Written answers
Tuesday, 9 May 2006
- Department of Defence
- National Emergency Plan
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of funding allocated to the Office of Emergency Planning by his Department on a yearly basis since 2002 and 2005 inclusive; and if he will...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Defence the number and location of ambulances on permanent standby in the Defence Forces; if same are available as back-up for the Health Service Executive;...
- Court Cases
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will comment on the recent High Court case of a person (details supplied); if relevant procedures have been reviewed as a result of this case;...
- Defence Forces Funding
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Defence the percentage of GNP which has been allocated to the Department of Defence for the years 1997 to 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Overseas Missions
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Defence if members of the Defence Forces operating in Afghanistan have had involvement with the operators of a detention site at Bagram holding some 500...
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Defence if leases on property used by the Reserve Defence Forces have not been renewed since 1 January 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Commemorative Events
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Defence if there have been further meetings of the all-party group to plan commemorations of the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising; if the group has...
- Ministerial Transport
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Defence the tasks carried out by the Bombardier Aerospace 45 since 1 January 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17148/06]
- Defence Forces Property
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Defence if lands at St. Bricin's Hospital, Parkgate Street, Dublin 7 have been conveyed to the local authority or any other body or person; if so, the amount...
- Naval Service
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the journey of the LE Eithne to Argentina; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17129/06]
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Defence the criteria for recruitment to the Defence Forces; when the next recruitment drive is planned; if a criminal offence committed by a minor is an...
- Air Traffic Control
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Air Corps air traffic control was aware of the details of the two recent Ryan Air flights that had to be diverted due to bomb hoaxes; if so,...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Defence the revenue obtained from property sales from 1997 to date in 2006; the position regarding this funding; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Emergency Plan
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Defence the number and type of exercises carried out by the office of emergency planning, since its inception; if a report on same has been published; if it...
- Commemorative Events
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Defence if, in view of the success of the Easter commemoration, he intends to make this an annual event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17186/06]
- Overseas Missions
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Defence the legislative changes which are necessary in order to remove the voluntary nature of Defence Force personnel being deployed abroad in humanitarian...
- Defence Forces Investigations
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will institute an investigation into the loss of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17193/06]
- Defence Forces Property
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Defence if a review of the property portfolio of his Department has been carried out; if so, the details of same; if a copy of the report is available; and if...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the height entry requirement for females into the Permanent Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Defence the strength of the Permanent Defence Force as of 1 May 2006, including recruits in training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17108/06]
- Defence Forces Property
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of barracks and other living quarters used by the Defence Forces for accommodation in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defence Forces Investigations
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Defence the situation in relation to the investigation into the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17105/06]
- Overseas Missions
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Irish soldiers travelling to Liberia on the 16 May 2006 on peace keeping duties; the nature of their duties; the other countries in...
- National Emergency Plan
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Civil Defence services have participated in exercises under the national emergency plan for nuclear accidents; and if he will make a statement...
- Emergency Services
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Naval Service made a report to the Irish Marine Emergency Service with respect to pollution since 1 January 2006; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Investigations
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding his request to military authorities to examine all aspects of the Niemba Ambush in the Congo in November 1960; when he expects...
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Defence if adequate clothing and equipment is available to members of the Reserve Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17152/06]
- Overseas Missions
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Defence the way in which the Defence Act 1960 needs to be amended in order that its wording more closely reflects current practice in the formulation of UN...
- National Emergency Plan
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Defence if there have been further meetings of the inter-Departmental Working Group on Emergency Planning to prepare for the anticipated arrival of avian flu...
- Overseas Missions
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the proposed participation of Irish troops in the EU support operation for the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo;...
- Defence Forces Deployment
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Defence the incidents which have occurred between members of the Defence Forces providing security at Shannon Airport and protestors since 1 January 2006;...
- Defence Forces Ombudsman
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Office of the Ombudsman has been established; the number of cases which have been submitted to that office to date; the number of these which...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Civil Defence personnel who have relocated to Roscrea, County Tipperary; the number of these who were in the Civil Defence headquarters...
