Written answers
Thursday, 18 May 2006
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Farmers' Markets
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will capitalise on the heightened awareness of the potential for direct sales of farm produce following popular campaign to have...
- EU Directives
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the implementation of the Nitrates Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18558/06]
- Farm Waste Management
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she intends adopting in the administration of the farm waste management package, particularly to ensure the quick processing of...
- Bovine Diseases
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to introduce a bovine vaccination programme for tuberculosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18772/06]
- Sugar Beet Industry
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she intends to take to secure the maximum level of compensation for beet growers; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Farm Management
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the research by a person (details supplied); and if she will recommend farm management changes and...
- Milk Quota
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the consultation process on the possibility of moving to a more open market system for transferring milk quota has been concluded; if...
- Animal Diseases
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to stop the illegal import of exotic birds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18764/06]
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures she intends to take to address the problems experienced by farmers in the Shannon Callows as a result of proposals which do...
- Alternative Farm Enterprises
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the stage her Department is at in relation to seeking approval in respect of the two bio-energy initiatives she referred to in...
- Food Labelling
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress which has been made on the issue of substantial transformation of food products; if the Commission has published a...
- Dairy Sector
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has had discussions with the Agriculture Commissioner or her personnel regarding the serious fall in prices and returns to dairy...
- Sugar Beet Industry
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the procedure she intends to employ when distributing the compensation envelope to those within the sugar industry who face substantial...
- Animal Remedies Regulations
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the animal remedies regulations; the discussions to date with the EU on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Animal Welfare
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will explain the circumstances in which a farmer (details supplied) in County Kildare, who was apparently charged with 59 counts...
- Women in Agriculture
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the recommendations of the Advisory Committee's report on the role of women in agriculture which have to be implemented by her...
- Sheep Industry Sector
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the depression in the sheep industry sector at present and the fact that the sheep population is in...
- Food Labelling
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to establish an all island food label; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18784/06]
- Horticulture Sector
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of grant approvals in relation to the scheme of investment aid for the development of the commercial horticulture since its...
- Food Labelling
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way in which and the reason food and food products imported from non-EU countries are being re-labelled and sold here under labels...
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on developing countries' demands in World Trade Organisation negotiations for a special safeguard mechanism and special...
- On-farm Investment Schemes
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the future utilisation of lands previously used to grow sugar beet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18775/06]
- Food Labelling
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she will introduce country of origin labelling within the catering trade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18818/06]
- Animal Welfare
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she intends to take to develop an all Ireland animal health regime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18789/06]
- Animal Identification Scheme
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to ensure that rules governing the insertion of chips into horses are enforced; the number of infractions of this...
- Veterinary Services
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to provide a countrywide and weekend veterinary service for the issue of prescriptions for animal remedies; and...
- Food Industry
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of meetings of the Food Agency Co-Operation Council in 2004 and 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18805/06]
- Direct Payment Schemes
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the distribution of the sugar compensation package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18769/06]
- Milk Quota
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the allocation of milk quota; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18793/06]
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of Doha Round World Trade Organisation negotiations in so far as they relate to agriculture; and if she will make a statement...
- Farm Management
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her proposals to encourage young people to enter or remain in farming; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18866/06]
- Avian Influenza
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the powers she has to control ingress and egress into and from Ireland in the event of a serious outbreak of avian flu; and if she will...
- Alternative Farm Enterprises
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to develop the biofuel sector; the discussions she has had with the Department of Communications, Marine and...
- Grant Payments
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the average length of time it takes to process an application under the single payment scheme; the reason there have been delays in...
- Dairy Sector
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to ensure the future viability of the dairy industry here; her views on the recent remarks by Commissioner Fischer Boel that in...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the grant aid which will be made available to small farmers to manage rainwater under the nitrates action plan; and if she will make a...
- Animal Feedstuffs
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the basis, scientific or otherwise, for the advice she apparently received late in 2005 that it is acceptable to include meat and...
- Food Industry
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she is taking to encourage the promotion of locally grown food; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18867/06]
- Forestry Industry
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to encourage the planting of forestry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18807/06]
- Company Closures
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the incentives which are available, the incentives she is empowered to make available and the incentives she is prepared to make...
- Food Labelling
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she will take to stop the fraudulent sale of vegetable and animal produce with labels claiming it is Irish when in fact it has...
