Written answers

Wednesday, 3 May 2006

  • Department of Transport
    • Public Transport
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the submission made by Dublin Bus requesting an extra 200 buses to serve existing and new routes and to meet demand from areas of...
    • Port Development
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals for the change of use of any port lands within Dublin Port to provide for new residential developments; and the process that would...
    • Road Safety
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Transport the provisions which are in place to ensure that drivers with provisional licences are not permitted to operate public service vehicles; and if he...
    • Traffic Management
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself with the level of statistical information available to local authorities outside of Dublin on traffic congestion...
    • Road Safety
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself that the statistical and evaluation data available to his Department from road collisions, the Courts Service, and An...
    • Rail Network
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Transport when the decision on the route which will link up the two existing LUAS lines will be taken; if he has met with Dublin Bus to discuss his concerns...
    • Air Services
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in relation to the completion of an open skies agreement between the EU and the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Safety
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps which have been taken by his Department regarding the road safety issues arising from the recent tragic school bus accident in Clara,...
    • Public Transport
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Transport when he intends to increase bus licensing fees in view of the fact that the administrative costs to his Department amount to approximately...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures he intends to bring forward to reduce the level of pollution caused by the transport sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Air Services
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in relation to the two recent incidents in which two Irish-registered aircraft were grounded at Prestwick Airport resulting from a bomb scare,...
    • Road Safety
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has fully satisfied himself that there is a sufficient two-way flow of information between the Gardaí and the National Drivers File, in...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Transport if he remains committed to using the private sector to reduce the driver testing waiting backlog; if so, the way in which he intends to do this;...
    • Public Transport
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans regarding the privatisation of Dublin Bus routes; and when he intends to implement them. [16179/06]
    • Road Safety
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself with the state of preparedness within his Department for the introduction of the digital tachograph; and the strategy in...
    • Traffic Management
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether the recent ban on trucks in the second lane of motorways will result in a number of negative effects for road users here. [16180/06]
    • Road Network
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Transport if, under the conditions set out by An Bord Pleanála for the widening and upgrade of the M50, a demand management plan for the motorway will have...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures he intends to take to discourage the long-term reliance on provisional licences; and if he intends to introduce new licensing...
    • Port Development
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Transport if, with regard to the Shannon Foynes Port Company upcoming strategic review of its property and land portfolio, the Government have input into the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the extraordinary delay in publishing the outcome of the review of the National Car Test; his further views on whether it is acceptable...
    • Air Services
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the content of the European voluntary airline passenger service commitment; and his further views on whether it should be fully...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself with the situation whereby the drivers of cars not registered here cannot be awarded penalty points; the progress which...
    • Rail Services
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Transport the new or additional freight services which have been developed by Irish Rail since 2000; if he has satisfied himself that Irish Rail is...
    • State Airports
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Transport the contingency plan which will be put in place at Dublin Airport to deal with the issue which will arise once the construction of a second...
    • Rail Network
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress which has been made in the development of a Metro system for Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16274/06]
    • Road Safety
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Transport if he intends to introduce additional measures to reduce the level of speeding on roads by heavy goods vehicles; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Transport
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made to date on Transport 21 projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16232/06]
    • Air Services
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Government has learned from the disastrous examples of Eircom, Aer New Zealand and rail in Britain that privatisation is not an ideology for...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Transport when he intends activating the remaining non-commenced penalty points categories, and the further additions he intends making to this list. [16227/06]
    • Road Safety
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made by his Department in expanding the number of off-road articulated vehicle testing facilities nationally; and if he will make a...
    • Road Signage
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he proposes to take to consolidate regulations with the aim of curbing the proliferation of road traffic signage in urban areas,...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Transport if the necessary funding will be provided to enable Tralee and Fenit Harbour Board to carry out essential, structural, operational and safety work...
    • Road Safety
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Transport the anticipated timeframe for the introduction of reduced speed limits outside schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16160/06]
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he has taken further to the submission made by the Dublin Cycling Campaign to him on 23 February 2006 in relation to the repeal of the...