- Air Corps Support
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of aid to the civil power operations the Air Corps have been involved in since 1 January 2006; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Defence the approaches which have been made to him or his Department to purchase or co-develop Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel; and if he will make a statement...
- Overseas Missions
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Defence if EU battlegroup exercises involving foreign armies will be allowed to take place here as part of our EU battlegroups commitments; and if he will...
- National Emergency Plan
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Defence if there is an emergency plan for Dublin Harbour; if so, the role the Naval Service has in such a plan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Deployment
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Defence the deployment of the Defence Forces throughout the country; the criteria for such deployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17203/06]
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of personnel in the Army, Marine and Air Force for each of the past 10 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17201/06]
- National Emergency Plan
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has satisfied himself regarding the degree to which the Defence Forces are prepared and equipped in the event of a terrorist attack; if an...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Census of Population
Question 135: To ask the Taoiseach his views on introducing a population registration system as a replacement of the Census of population system in view of the fact that such a system would have...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 136: To ask the Taoiseach if he has received from the Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments notification of a decision of the Tribunal under paragraph J (2) of...
- Programme for Government
Question 137: To ask the Taoiseach the progress to date on the implementation of the Programme for Government; the measures he intends to take to ensure that the many outstanding items are...
- Audit Committees
Question 138: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the membership of his Department's audit committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17030/06]
- Census of Population
Question 139: To ask the Taoiseach the population of each of the four Dublin counties at the year end for each of the past ten years for which figures are available. [17357/06]
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when standards will be set for the administration of assessments of personal needs arising out of disabilities and the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has studied the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on disability services which indicates that over 60 per...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce legislation to regulate the use of sunbeds in commercial premises; and if she will make a statement...
- Hospital Services
Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the closure of the sexual assault treatment unit in Kerry General Hospital; if funding will be made...
- Health Services
Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if urgent assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin by putting in a proper support service...
- Community Welfare Service
Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the proposed amalgamation of the community welfare section of her Department to the...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the costs of introducing a bowel cancer screening programme nationwide; her plans to introduce same; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the recent home helps protest; the cost of meeting the demands of home helps for a guaranteed income and...
- Hospitals Inspectorate
Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the costs of introducing a hospitals inspectorate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16897/06]
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost of introducing a cervical cancer screening programme nationwide; her plans to introduce same; and if she will make...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an improved grant will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for the provision of a stair lift;...
- Medical Certificates
Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a primary medical certificate will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if a...
- Health Services
Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will publish or make available to Deputies a Health Service Executive report completed in 2005 which, according to...
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a case (details supplied); and if the family will be given the maximum support on this matter....
- Health Services
Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will instruct the Health Service Executive to purchase a device for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary;...
- Environmental Health
Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the procedures adopted and enforced by environmental health officers regarding the policing of environmental...
- Health Services
Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of temporary and full-time speech therapists currently employed in North Tipperary; the section where these...
- Health Service Executive
Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the salaries of the Chief Executive of the Health Service Executive and his advisors and back-up staff; the salaries of the...
- Health Services
Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason home help hours were reduced in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, further to previous parliamentary questions, the extenuating circumstances relative to the case of a person (details...
- Ambulance Service
Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason on 1 May 2006 that it took three and a half to four hours for an ambulance to arrive to a seriously ill person...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a transfer from a nursing home; and if she will...
- Health Services
Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the facilities which are available for diabetic patients, particularly children, in the mid-west region; her plans to...
- Garda Investigations
Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the full Garda investigation into the alleged misappropriation or otherwise of funds in the control of the South Eastern...
- National Rehabilitation Board
Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to her responses to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 187, 189 and 190 of 5 April 2006, if her Department is responsible...
- Mental Health Services
Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the plans which are in place for persons currently in full-time care in St. Brigid's Hospital in Ardee and not fit to live...
- Medical Cards
Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if she will expedite the application. [17167/06]
- Hospital Services
Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the level of rheumatology service available at Mayo General Hospital; if she will confirm the appointment of a...
- Hospital Staff
Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of urologists in hospitals here; the number there are to cater for each region; and if she will make a statement...