- Animal Welfare
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will clarify the responsibility her Department has for legislation in relation to domestic animals, for example cats; and if she...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her Department's plans to evaluate the economic implications of the use of genetically modified organisms; and if she will make a...
- Farm Incomes
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to ensure farm gate prices are sufficient to enable people to earn a living from farming; and her views on whether farmers will...
- EU Directives
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the application for a derogation to the Nitrates Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18790/06]
- Organic Farming
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on the figures for 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005 of land certified as organic giving the information as a percent of total...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the issues that arose in relation to the risk analysis conducted in the context of the decentralisation programme; the way in which these...
- Food Labelling
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the voluntary code for country of origin labelling within the catering trade has been successful; and if she will make a statement on...
- Animal Welfare
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of animal welfare officers here; the steps she is taking to ensure good animal welfare; and if she will make a statement on...
- EU Directives
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department has determined the lessons which should be learned from the reason the European Court of Justice was able to find...
- Official Engagements
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the names of all the people and their organisations who accompanied her on her recent visit to the United States; the outcome of the...
- Beef Imports
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied regarding Brazilian beef imports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18795/06]
- Dairy Sector
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had at EU level to protect dairy supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18787/06]
- EU Directives
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the Nitrates Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18785/06]
- Food Industry
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will explain the potential in the speciality food sector following her statement on 11 May 2006; and the way in which the...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the Government intends to draft legislation on the co-existence of genetically modified crops with conventional and organic farming;...
- Animal Diseases
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department was informed by the UK authorities regarding a recent anthrax outbreak on a farm in South Wales; the number of...
- Animal Cruelty
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 4 October 2005, the steps she intends to take regarding the issue; and if she will make a...
- Importation of Bees
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact whether or not bees are being imported here; if so, the locations from where they are being...
- Food Safety
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way in which it is intended to maintain food supply with hygiene and traceability standards throughout the European Union in the...
- Bovine Diseases
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to review the tuberculosis eradication programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18773/06]
- Trade in Horses
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on introducing a minimum value rule for the export of horses from here to the continent along the lines of that which applies...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her position on the release of genetically modified potatoes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18809/06]
- EU Directives
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of Ireland's application for a derogation under the Nitrates Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18802/06]
- Animal Diseases
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the funding provided by her Department for the control of varroa in bees; the funding available to beekeepers to control the mite in...
- Importation of Birds
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the import of exotic birds into this country via Rosslare Port on Good Friday 2006; and if she will...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she intends to introduce a revised early farm retirement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18557/06]
- Food Labelling
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress to bring about a national label to improve the customer recognition and marketing of Irish organic produce. [18755/06]
- Food Safety
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the tests which are carried out to monitor for traces of DDT on scallions imported here from Mexico. [18761/06]
- Farm Safety
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the actions that can be taken to reduce the number of farm accidents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18865/06]
- Alternative Farm Enterprises
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on whether a premium of €100 per hectare is necessary to encourage farmers to produce oilseed rape following a statement by...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the approval of the Environmental Protection Agency to allow the growth of genetically modified potatoes in County Meath;...
- Farm Costs
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way in which farming will have to change as fossil fuel costs rise sharply in response to the global peak in oil production making...
- Department of Health and Children
- Medical Cards
Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford is waiting for a renewal application for a medical card; the...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the various measures and provisions available to assist the elderly with the cost of nursing homes in the form of...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a payment of arrears for a DPMA payment dating from 1983 to 1986 will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in...
- Health Services
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an application for the home care package for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was submitted to the Health...
- Health Service Property
Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a property (details supplied) in County Mayo; the plans the Health Service Executive western area...
- Health Services
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for the assessment of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny by the autism team in Kilkenny;...
- Ministerial Meetings
Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will meet with a representative group from Kenmare community in County Kerry regarding the provision of a 14 bed...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the functions which have been delegated to each Minister of State at her Department; the date on which the relevant order...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if subvention will be granted for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 in view of their financial circumstances. [18960/06]
- Health Services
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will be assessed for residential care in view of their serious medical...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the nursing home subvention will be increased to assist those people who qualify for public nursing homes but cannot...
- Health Services
Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an early medical appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress she has made to address the demands of a group (details supplied) and the people of Donegal for the retention...