    • Air Services
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report more fully on the IPO process proposed for Aer Lingus, including the timescale and the process by which shares will be offered...
    • Driving Instruction
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures which will be implemented to improve the driving instruction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16253/06]
    • Traffic Management
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Transport the regulatory reforms he is proposing in connection with the introduction of a heavy goods vehicle ban and permit system in Dublin City. [16217/06]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made to date in establishing a Dublin Transport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16235/06]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures he has taken to institute the recognition of penalty points with the Northern Ireland authorities; and when the system will come into...
    • Road Network
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps that are in place to alleviate the expected traffic congestion on the M50 and Westlink when the Port Tunnel opens later in 2006; the...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself with the current situation whereby driver testers are failing to carry out the required number of driving tests; the...
    • Rail Services
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Transport if new carriages have been introduced by Irish Rail on the Dublin-Cork route during 2005; if not, the reason therefor; the date by which such...
    • Driving Instruction
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he has taken to introduce initial compulsory training for motorcyclists; and if motorcyclists with provisional licenses will be required...
    • Public Transport
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Transport the changes he intends to make to the Transport 21 plan in view of the Forfás report on oil dependence here; the long term predictions on traffic...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Transport when he intends publishing the promised Road Traffic Bill. [16219/06]
    • Port Development
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will develop and implement a national ports policy, in particular to deal with capacity problems; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he is taking to encourage the greater take-up of annual commuter tickets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16237/06]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Transport if a decision has been reached in relation to the Aer Lingus pension fund deficit; if the Government is prepared to contribute to this fund to meet...
    • Road Safety
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Transport when, in conjunction with other Government Departments, he will be in a position to collate the data relating to fatal motor accidents; if he will...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself with the level of public awareness of all of the penalty points categories; the measures that have been taken to...
    • Marine Accidents
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Transport the provisions which are currently available if pollution occurs at sea as a result of a shipping accident (details supplied); the facilities which...
    • Road Safety
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the progress made to date in relation to the introduction of speed cameras nationwide as set out in the National Road Safety...
    • Port Development
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the possibility of moving Dublin Port to Bremore in Drogheda in view of the capacity constraints and traffic management issues at the...
    • Road Network
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself with the regulatory regime governing the operation of roadworks in respect of direct work carried out by local...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to address the problem of drug driving; and if arrangements will be made with the Courts Service for drug driving offences...
    • State Companies
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress which has been made in relation to the sale of the Great Southern Hotels Group; when this sale will proceed; and if he will make a...
    • State Airports
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of security breaches identified at each of the national airports in 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006; the measures which have been...
    • Air Services
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason he has insisted on the privatisation of Aer Lingus without satisfactory consultation with Aer Lingus staff and their union...
    • Road Network
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which he intends to deal with the difficulties presented by Directive 2004/54/EC in respect of the Jack Lynch Tunnel. [16214/06]
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made in completing arrangements in order that Section 36 of the Taxi Regulation Act 2003 can be commenced. [16240/06]
    • Rail Services
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department was consulted by Iarnród Éireann before it decided to discontinue the carrying of bicycles on certain interurban rail journeys;...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • National Statistics
      Question 172: To ask the Taoiseach the average age of marriage in the State for the past twenty years; and the breakdown of the figures. [15762/06]
    • Environmental Assessments
      Question 173: To ask the Taoiseach the plans and programmes of his Departmentand related State agencies which have been identified as requiring strategy environmental assessments under the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 174: To ask the Taoiseach if his Department makes the Irish national daily newspapers available on-line for staff within his Department; the number of staff at each grade who each day...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Child Care Services
      Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a group (details supplied) in County Tipperary who have applied for assistance in...
