Written answers
Thursday, 25 May 2006
- Department of Education and Science
- Literacy Levels
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has seen the draft report on adult literacy as recently submitted to the Joint Committee on Education and Science; if she will,...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to amend section 29 of the Education Act 1998 in relation to school expulsions; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Whole School Evaluations
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects the first whole school evaluation reports will be made public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19863/06]
- Garda Vetting Services
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the discussions between the Department of Health and Children and her Department commenced with regard to the establishment of a...
- Education Welfare Service
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the National Education Welfare Board will complete the guidelines for schools on codes of behaviour; when this work was commenced;...
- School Transport
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm whether a school bus, which caught fire recently in County Meath, and was destroyed, had a fire extinguisher on...
- Schools Funding
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to increase funding for second-level schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19837/06]
- Psychological Service
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason she has requested that the National Educational Psychological Service not deal with a query from a member of the Houses of...
- Stay Safe Programme
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has written to all post-primary schools to ascertain the precise number of schools offering the stay safe programme;...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the most recent figures regarding the number of children in primary classes of 30 to 34 children inclusive; and if she will make a...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of appeals received in relation to inclusion or non-inclusion in the new DEIS programme; the number heard to date; the number...
- School Curriculum
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the roll-out of the synthetic phonics method of literacy training in teaching children to read in primary schools; and her plans to...
- School Placement
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps her Department is taking to ensure that all primary and secondary school-going children will have a school place from...
- School Staffing
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of posts of responsibility currently being held by teachers at primary and post-primary level; the cost of these posts...
- Third Level Education
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide capital funding for the National College of Art and Design in order that it can upgrade its campus; and if she will...
- School Commercial Initiatives
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the campaign for commercial free education. [19949/06]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received a copy of the ASTI survey on special needs 2006; her views on its findings which include widespread delays in...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she plans to publish the Student Support Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19894/06]
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary teachers who graduated in 2005 including those who pursued undergraduate and postgraduate courses in teacher...
- Departmental Funding
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will respond to a request for funding on behalf of the union of school students; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Adult Education
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, and when, she will re-activate the National Adult Learning Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19898/06]
- Garda Vetting Services
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the guidelines in respect of vetting for school authorities will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19872/06]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of cases currently before the courts against her Department in relation to the education rights of children with special...
- School Discipline
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the behaviour support classrooms will be in place; the number of such classrooms to be devised; and if she will make a statement on...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools with a playing pitch; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19859/06]
- Child Care Services
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a crèche (details supplied) in County Waterford, which is ready to open, remains idle. [19953/06]
- School Equipment
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the fact that only a quarter of secondary schools here are adequately equipped to teach science. [19951/06]
- School Accommodation
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of Gaelscoileanna here; the number that are in temporary accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19889/06]
- Whole School Evaluations
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of whole school evaluations completed at primary level in 2006; the projected number to be completed over the course of 2006;...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will publish two reports in relation to ICT in schools; the census of ICT infrastructure which was undertaken by the National...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the recourse which is available to a person who put their name down to go before the Investigation Committee of the Commission to...
- Education Welfare Service
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of education welfare officers employed by the National Educational Welfare Board; their geographical location; and if she...
- Irish Language
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if three reports (details supplied) have been completed and published on the Irish language in schools; the actions which will result...
- Psychological Service
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of assessments carried out under the National Educational Psychological Service in 2005; the number of assessments carried...
- Youth Services
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress on the implementation of the Youth Work Act 2001; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19911/06]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the most recent figures regarding the number of children in primary classes of 25 to 29 children inclusive; and if she will make a...
- School Enrolments
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures which are in place to ensure that all the children in the Dublin west area will have a school place in September 2006; her...
- Third Level Education
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the Government will fund the development of the National College of Art and Design to ensure that it remains where it is. [19948/06]
- Animal Welfare
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps her Department is taking to educate children regarding cruelty to animals; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Vending Machines
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will give a commitment that all schools to be progressed under the new public private partnership scheme announced by her...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the use being made of properties which have been transferred to the State under the indemnity deal with religious institutions; and if...
- Early Childhood Education
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of places to be allocated under the early start programme from September 2006; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Curriculum
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of recommendations of the task force on physical sciences which have yet to be progressed; and if she will make a statement...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the recent figures available to her regarding the number of children in primary classes of 40 or more children; and if she will make a...
- School Placement
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the response to the crisis in school places in parts of the country, particularly in commuter areas close to major cities; and if she...
- School Curriculum
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received a copy of the ASTI survey on science 2006; her views on its findings which include a perception on the part of...
- Psychological Service
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools covered by the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Vending Machines
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the provision of school vending machines on school property is under the control of the school management authorities in the schools...
- School Accommodation
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will engage with the parents, local community and planning section of Dublin City Council to assess the educational needs of...