- Hospital Services
Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of patients who are presently waiting on treatment or procedures to be carried out on prostate and urinary...
- Departmental Properties
Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the lands at St Brendan's Hospital, Grangegorman were sold; the amount which was paid; when this money was handed...
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a report on the long-term stay charges repayment scheme; and when she expects that payments will be...
- Health Services
Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when it is expected that a clinic (details supplied) in County Kilkenny is to open in view of the fact that it was...
- Medical Cards
Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a medical card-holder who has been prescribed oxygen can obtain this medical equipment for free while on holiday in...
- Health Service Staff
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding for the employment of two full-time drug counsellors in the mid-west region in view of the...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that detoxification-designated beds be allocated for County Mayo, which will take the pressure off...
- Pre-school Services
Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 4 April 2006, if her attention has been drawn to the Health Service...
- Health Service Staff
Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if he will confirm that there are 15 alcohol counsellors working in treatment centres run by the health authorities in...
- Medical Cards
Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason medical card-holders have to return to their general practitioners to get hospital prescriptions transferred to...
- Health Services
Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 4 April 2006. [17412/06]
- Infectious Diseases
Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the procedures which have been adopted by her Department when a person is diagnosed with an infectious disease. [17474/06]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with an appointment for knee surgery; and if she will...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the help which is available for young people who suffer from Asperger's syndrome; the services which are available for them...
- Health Services
Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in the introduction of a national immunisation database to replace the existing 50 separate...
- Hospital Services
Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the interim plans for the accommodation of patients in accident and emergency at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Finance if, as recently stated at the Irish Hotels Federation annual conference, he will address the issue of VAT refunds for visitors attending business...
- Price Inflation
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Economic and Social Research Institute's Quarterly Economic Commentary, Spring 2006; if he will commit to honouring the advice given...
- Tax Code
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals to reduce the rate of VAT on repair and maintenance work on private dwellings which are protected structures in view of the EU Council...
- Public Transport
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on directing the commissioners of the Office of Public Works to allow Dublin commuter buses through the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will apply the Business Expansion Scheme to wind farms; to increase the BES limit from €1 million to €5 million; to increase personal BES...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the medical criteria for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers tax concession scheme 1994; if his attention has been drawn...
- Tax Code
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the tax system favours caring for the elderly in nursing homes and penalises home care of the elderly due to the fact that there is tax...
- Communications Masts
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has negotiated or given permission for a phone mast or masts at Farmleigh on its grounds or in adjacent grounds in the...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Finance if a primary medical certificate will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if a response will be expedited. [16905/06]
- Tax Yield
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue likely to accrue to the Exchequer in terms of excise duties and VAT over and above the estimates at Budget 2006,...
- Tax Code
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Finance the excise duty and approximate VAT charge on a litre of home heating oil in the domestic market in May 2006; the amount of excise duty and VAT...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to secure a continuation of the EU Derogation under EU Directive (2003/96/EC); if he has assessed the impact of the removal...
- Public Works
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Finance when the assessment will be complete on the proposed refurbishment and modernisation of Thurles Courthouse; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will increase the stamp-duty exemption thresholds for first time buyers as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Agenda 2000
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Finance if, having regard to the fact that the National Development Plan is part of the Agenda 2000 Agreement, which in turn enabled the designation of two...
- Tax Code
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Finance if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 regarding a rebate; and if he will make this a priority issue. [17229/06]
- Special Savings Incentive Scheme
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Finance if over 65s will have their SSIA tax waived, in line with the situation that pertains with the DIRT waiver; if this issue was advertised sufficiently...
- Tax Yield.
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance if following the tax write-off afforded to Shamrock Rovers Football Club in 2005, he will supply a list of the total PAYE tax paid by each of the...
- Tax Code
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has initiated or intends to initiate negotiations with the European institutions for the retention of the derogation from directives (details...
- Flood Relief
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department carried out work on a river (details supplied) in County Wexford in the past; if not, if there are plans to carry out flooding...
- Tax Yield
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage which goes towards Government levies and taxes when a person pays their car insurance; when this levy and tax was introduced; what it...