    • Health Services
      Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of drug and alcohol treatment centres in South Tipperary and the entire country to cater for adults and...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the non-statutory Dunne Inquiry has missed five deadlines for producing a report. [15928/06]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for a home care grant by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
    • Children in Care
      Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when children will be returned to the care of their mother (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason funding for the Rape Crisis Centres has been capped for the past five years; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Service Projects
      Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 29 March 2006 if she will provide an update on investigations into a company...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the maximum grant available for pre-school support; the number of hours required to qualify for the maximum grant; if...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to persons (details supplied) regarding the €200 shortfall in relation to nursing home care;...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the allocation of capital expenditure of phase 2b at Mullingar General Hospital for 2006; and if she will make a statement...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of patients in private nursing homes who are in receipt of nursing home subvention at low dependency, medium...
    • Health Service Funding
      Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if additional funding will be provided to a women's refuge (details supplied) in County Tipperary as their budget is...
    • Private Health Insurance
      Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the contingency plans which exist should there be a sudden downturn in revenues if VHI subscribers cancel their personal...
    • Children in Care
      Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of Irish born and non-Irish born children of migrant parents, including asylum seekers, who have been separated...
    • Health Services
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of people who have contracted clostridium difficile; the number of cases which have proven to be fatal as a...
    • Noise Pollution
      Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a noise complaint issue (details supplied) has not been resolved; and if she will deal with this matter. [16062/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will work closely with the vocational educational committee to ensure that the arts programme supports at women's...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will develop a strategy for the provision of an early intervention programme on a national scale for all children...
    • Nursing Home Care
      Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department of the health board has received complaints regarding a nursing home (details supplied) in County...
    • Professional Qualifications
      Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on representations from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 concerning the difficulties faced by fully...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an application for a medical card will be expedited in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a bed has not been provided for a person (details supplied) in county Kilkenny; and if the matter will be...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will issue immediately to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [16314/06]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a long stay public bed will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny at either Castlecomer,...
    • Health Services
      Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason persons (details supplied) in County Mayo have been refused transport to University College Hospital and Merlin...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has satisfied herself with the number of medical cards which have been provided to date; if her attention has been...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the situation with regard to the provision of a new community hospital in Dingle, County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in the issuing of a reply in a follow up on a parliamentary question, which her Department in it's...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is still waiting to be called for an MRI scan; and if she will make a...
    • Environmental Assessments
      Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the plans and programmes of her Department and related State agencies which have been identified as requiring strategy...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in relation to the Adelaide and Meath Hospital at Tallaght, there are plans to move the diabetes centre (details...
    • Health Promotion
      Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount allocated for 2006 for the implementation of actions contained in the Strategic Action Plan for Breastfeeding in...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if care attendants employed by the Health Services Executive are employed on a statutory basis or otherwise; and if...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will consider amending the rules governing the blind welfare allowance scheme in order that those in receipt of a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a complete review of the provision of transport to people to attend hospital outpatient appointments and admissions will...
    • Health Services
      Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when funding will be made available for designated transport for cancer patients; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department makes the Irish national daily newspapers available on-line for staff within her Department; the number...
    • Health Services
      Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to ensure that a social worker's service be made available to patients in the psychiatric ward in...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare was refused a grant under the housing aid for the elderly; and if...
    • Health Services
      Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the guidelines that a nursing home must adhere to in regard to room temperature for patients within the nursing home; the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress which has been made in addressing the issues that have to date prevented the opening of the six unit complex...
    • Health Services
      Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the expected commencement and completion date for the proposed re-development of St. Vincent's Hospital, Dungarvan, County...
    • Home Care Package
      Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount which has been provided for the home care package since it was introduced for the Health Service Executive...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 351 of 31 January 2006, if the programme of consultation between her Department and...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 239: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has guidelines for employers in the health sector when employing non-national professional care staff...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will work closely with the Departments of Agriculture and Food and Communications, Marine and Natural Resources in assisting relief for farmers...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected start date, completion date and cost of the proposed refurbishment of Kevin Street Garda Station; the cost of relocations of Garda...
    • Communications Masts
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mobile phone companies which utilise the mast at Clontarf Garda station; if there is a limit to the number of companies which can use...
    • Tax Code
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a policy reason, in relation to policy which he is pursuing which permits tax relief to be available on vehicles powered by electricity,...
    • EU Directives
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost effect which the expiry of derogations from EU Directives (details supplied) will have on energy users; and the sectors which will be...