- Prison Education Service
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the budget for the education of prisoners for each of the past ten years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Psychological Service
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of post-primary schools in Limerick covered by the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a...
- Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a statement on funding for VTOS buildings and maintenance; and if she is satisfied regarding the current system. [19954/06]
- Psychological Service
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of post-primary schools in Tipperary North covered by the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a...
- Whole School Evaluations
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of whole school evaluations completed since February 2006, and issued to schools for comment; and if she will make a...
- School Staffing
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the appointment of full-time school chaplains in second level schools; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Third Level Fees
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether under the current system fees, persons need to be relatively well off to enter college on a part-time basis. [19955/06]
- Higher and Further Education
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will implement the recommendations of the McIver Report on Further Education; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Whole School Evaluations
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of whole school evaluations completed at post-primary level to date in 2006; the projected number to be completed over the...
- Early School Leavers
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children who fail to make the transition from primary to secondary education; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Works Scheme
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the funding limits on school building devolved grants in view of the experience of many schools that the amount does...
- Student Databases
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans and the timeframe for the introduction of a data-base of primary and post-primary school students; and if she will make a...
- Caighdeán agus Úsáid na Gaeilge
Question 93: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an féidir léi a rá go bhfuil caighdeán agus úsáid na Gaeilge i measc scoláirí meánscoile sna Gaeltachtaí chomh maith agus a...
- School Staffing
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the cap on the number of support teachers for children whose native language is neither Irish nor English in order...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the most recent figures regarding the number of children in primary classes of 35 to 39 children inclusive; and if she will make a...
- Health Education
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has considered the implications for her Department arising from the report from Engineers Ireland, A Picture of Health 2030; and...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers who qualified in EU States other than Ireland who took up appointments in primary schools for the current...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on including a representative of students of Dublin Institute of Technology on the Grangegorman Development Agency; and if she...
- School Accommodation
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost to her Department of the purchase and rental of temporary pre-fabricated accommodation units in the last school year for which...
- Irish Language
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made in her Department in response to the 2006 inaugural report of the Irish Language Commissioner which...
- School Enrolments
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on denominational schools which are oversubscribed putting children of other denominations or none at the end of the queue,...
- Department of Health and Children
- National Lottery Funding
Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a further payment is to be made from her Department to a group (details supplied) in County Limerick in addition to the...
- Hepatitis B Incidence
Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children and adults here with hepatitis B, which is a notifiable disease; and the best practice on the way in...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is not in receipt of diabetic allowance despite the fact that the...
- Health Services
Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if suitable alternate accommodation will be found for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Services
Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the arrangements which were put in place during the period of the recent breakdown of the CT scan machine at Cavan General...
- Health Services
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will enhance the out of hours general practitioner services, rapid access clinics, community intervention teams,...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to have ileostomy bags made available to patients on long-term illness cards; and if she will make a...
- Home Help Service
Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department intends to change the zero hour contracts in place for home helps; and her views on whether this is an...
- Hospital Funding
Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the additional budgetary controls which have been put in place in Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, and Our Lady of Lourdes...
- Hospital Services
Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if minor surgical services for children under 14 will be restored to the Louth County Hospital, Dundalk; and if she will...
- Medical Cards
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of medical cards held in County Louth for each year since 2000; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of applications for doctor-only medical cards in County Louth processed to date; the number granted; and if she...
- Home Help Service
Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if home help hours will be increased in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will...
- Medical Cards
Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an application for a medical card which was refused to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be reviewed;...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that operations involving trailing a spinal cord stimulator are covered by the National Treatment...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for the housing aid for the elderly for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; when a...
- Health Services
Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the measures which are being taken in relation to the introduction of a national newborn hearing screening service; and the...
- Medical Cards
Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the medical card will be retrospectively used to cover treatment at a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 24 in the...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if primary certificate will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to facilitate the purchase of...
- Medical Cards
Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the extent to which the waiting lists and waiting times recently published meet the targets set by her Department; and the...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she expects to achieve the mid-way target at the end of 2006 for 1500 new hospital beds in accordance with the National...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who have opted to remain in Dublin who have been reassigned from decentralising offices; and the...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will seek an explanation from the Health Service Executive as to the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7...
- Department of Finance
- Exchequer Revenue
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance the figures for non-tax revenue as a percentage of GDP for each of the past ten years. [20078/06]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date in relation to the decentralisation of Government Departments and associated agencies to Drogheda, County Louth; and if he...
- Tax Code
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance when tax relief in respect of rent paid on rented accommodation will be credited to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [20155/06]
- Tax Collection
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of people with incomes of over €100,000 who paid tax at an effective rate of 20% of less in 2005. [20156/06]
- State Property
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works have had discussions in relation to the disposal or use of the former Shanganagh Prison with other State bodies or...