- Communications Masts
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Finance if works ceased on the erection of a mobile phone mast at Shankill Garda Station will not resume until the regulations governing the siting of mobile...
- Pension Provisions
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to receive the report of the Working Group on Possible Changes to the Public Service Spouse's and Children's Schemes; and if he will...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Electricity Generation
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if grant aid is available to install turbines to create energy (details supplied) in County Cork. [16902/06]
- Natural Gas Grid
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the developer submitted an application to start stage two of the installation of the Corrib gas pipeline,...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the portfolio of foreshore licences and leases, in whole or as part of a consortia or partnership held by a...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to assist applicants for wind farms in the improvement in REFIT price; to grant aid 20 per cent of the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Citizenship Applications
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if an application for Irish citizenship in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be approved in the near future; if...
- US Foreign Policy
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the USA give out 59 million dollars each year to journalists and media people that will...
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the constitutional implications for the Republic of Ireland of a type of joint administration of Northern Ireland with the British Government...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Arts Funding
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has had discussions with the Arts Council in regard to the provision of facilities to encourage the arts in respect of both...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a grant under the sports capital programme will be allocated to a project (details supplied) in County Galway in order to allow...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Casual Trading
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in conjunction with other Departments, he will review the red tape and bureaucracy involved in the establishment and...
- Industrial Development
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the plans to develop the Tarbert-Ballylongford landbank, County Kerry; and if he will...
- Job Creation
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to an adjournment debate of 25 April 2006 regarding a company (details supplied), the measures he will put in...
- Work Permits
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a decision regarding an application for a work permit for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be...
- Construction Sector
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the practice by some companies, particularly in the construction field, of listing job...
- Employment Rights
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to concerns that migrant agricultural workers in the Border regions are being shunted by...
- Work Permits
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the impact the introduction of the new green card scheme which forms part of the Employment Permits Bill, 2005, will have on...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his intentions in relation to commencing the process of providing core funding for community employment positions currently...
- Industrial Relations
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of pieces of legislation governing industrial relations. [17408/06]
- Employment Rights
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of pieces of legislation governing employment rights. [17409/06]
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if the maximum support and advice will be given. [16986/06]
- Pension Provisions
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of workers here who are estimated to be without a pension. [17255/06]
- Family Support Services
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress which has been made at the National Consultative Forum he convened to discuss proposals for supporting lone parents;...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a mature student who qualifies for a third level grant and who lives away from their parents has that grant included in the...
- Department of Transport
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to whether all Bus Éireann bus stations are fully accessible to people with disabilities; and if he will make a...
- Road Safety
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Transport if, while recognising the crucial importance of safe driving, he will confirm the legal status of the Road Safety Authority; if, in view of this...
- Pension Provisions
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Transport if persons who have retired from Aer Lingus will benefit from a top-up in the Aer Lingus pensions fund in the context of a part sale of shares....
- Disabled Drivers
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) on the matter of disabled parking spaces in Sligo; and if he will make...
- Heavy Goods Vehicles
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will work closely with Dublin City Council on the major concerns regarding the heavy goods vehicle cordon (details supplied). [17245/06]
- Driving Tests
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will arrange an early driving test for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in view of the particular circumstances of this case....
- Road Safety
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Transport if the UK MOT in relation to the road worthiness of a vehicle is recognised here; if the Irish VTR is recognised throughout the EU; if EU laws is...
- Public Transport
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of licences currently in the State for private coach operators with a breakdown by vehicle age; the number that have been tested and the...
- Road Network
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Transport his position regarding the way in which barrier-free tolling might be achieved on the M50 motorway; and if he has examined the system in Melbourne,...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether narrow, often pot-holed roads without footpaths should carry the same speed limit of 80 kph as that of dual carriageway...
- Rail Network
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Transport his estimate of the cost of the full electrification of the rail network. [17296/06]
- Parking Regulations
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of parking spaces for heavy goods vehicle in Dublin Port in each of the years this century; and his plans to expand this number in the...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Transport the different means of communication used by his Department to notify the general public, especially those in ownership of vehicles, of the new...