- Medical Cards
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has to pay for their stay in hospital when they are in receipt of...
- Children in Care
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the extent and level of support available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in the event of the release of...
- Hospital Staff
Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a dermatologist specialist will be appointed to Tallaght Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Offices
Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the locations where the offices of the Minister with responsibility for Children are located; the locations where it is...
- Health Services
Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason funding towards subvention has not been increased in the Health Service Executive south east area since 1991;...
- Health Service Executive
Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a reply received from the parliamentary affairs division to a parliamentary question submitted to her Department...
- Child Care Services
Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 3 May 2006 if she will refer to pre-school facilities in her...
- Department of Finance
- Freedom of Information
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance if the NDFA are covered by the Freedom of Information legislation; if not, when he proposes to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Code
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to plans by the Revenue Commissioners to apply VAT on the transfer of single farm payment entitlements by gift; his...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance the functions which have been delegated to each Minister of State at his Department; the date on which the relevant order was made; and if he will...
- Tax Yield
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish the amount of VAT taken by the Government on fuel since 1997; his plans to put a cap on the VAT taken in on fuel in view of the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the decentralisation within his Department to County Mayo; the timetable for completion of the move; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the functions which have been delegated to each Minister of State at his Department; the date on which the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when broadband will be available in an area (details supplied) in County Mayo. [18941/06]
- Greener Homes Scheme
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the new heating grant for underground heating will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Cork....
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he has provided supportive funding for off-shore wind generated energy in the course of his...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- International Agreements
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in the context of a global economy with different stages of production occurring in various countries, it would not be appropriate to...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the functions which have been delegated to each Minister of State at his Department; the date on which the relevant order was made; and if he...
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government has proposals to set up and establish an embassy in Bangkok in view of the many Irish and Europeans who are living there;...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of sports capital grants paid to date out of public funds to a club (details supplied) in Dublin 7; the years in which...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the functions which have been delegated to each Minister of State at his Department; the date on which the relevant order was made;...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he intends to make allocations under the sports capital programme 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18989/06]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Labour Inspectorate
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of instances identified by the Labour Inspectorate of employers denying workers their statutory holiday...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the functions which have been delegated to each Minister of State at his Department; the date on which the relevant order...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [18911/06]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on extending the back to education allowance to those in low income employment in view of the fact that the economy here...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made on the decentralisation of staff of his Department to Buncrana. [18965/06]
- Departmental Offices
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the plans he has to close down the Regional Office of his Department based in Longford; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason pensioners in receipt of a reduced contributory pension are only granted 50 per cent of the budgetary increases; to give...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason rent support was reduced in September 2005 in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
- Department of Transport
- Airport Development Projects
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself that the revised and enlarged plans for the Dublin Airport passenger terminal leaves sufficient land and airside space...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Transport the functions which have been delegated to each Minister of State at his Department; the date on which the relevant order was made; and if he will...
- Traffic Management
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on allowing access for hackney drivers to the bus lane network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18936/06]
- National Car Test
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Transport if in view of the concerns expressed by the Competition Authority regarding the ten year exclusive nature of the national car testing service...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of prosecutions which have been brought against the operators of passenger coach services for breaches of tachograph regulations over...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the decentralisation of the Railway Safety Commission and the National Roads Authority to Ballinasloe; the timetable for completion...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Transport if the period of disqualification from driving has expired in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 who is anxious to re-apply for a...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the functions which have been delegated to each Minister of State at his Department; the date on which the relevant...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Food Labelling
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress made regarding substantial transformation of food products; if the Commission has published a consultation paper on the...
- Grant Payments
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to ensure the maximum possible uptake of the farm waste management grants; and if she will make a statement on...
- Animal Diseases
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to introduce an all-island animal health regime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18947/06]
- Farmers' Markets
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will capitalise on the heightened awareness of the potential for direct sales of farm produce following the popular campaign to...
- Environmental Policy
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if an assurance will be given that the moratorium on clearfelling in catchments with Margaritifera will remain until an appropriate...
- Afforestation Programme
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the review of forestry legislation will include review of the principle object of Coillte Teo, which is defined in the Forestry Act...
- Freedom of Information
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the outcome of examinations being carried out on the question of Coillte becoming included as an organisation covered by Freedom of...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the functions which have been delegated to each Minister of State at her Department; the date on which the relevant order was made; and...