    • Environmental Assessments
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans and programmes of his Department and related State agencies which have been identified as requiring strategy environmental assessments...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Finance if difficulties have arisen with the decentralisation of Ordnance Survey Ireland to Dungarvan, County Waterford, due to its status as a State agency;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department makes the Irish national daily newspapers available on-line for staff within his Department; the number of staff at each grade who...
    • Structural Funds
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Finance the action which will be taken regarding unspent monies allocated to the Border Midland Western and south and east regions under the current round of...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Finance if when the old National Development Plan funding finishes at the end of 2006 there will be alternative funding allocated to Sustainable Energy...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the grants which are available to help promote the development of bio-fuels; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Sustainable Development Strategy
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if funding for the Sustainable Energy Ireland house of tomorrow initiative will be continued when the new...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when broadband internet access will be available in Keel, Castlemaine, County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will make a statement on the concerns expressed by a club (details supplied). [15999/06]
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the timeframe for the commencement and completion of work on Woodquarter Pier, Cranford, County Donegal...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the way in which the controls on fish are applied and policed; if checks have been performed to ensure that a...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the proposals and incentives available for domestic wind turbines; the estimated number of such turbines...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the basis for the adoption of the international limits for non-ionising radiation from mobile phone masts and...
    • Broadcasting Legislation
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of households here that do not have digital television services; the percentage of households here...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in relation to access to broadband in Boleynass, County Wicklow (details supplied); when it will be...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the arrangements for persons who operate wind farms on their property; his plans to break...
    • Environmental Assessments
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the plans and programmes of his Department and related State agencies which have been identified as requiring...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department makes the Irish national daily newspapers available on-line for staff within his Department;...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on introducing a catch and release system for pike angling here in the interest of preserving of...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will clarify Ireland's position on the blockade of Cuba. [15953/06]
    • EU Directives
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement regarding the amount of legislation which was enacted in 2005 and which originated from the European Union in the...
    • International Agreements
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland's is a signatory to the Antarctic Treaty of 1959; if not, if he has examined the means by which Ireland may become one; if Ireland...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action Irish Aid takes to secure affordable water supplies for African people to drink, wash and irrigate their crops in the context of...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise the USA's breach of Article 7 of the Montreal Convention on Civil Aviation and Luis Posada Carriles role in the bombing of...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to develop a diplomatic relationship in the form of a consulate or embassy in Croatia, in view of the large volume of Irish...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a refund will be granted to a person who turns 65 in July 2006 but has to renew their passport in May 2006. [15970/06]
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the administrative detention, issued in May 2005 and extended twice, of a person (details supplied) by the...
    • Consular Services
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts which have been made to determine and monitor the welfare and safety of Irish born children of migrant parents, including asylum...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a marriage certificate from a church wedding is being refused by the Passport Office as a...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in Spain has been arrested twice and released within a few hours; and the further reason this person...
    • Environmental Assessments
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the plans and programmes of his Department and related State agencies which have been identified as requiring strategy environmental...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department makes the Irish national daily newspapers available on-line for staff within his Department; the number of staff at each...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps the Government have taken to lessen the religious persecution been suffered by the Bahá'í community in Iran; and if he will make...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position taken by the Government regarding the EU decision to withdraw funding from the Palestinian National Authority; if the Government...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will investigate new proposals to develop tourism between Ireland and Cuba. [15952/06]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if funding will be approved for a project (details supplied) in County Roscommon under the sports capital programme 2006; and if he...
    • Environmental Assessments
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the plans and programmes of his Department and related State agencies which have been identified as requiring strategy environmental...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department makes the Irish national daily newspapers available on-line for staff within his Department; the number of staff at...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Industrial Development
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 28 March 2006, the industrial estate that the IDA have an interest in; the...
    • Foreign Trade
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will meet with the Cuban Ambassador in order to develop trade between the two countries. [15960/06]
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 322 of 4 April 2006 and his responsibility for policy in this area, his...