- Airport Development Projects
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on transferring the responsibility for the public consultation process on Weston Aerodrome from the Irish Aviation Authority to another...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Transport if negotiations with the authorities in Northern Ireland in relation to the harmonisation of penalty points have taken place; the progress made in...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Non-governmental Organisations
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if an assurance will be given that her Department will not take the Tree Council of Ireland as representing the non-Governmental...
- Grant Payments
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if there is a decision concerning an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in respect of their 2004 special beef...
- EU Directives
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, under the provisions of the Nitrates Directive, farmers will be allowed reduce their storage requirement in cases in which they...
- Sugar Beet Industry
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the beet compensation package; the date by which the compensation must be awarded to the farmers; and if she will...
- Grant Payments
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be in receipt of the dairy premium; the reason for the delay; and if she will...
- Milk Quota
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on the conditions attached to milk quota received under the development farmer agenda 2000; if, in the case of...
- Grant Payments
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive the farm waste management grant; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Organic Farming
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the efforts currently being taken in her Department to promote organic production amongst farmers; if additional financial supports and...
- Grant Payments
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if additional single farm payment entitlements will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the options available...
- Afforestation Programme
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide a copy of the programme for the sale and acquisition of land within the Connacht area, as required under section 14...
- Grant Payments
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a decision will be made on the transfer of entitlements and arrears of payment in respect of the EU single farm payment for a...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in view of the report of the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food on early retirement and the subsequent correspondence from the...
- Milk Quota
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will fight the case against the proposed milk quota restructuring scheme for 2007 to guarantee retention of the current 220...
- EU Directives
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will furnish the comprehensive report on the discussions which took place recently between officials of Teagasc and her...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Citizenship Applications
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for a visa by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [16845/06]
- Visa Applications
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons from abroad who are in receipt of a visa allowing them to undertake voluntary work for charities or...
- Garda Strength
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if support will be given to the AGSI in its efforts in having more civilian staff for An Garda Síochána; and if he will...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on a recent European Court of Justice ruling (details supplied) and the stance of the EU Commission on EU...
- Residency Permits
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residential status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Strength
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the strength of An Garda Síochána on 31 March 2002 and 30 June 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16877/06]
- Sexual Offences
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons on the sex offenders register. [16878/06]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a residency application made for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be assessed with regard to the...
- Garda Operations
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in tackling gangland crime with operation Anvil; the funding allocated in 2006 for the programme; and if...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the EU proposal to establish a European Fundamental Rights Agency. [16926/06]
- Data Protection
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the public have protection against misuse or abuse of retained video records of persons who visit or work in public...
- Deportation Orders
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of aged-out minors who are pending or likely to be deported within the next three months; if they will be treated...
- Crime Levels
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of crimes reported in County Kildare in each of the past two years; the number of prosecutions and convictions...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; the number of...
- Residency Permits
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who have applied to remain here. [17044/06]
- Asylum Applications
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the maximum support and assistance will be given to persons (details supplied) to live here and if they will be deported...
- Garda Deployment
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason his Department has blocked the appointment of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 to the historical inquiries...
- Asylum Applications
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum seekers and refugees who have been here for a number of years without having their status clarified;...
- Garda Investigations
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the details of the death of a person (details supplied); if his attention has further...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria which will be used to measure the physical, mental and psychological suitability of candidates who apply to...
- Registration of Title
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will instruct the Land Registry Office to expedite a schedule on a folio (details supplied) in County Mayo as this...
- Visa Applications
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he will take on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo in order to have their application for...
- International Agreements
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the Government has failed thus far to even consider ratifying Protocol 12 of the European Convention for the...
- Crime Levels
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people convicted and arrested for committing a crime while out on bail in Cork City and County; and the...
- Garda Investigations
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, as per his letter of 30 January 2006 to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 he has received the requested Garda...
- Garda Equipment
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the view of Gardaí investigating road accidents of the importance of photographic...