- Grant Payments
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason installation aid was not awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the committees to which she has a right to appoint members; the person appointed; and the date of such appointments. [18935/06]
- Animal Health
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps which she is taking to introduce an all-island animal health regime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18976/06]
- Farm Incomes
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to protect dairy farmers' incomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18977/06]
- Animal Diseases
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to protect herds against botulism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18978/06]
- Grant Payments
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the plans she has for the single farm payment modulation fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18979/06]
- Animal Carcase Disposal
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the procedures which are in place at each regional veterinary laboratory to dispose of carcasses after analysis; and if she will make a...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps that can be taken by an early retirement scheme participant to avoid a penalty where they transfer part of the lease holding...
- Grant Payments
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive their single farm payment; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a site has been acquired in Enniscorthy, County Wexford for the proposed decentralised offices of An Bord Bia; if not, if a site has...
- Departmental Staff
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of personnel who were employed by her Department on 1 January 1998; the locations where they were based; the number who are...
- Grant Payments
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment of the EU single farm payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if her attention has...
- Pension Provisions
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary has reverted from invalidity pension to...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Prison Building Programme
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the purchase of the site at Thornton Hall and the associated contracts awarded on the site, surveys, archaeology and...
- Residency Permits
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has made a decision regarding the application of a person (details supplied) to remain here; and if he will make a...
- Garda Deployment
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps the gardaí will take to ensure that Blessington Basin, Dublin 7, an important local amenity, is freely accessible...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the functions which have been delegated to each Minister of State at his Department; the date on which the relevant order...
- Asylum Applications
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Galway to stay and work here. [18944/06]
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions that have been undertaken and the number of convictions that have been recorded under the Child...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency or naturalisation status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare was refused application to remain here; if this case will be...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the decentralisation of Land Registry to Roscommon Town; the timetable for completion of the move; and if he...
- Residency Permits
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which a full appraisal of the circumstances and life threatening situation in their homeland was undertaken in...
- Deportation Orders
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if extended residency will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) whose spouse has already been awarded such...
- Illegal Immigrants
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, notwithstanding his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 27 April 2006, legal change has taken place to suggest...
- Residency Permits
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for reunification in the case of persons (details supplied) whose original...
- Deportation Orders
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 has been refused residency here in view of the existence of strong...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the regulations he envisages for the implementation of the legislation on anti-social behaviour orders; the way in which...
- Prisoner Transfers
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has received documentation relating to the repatriation of a person (details supplied) to Ireland from...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Accommodation
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for a new general purpose room for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the functions which have been delegated to each Minister of State at her Department; the date on which the relevant order was made; and...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a central teacher training facility in Dunmanway, County Cork; and if she will make a statement...
- School Staffing
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will allow the staffing levels be maintained at a school (details supplied) in County Galway for the 2006-2007 school year; and...
- Grant Payments
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an educational grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who applied in 2005 through Kildare County...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the decentralisation to Athlone; the timetable for completion of the move; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school which previously had disadvantaged status but is above the national average of the criteria under the DEIS project, will...
- Education Needs Assessment
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the education needs assessment for Carlow and its environs report which was promised to be available by Easter 2006 will now be...
- Irish Language
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she proposes to meet with the statutory Irish language bodies regarding the establishment of the Ionad Náisiúnta Gaeilge Baile...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the proposed new community college in Bantry in west Cork; and the expected date for commencement of the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 505 of 4 April 2006, the way in which the person was judged to have made sufficient progress in...
- School Placement
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the primary school situation within the catchment area of the constituency of Dublin west with regard to the...
- School Staffing
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers who are on secondment from school at present; the average length of each of these secondments; the areas which...
- In-service Training
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the up-to-date training which is available for teachers who wish to return to the classroom after absence due to secondment or career...
- Schools Recognition
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will set out the way in which she plans to deal with issues raised in the commission report on the criteria and procedures for...
- Department of Defence
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Defence the functions which have been delegated to each Minister of State at his Department; the date on which the relevant order was made; and if he will...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 231: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a site been acquired in Wexford for the proposed decentralised offices; if not, if a site has been...
- Housing Issues
Question 232: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the full breakdown and full details of the assessment of housing needs, carried out in 2005, will be...