    • Environmental Assessments
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans and programmes of his Department and related State agencies which have been identified as requiring strategy...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the number of staff working in his Department's environment unit has been reduced by 25% in recent months...
    • Sustainable Development Strategy
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the evaluation of his Department's Sustainable Development Strategy 2003-2005 will be carried out, as stated in section...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason his Department did not set up an investigation by way of inspectorate to examine the affairs of banks (details...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department makes the Irish national daily newspapers available on-line for staff within his Department; the number of...
    • Work Permits
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason chefs in ethnic restaurants are ineligible for a work permit (details supplied). [16499/06]
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the PRSI contributions paid by people who are jointly assessed entitles them both to a State contributory pension, in their own...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick was refused the household benefits package. [16079/06]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a complete review of the free travel pass scheme will be undertaken, in conjunction with the Minister for Health and Children;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department makes the Irish national daily newspapers available on-line for staff within his Department; the number of staff...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position of an application for supplementary welfare allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
  • Department of Transport
    • Marine Accidents
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to an incident in early March 2006 requiring the towing of a Russian ship which came into difficulty in the Irish...
    • Air Services
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will investigate opening up of flights between Shannon Airport and Havana Airport in Cuba in order to develop tourist links. [15959/06]
    • Road Safety
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Transport if while continuing to campaign for a European Directive on the matter, he will take whatever steps are necessary here to require all trucks to...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Transport the Department and section which is responsible for remedying errors where penalty points have been invalidly and incorrectly applied. [15983/06]
    • Road Safety
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason a certificate of roadworthiness is required for four wheel drive jeeps manufactured in 2005; the number of vehicles manufactured in...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Transport if new driving theory information books will be provided showing all the up-to-date changes and regulations such as MPH/KPH and penalty points; and...
    • Road Safety
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which, in his response to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 7 March 2006, he arrived at his statement that there is no evidence that...
    • Environmental Assessments
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans and programmes of his Department and related State agencies which have been identified as requiring strategy environmental assessments...
    • Irish Language
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Road Traffic Acts are available in Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16434/06]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department makes the Irish national daily newspapers available on-line for staff within his Department; the number of staff at each grade...
    • Public Transport
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of new buses which have been delivered to Dublin Bus to date in 2006; the aggregate size of the bus fleet in service at that date; and...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of driving test centres which are currently not operating; the number of motorists awaiting tests affected by such closures; and if he...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which the introduction of penalty points has reduced the number of road traffic accidents; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rail Network
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects extra parking facilities adjacent to Leixlip, Maynooth, Hazelhatch, Sallins, Kilcock and other rail stations throughout County...
    • Rail Services
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which he expects the throughput of passengers at the various rail stations throughout County Kildare to increase over the next five...
    • Public Transport
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has actively sought applications from local authorities in relation to applying to his Department for funding for park and ride facilities;...
    • Irish Coast Guard
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Transport further to a report (details supplied) when a plan for the implementation of the recommendations will be finalised and progressed in view of the...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department will conduct a survey on the effects which the national fare structure and other regulations being proposed will have on the taxi...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Grant Payments
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will fund the extension of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15922/06]
    • Irish Language
      Question 345: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad iad na bearta atá á ndéanamh sa Roinn chun an céatadán den fhoireann atá líofa sa Ghaeilge a ardú os cionn an...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when applications will be allowed for category B funding from dormant bank accounts; if he will report on the...
    • Environmental Assessments
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the plans and programmes of his Department and related State agencies which have been identified as requiring strategy...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 545 of 25 April 2006, if all RSS will be entitled to the maximum qualified...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department makes the Irish national daily newspapers available on-line for staff within his Department; the...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of extra funding which will be given to Cork County Council to fund local improvement schemes in the...
    • Community Development
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 544 of 25 April 2006, his views on whether Drogheda and Dundalk should continue...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the effect which the award of a contributory old age pension will have on an existing farm retirement pension; and if she will make a...