- Garda Deployment
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of probationer Gardaí who were allocated from the Garda college to each Garda station in Dublin City and County...
- Youth Projects
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will publish the independent evaluation report on a project (details supplied) which was part of the Youth Diversion...
- Anti-Racism Measures
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position the Irish delegation in the council has taken on the proposal for a council framework decision on combating...
- Garda Investigations
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the resources which have been made available to An Garda Síochána for the investigation and pursuit of those responsible...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that off-licences are offering a take-away service for alcohol, to be paid for...
- Registration of Title
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for registration in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; if...
- Prison Medical Service
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of both counselling and clinical psychologists employed in the Irish Prison Service; if this level is deemed to...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of non-Irish nationals and the number of Irish nationals from outside the jurisdiction who applied for entry into...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to implement the recommendations of the final report of the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and...
- Prison Committals
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons currently in prison for non-payment of fines; and the number of such persons in prison on 31 December...
- Prison Statistics
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and location of prisons here; the number of prison spaces in each of these as of 4 May 2006; the number of...
- Department of Education and Science
- Redundancy Payments
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in having a redundancy payment made available to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she...
- School Transport
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that a directive issued by the transport section of her Department is implemented as agreed (details supplied); and...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the allocation of extra teachers under revised pupil/teacher allocation ratios can be used sensibly by schools in a roving capacity...
- Summer Works Scheme
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be provided under the summer works scheme 2006 to a school (details supplied) to improve the entrance to the school;...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if approval for the purchase of a site has been granted; and if a suitable site has been purchased (details supplied) in County Cork....
- Psychological Service
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of psychologists currently employed by the National Education Psychologist Service; the costs of increasing the number to...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has lodged a planning application with Kilkenny County Council for a new school building for a school (details...
- School Enrolments
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 which have 30 or more children; and if she will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the building grants applied for to her Department by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6; the response of her Department to these...
- Departmental Assessments
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will give an assurance that an estate (details supplied) in County Kildare will continue to provide research and promotional...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Mayo has not been included in the current DEIS programme in view of the continuing...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of a grant for persons (details supplied) in County Kildare in regard to their university fees; and if she will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of the application for a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a...
- School Transport
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of school buses over the age of 10 years, 15 years and 20 years; if she has satisfied herself with the condition and road...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the person who has been given responsibility for addressing the recommendations of the 1995 report on Occupational Health and Safety in...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the fund in 2006 available for once-off initiatives for post-primary schools refurbishment projects; the amount of same which is to be...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the next stage in the process of building a school (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that a site has been...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if arrangements are in place to open the facilities of the new physical education hall at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24....
- School Transport
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures she intends to take to resolve the school bus crisis in Kilcredan in east Cork which has seen school children as young as...
- Community Services
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the old County Dublin Vocational Educational Committee offices at Main Road, Tallaght will be made available for community use; and...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in both north and south Kerry that have applied for new school buildings, extensions or refurbishment under the...
- School Staffing
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take in the case of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary which has been notified of a decision to reduce...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide a school facility on Dublin's northside specifically for children who have autism. [17264/06]
- Schools Recognition
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if official recognition will be given to a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [17284/06]
- Site Acquisitions
Question 446: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to acquire for use, as an urgently needed secondary school, lands reserved for that purpose in the Stepaside area action...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 18 will be provided with the educational service that they need while attending a national...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of sites which have been examined by the Office of Public Works with respect to identifying a suitable site for the...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 449: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is intended to curtail financial supports currently allocated to third-level students who meet the appropriate criteria; if...
- Communications Masts
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she or her Department officials have made representations to other Government Departments or statutory agencies on the siting of...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reconsider the position of a person (details supplied) in County Cork as set out by County Clare Vocational Educational...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of amalgamated primary schools that exist here; the dates such amalgamations occurred; and the period in each circumstance...
- Court Cases
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of court actions being taken against her Department with respect to the failure of the State to supply an adequate or...
- Capitation Grants
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether primary school capitation grants are adequate to meet ever increasing costs of cleaning, maintenance and...
