requested in Question No. 247 of 2 March 2006. [15550/06]
    • Local Government Act
      Question 1008: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has met interest groups to date in 2006 in relation to the issuing of regulations under the Local...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 1009: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether local authorities, where there is substantial population growth, are suffering from the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 1010: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has sought legal advice from outside legal advisers; and the fees paid to each such legal...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1011: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legal advisers or other qualified lawyers employed in a professional capacity by State bodies under the...

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