    • Agrifood Sector
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of State funding allocated for research and development in the agrifood sector for each of the past three years; and if she...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the conditions she intends to place on new entrants applying for entitlements from the national reserve who entered outside of the...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will clarify the conditions attached to people who availed of the early farm retirement scheme in 1995 that is those who gave up...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive the special beef premium payment for 2001 and 2003. [15973/06]
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the acreage of land which has been sold by Coillte in the past two years in the area of Laragh, County Wicklow; if such land sales have...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath is awaiting a decision on their national reserve application; when a decision...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the proposals regarding the sale of quotas from 1 April 2007; the proposed timescale involved; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Waste Management
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures she has in place to ensure plastic silage wrapping will be collected in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will extend the age from 30 to 40 months for BSE testing, in view of the fact that numbers testing positive are falling; and if...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive the single farm payment which is due to them since December 2005; and if...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to reduce inheritable wind disease in national hunt stallions; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Company Closures
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the Mallow sugar plant must be decommissioned in such a manner that it cannot be used to process beet for any other purpose in order...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 35 of 29 March 2006, if she has received a response from Greencore on the issue of biofuel...
    • Sugar Beet Production
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the discussions with Greencore on the distribution of the sugar restructuring fund. [16139/06]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will confirm having received an application for financial support under the scheme of grants for forestry development 2006 by a...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she intends to take arising from recent reports of the illegal importation of caged birds; and if she will make a statement...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason the entitlement for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow was changed from €53.15 to €44.57; and if she will make...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she will introduce revised costing for farm buildings and so on under the new farm grant scheme for waste management; her views on...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the balance of 1.19 entitlements under the single payment scheme will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick....
    • Milk Prices
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied that every effort possible is being made to maintain milk prices at farm level; her views on whether it is difficult...
    • Environmental Assessments
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the plans and programmes of her Department and related State agencies which have been identified as requiring strategy environmental...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a biofuel processor must provide her Department with a bond before processing a biofuel crop; her views on whether this...
    • Bovine Diseases
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason vaccination of bovines for tuberculosis is not allowed in EU Member States; if she or Member States have sought a review of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the total expenditure allocated by her Department in each year from 2000 to 2005 inclusive on the Food Agency Co-operation Council; the...
    • Food Imports
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the percentage of food which is imported into Ireland; the amount of vegetables and meat produced here now and the amount 10 years ago;...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on draft EU proposals to permit products accidentally contaminated with up to 0.9 per cent of genetically-modified organisms...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding an application for assistance under the national reserve single payment scheme by a person (details supplied) in...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the fears of farmers in relation to the tight deadlines and timescale of the new farm waste management package will be allayed by...
    • Food Industry
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to increase the promotional budget for marketing and promotion of sheep meat from its current annual level of €800,000 both...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if payment of €242 per hectare due to REP scheme hill farmers in respect of de-stocking will be expedited; and if she will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a special hardship fund will be set up for farmers who did not qualify for small farm payments and whose entitlement from force...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if increased staffing to man Department telephone hot-lines will be provided to ease difficulties encountered by farmers seeking...
    • Food Industry
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in view of the World Trade Organisation decisions, sensitive product status will be sought for critical beef and lamb cuts; if she...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department makes the Irish national daily newspapers available on-line for staff within her Department; the number of staff at...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if an appeal has been received by her Department in respect of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath for...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a citizenship application will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [16313/06]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of money to date accruing from the penalty points system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16566/06]
    • Garda Reserve
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a comprehensive timetable for the roll out of the Garda Reserve Force; the name by which it will be...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason no decision has been made in relation to visa applications submitted to his Department in September 2005 in...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be reached in the residency application by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the legal basis of the requirement that a person here on a tourist visa, must return to their country of origin in order to...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans he has in place to appoint a resident Garda in Coolaney and Enniscrone, County Sligo as Garda accommodation is...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the number of cars seized and impounded by the Gardaí for legal violations in each year...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the review of civilianisation possibilities in An Garda Síochána will be completed; the number of Gardaí who have...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Irish born children of migrant parents, by category, including asylum seekers, whose parents have been refused...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on and if he will act upon the recent report All Our Children: Child Impact Assessment for Irish children of...