- State Examinations
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her assessment of the success of the leaving certificate applied examination; her views on whether it adequately meets the particular...
- Department of Defence
- Naval Service Vessels
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Defence the inventory of the ships in the naval service's possession and at its disposal including the specifications, capacity and general functions of...
- Overseas Missions
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Defence when legislation will be forthcoming to facilitate Ireland's participation in the EU battlegroups; what that legislation will entail; and if he will...
- Airspace Encroachments
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of encroachments into airspace controlled by Casement Aerodrome in 2004 and 2005; the locations where the aircraft took off or landed; if...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons with a home address in Dublin 1 who were recruited into the Defence Forces on the two occasions when recruitment took place....
- Air Corps Personnel
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on acknowledging the courage and sacrifice of the Air Corps personnel who died in the Tramore helicopter crash of July 1999 through the...
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has satisfied himself that the Navy and Air Corps are sufficiently and adequately equipped to deal with all possible situations arising in the...
- Naval Service Vessels
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Defence if sufficient vessels and equipment are available to the Naval Service to ensure adequate coastal surveillance; and if he will make a statement on...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Defence if in the event of a natural disaster or terrorist attack, the Army, Navy and Air Corps services have access to life preserving equipment such as...
- Overseas Missions
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of locations at which the Defence Forces are currently serving overseas; the number of personnel involved; the likely numbers required in...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Nuclear Safety
Question 477: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is a mechanism under EU law whereby Ireland could seek resources from the UK or directly from the EU...
- Road Network
Question 478: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the upgrading of the R340 from Carna to Screebe and from Carna to Recess in County...
- Communications Masts
Question 479: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the regulations on siting of telephone masts do not prohibit masts being placed in close...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 480: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when phase two of the restoration of Carrigafoyle Castle in Ballylongford, County Kerry, will begin; and if he...
- EU Directives
Question 481: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the deadline for farmers to provide the minimum manure storage capacity on livestock farms will be extended...
- Planning Issues
Question 484: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authorities can insist on the completion of housing estates in accordance with the planning acts; if...
- Community Development
Question 485: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grant schemes which are available to a community group that are interested in having a design plan drawn...
- Waste Management
Question 486: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will approve the Killybegs waste water treatment scheme to go to tender, in particular the...
- Fire Stations
Question 487: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 758 of 8 November 2005, the position regarding a new fire station for...
- Library Projects
Question 488: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 759 of the 8 November 2005, the progress which is being made towards the...
- Waste Management
Question 489: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will elaborate on his replies to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 945 and 991 of 25 April 2006, and put an...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 490: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the Housing Bill will be introduced to enable tenants in non-local authority houses to purchase their...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 491: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will extrapolate the capital funding that has been allocated to each local authority from the local...
- EU Directives
Question 492: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to secure an exemption for the installation of new or refurbished pipe organs from the...
- Recycling Policy
Question 493: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the fact that he has recently suggested there were financial reasons for not adopting a reverse...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 494: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the planned archaeologists inspection of Clogrennane Castle, Craiguecullen, County Carlow has been...
- Control of Dogs
Question 496: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the micro-chipping of all dogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17281/06]
- Register of Electors
Question 497: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the contacts he has had with South Dublin County Council in respect of the voting register for Dublin south...
- Wildlife Acts
Question 498: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position of a person seeking to carry out work under the Wildlife Acts 1976-2000 Section 40 (details...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 499: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding provided by his Department to Kildare County Council under the local improvement scheme, in each...
- Motor Taxation
Question 500: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the motor tax take in 2005 and 2006 per county; the amount of same which was made up of on-line transactions;...
- Planning Issues
Question 501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department currently monitors the nature, extent and level of unauthorised developments that are...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 502: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is standard practice for local authorities to engage in negotiations with developers in order for...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 505: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has commissioned or received a report or briefing documents in regard to water supply and consumption in...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 508: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on introducing legislation to allow local authorities or the Private Residential Tenancies Board to...
- Town Councils
Question 509: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is expected that the necessary sections of the Local Government Act 2001 will be in place for the...