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on appointing a community representative when the Legal Aid Board is re-appointed in summer 2006. [16041/06]
    • Registration of Title
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will instruct the Land Registry Office to expedite a dealing application for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent of expenditure and work both new and renovation or reconstruction carried out at each prison here since 2000; the...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when new maps will be finalised in the Land Registry Office in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Tipperary....
    • Garda Stations
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the arrangements which have been made in relation to the closure of Harcourt Terrace Garda Station; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons that can be held in custody at one time in each of Harcourt Terrace, Pearse Street and Kevin Street...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the stations to which the Gardaí currently attached to Harcourt Terrace Garda Station will be transferred upon the closure...
    • Asylum Applications.
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14, who had their application for...
    • Crime Levels.
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the discrepancy in the figures given for burglaries in the reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 316 of 8...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardai in the Bridewell District, Dublin 7; the breakdown by rank and area of activity; the number of...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a telephone (details supplied) was tapped on 17, 18 and 27 March 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of funding which was provided for advertising to make persons aware of their option to send in submissions to the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person awaiting approval for residency in the State is automatically deported if they are convicted of a serious...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the procedure by which a child born in the State after 1 January 2005, whose parents are not Irish...
    • Garda Training
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the proposed statutory instrument which is due to be signed in relation to representation for trainee...
    • Environmental Assessments
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans and programmes of his Department and related State agencies which have been identified as requiring strategy...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 746 of 25 April 2006, when a decision will be made regarding a visa application; and...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the proposals for a new prison at Thornton Hall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16399/06]
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide details of the adult caution scheme and the guidelines for its implementation. [16400/06]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will be informed of a decision relating to their application for a certificate...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Garda resources which are designated to the drug squad in Sligo; the number of Gardaí attached to the Sligo section and...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if representations have been received from a person (details supplied) regarding their fears for themselves and their...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department makes the Irish national daily newspapers available on-line for staff within his Department; the number of...
    • Prison Drug Treatment Services
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 who is due for release in mid-2007 can be accommodated in a drug free unit of a...
    • Compensation Claims
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a Garda (details supplied) can expect a decision in their case. [16485/06]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the 60 months requirement for a permanent work visa (details supplied). [16502/06]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a person (details supplied) in relation to the qualification for their full pension entitlement on...
    • Prison Committals
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of non-nationals currently serving sentences in prisons here; the number who have been released in the past three...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will be granted an immigration registration card to permit them to remain and...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • School Transport
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of seat belts which have been introduced on school buses in South Tipperary in the past 12 months; and the number of school...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if assistance will be given to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3 in up-grading their science laboratories in order to promote and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has received an amended cost plan as part of the school building programme for a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary and post-primary schools which have broadband internet access; the percentage of the total primary and...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide funding for an extension for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [15990/06]
    • School Transport
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 15 February 2006, when a copy of her Department's map was forwarded to the transport...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will broaden the guidelines under which funding is granted for equipment for those students with special needs; if her attention...
    • State Examinations
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures she proposes to adopt for the leaving certificate 2006 in order to have more male students achieve the qualifying mark for...
    • Teacher Training
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of male students who sat the leaving certificate for each year for the past 10 years; the number of male students who sat...
    • School Closures
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will put in place an independent review body to report on the future education needs of Inchicore; and if she will ensure that...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be made available for the essential refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make...
    • School Transport
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the school bus service to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be extended as applied for to the vocational...
    • School Closures
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to a future development of an area in the next few years which will add to the pressure for school...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to introduce safe driving courses in secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16106/06]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide guaranteed resource hours for all children with Down's Syndrome in mainstream schools at all levels. [16111/06]
    • Literacy Levels
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the manner in which illiteracy among second level education students is being challenged by her Department; the extent to which it is...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when her Department purchased a property at Montbard, France, which was originally bought by Westmeath vocational education committee;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school building project (details supplied) in County Westmeath; the position of the project on the school...
    • School Transport
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the withdrawal of concessionary bus tickets from 48 pupils (details supplied) in County Cork; if notice was given...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made on the building application of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if her attention has been...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide details of the schools in County Kerry which have applications with her Department for new schools, refurbishment...
    • Environmental Assessments
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans and programmes of her Department and related State agencies which have been identified as requiring strategy environmental...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the case of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary in respect of the need for additional facilities....
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the same income limit of €35,000 applies for single persons and for couples who wish to return to higher education and...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to the continuing deprivation in the Crossmolina, County Mayo area, the reason it has not been included in the current DEIS...
    • School Staffing
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the decision to reduce the staffing levels at a school (details supplied) in County Galway in view of the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department makes the Irish national daily newspapers available on-line for staff within her Department; the number of staff at...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the chair of the Grangegorman Development Agency will take up their position; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staffing
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the policy and principles of lifelong guidance initiatives; the criteria for the appointment of teachers in guidance and counselling;...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the conditions pertaining to the building of a sports hall at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and her Department's...
    • Adult Education
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the assistance currently available to adults seeking to return to full time education and the related thresholds. [16505/06]
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way in which the average running costs paid per pupil in the vocational educational committee, community and comprehensive schools...
    • Insurance Costs
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has collected data on the insurance costs per pupil in Dublin based schools; the way in which this compares to insurance costs...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants per thousand pupils at second level compared to primary level; the number of resource teachers...
    • Early School Leavers
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the assessments she has carried out on the failure to achieve the target of 90 per cent progression to leaving certificate level; and...
    • School Staffing
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 875 of 25 April 2006 when she will provide the information requested; if it will be...
  • Department of Defence
    • Environmental Assessments
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Defence the plans and programmes of his Department and related State agencies which have been identified as requiring strategy environmental assessments...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department makes the Irish national daily newspapers available on-line for staff within his Department; the number of staff at each grade who...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Garda Stations
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the arrangements which have been made for the disposal of Harcourt Terrace Garda station; the date on which...
    • Library Projects
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if moneys will be made available to restore a library service to Rathkeale; his views on whether it is...
    • EU Directives
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when Directive 2003/4/EC will be transposed into law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16415/06]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department will be providing the additional funding that may be required for Fingal County Council to...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for a twelve month delay in processing an application (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a list of all Natura 2000 sites here. [15985/06]
    • Water Quality.
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he has put in place, or intends to put in place, to address the unreliability of the method of...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of a sewerage scheme in Boolteens Village, County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Voluntary Housing Organisations
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is a complaints procedure in place pertaining to voluntary housing organisations; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an office (details supplied) in County Mayo has been closed. [16078/06]
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, where a local authority acquires land through a compulsory purchase order, a process of public tender is...
    • Waste Management
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether a fire risk assessment must be done for the city and in particular for the Poolbeg...
    • Radon Gas
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which radon gas is being monitored; and the locations which are at highest risk. [16123/06]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a sewage treatment network and treatment plant (details supplied) in County Westmeath;...
    • Departmental Publications
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if Dúchas is interested in publishing a manuscript (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is possible for local authorities to set higher energy efficiency standards, within their own local area...
    • EU Directives
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on progress regarding the latest scientific advice received by his Department on the...
    • Nuclear Safety
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on his continued efforts to deal with the threat of Sellafield; and if he will make a...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he proposes to give approval to Kerry County Council to proceed to preliminary report stage in relation...
    • Control of Dogs
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the urgent need to introduce dog control by-laws for Office of Public Works...
    • Environmental Assessments
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans and programmes of his Department and related State agencies which have been identified as requiring...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department makes the Irish national daily newspapers available on-line for staff within his Department;...
    • Noise Regulations
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the new Environmental Noise Regulations 2006 apply to new roads only; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of housing starts by Kildare County Council in each of the past five years; the number of starts...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be provided for the proposed fire station at Tallow, County Waterford which was submitted in...
    • Local Authority Reform
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date on the reform of local government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16654/06]
    • Library Projects
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress with regard to the funding from his Department being made available to Fingal County Council to...