- Tax Yield
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance if the report of the tax forecasting methodology group has been revisited or updated since the original report was published; and if he will make a...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance the terms of the agreement which he has negotiated with public service unions on the share of promotion opportunities which will be confined to staff...
- Garda Stations
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the provision of a new site for the Garda station at Leixlip, County Kildare; if the procedures have been complied with; and...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have been assigned to each of the decentralised locations; the number of those who are new recruits; and the number moving...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Fishing Vessel Licences
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a drift net licence held by a person recently deceased can be transferred to another person (details...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount of money spent on piers and harbours here in each of the past three years including details of the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of persons who have opted to remain in Dublin who have been reassigned from decentralising offices;...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Visa Applications
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a holiday visa will issue to a person (details supplied). [20142/06]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of persons who have opted to remain in Dublin who have been reassigned from decentralising offices; and the numbers who remain to...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position of an application for a capital sports grant for a club (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of persons who have opted to remain in Dublin who have been reassigned from decentralising offices; and the numbers who...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Employment Appeals Tribunal
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a delay of 55 weeks for the Employment Appeals Tribunal to hear...
- Job Creation
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created and the investment by job creation agencies for each year since 2000 for Drogheda, Dundalk, Ardee...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons who have opted to remain in Dublin who have been reassigned from decentralising offices; and the...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in view of the fact that income bands for deserted wives benefit have not been increased since 1992 he proposes to increase the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons who have opted to remain in Dublin who have been reassigned from decentralising offices; and the numbers who...
- Department of Transport
- Rail Services
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Transport if he expects to receive a report on the causes of the rail stoppage which occurred on 15 and 16 May 2006; if he has arranged for, or asked for, an...
- Driving Tests
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will establish a driving test centre for Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20143/06]
- Rail Services
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Transport the position on the provision of the Arrow service to Athy and Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20147/06]
- Rail Network
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Transport the position of the proposed upgrading of the Dublin to Kildare rail line; the funding his Department has allocated or ring-fenced for this...
- Rail Services
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in relation to Iarnród Éireann's review of ticketing and rail practices as stated in Parliamentary Question No. 488 of 21 March...
- Legislative Programme
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of statutory instruments made in 2005; and his views regarding the number and cost in the context of the Government White Paper...
- Road Network
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has sanctioned non-tolled public private partnership roads; if he intends to sanction such roads; and if so, the way in which they would...
- Road Safety
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has reviewed the operation of the national car test; the redress available to members of the public who disagree with decisions...
- Rail Network
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Transport if the North Esk rail freight yard in Cork remains connected to the rail network following the forthcoming resignalling of the Cork to Cobh line....
- Driving Tests
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Transport the data available to him on the profile of driving test applicants in respect of proximity to test centre choices, sex, age and other categories;...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which driver retraining or rehabilitation may be applied by the courts as an alternative penalty for road traffic violations; and his...
- Driving Tests
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Transport the funding available in 2006 for the upgrade of the driving test application software in Ballina; and the way in which this compares with the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of persons who have opted to remain in Dublin who have been reassigned from decentralising offices; and the numbers who remain to be...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding an appeal lodged in respect of the single payment scheme national reserve 2005 for a person (details supplied) in...
- EU Funding
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the EU funding which has been drawn down for beekeeping in the past five years by her Department; the use this funding was put to; and...
- Grant Payments
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if and when the single farm payment will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of persons who have opted to remain in Dublin who have been reassigned from decentralising offices; and the numbers who...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food Ireland's position on the redrafting of Council Regulation 2092/91; her position on allowing the EU Commission greater control of...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of persons who have been assigned to each of the decentralised locations; the number of those who are new recruits; and the...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Registration of Title
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite a dealing item for registration (details supplied) as a major urban renewal project cannot proceed until...
- Legal Aid Service
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount paid out of the criminal legal aid scheme to defence solicitors in each of the respective counties as per an...
- Visa Applications
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the C visa granted to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal allows them to remain here for more than 90 days in...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the provision of closed circuit television in Finglas village; and when he expects the cameras to be...
- Garda Equipment
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if adequate funds will be provided to the gardaí in County Louth for the provision of speed cameras on the approach roads...
- Garda Strength
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí based in each Garda station in County Louth for the years 2000 to date in 2006; if he intends to...
- Deportation Orders
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 678 of 21 March 2006 (details supplied) if a decision has yet been made in this case....
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the medical expenses of a person (details supplied) from the Remembrance Commission; and if he will...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for Shanganagh Prison and the associated lands. [20172/06]
- Garda Ombudsman Commission
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a definitive date has been set for the Garda Ombudsman Commission to begin its work; and if he will make a statement on...
- Asylum Applications
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status here of a person (details supplied); and when correspondence from his Department was last sent to this person....
- Citizenship Applications
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps to ensure that citizenship is granted to a person (details supplied) as set out in correspondence...
- Residency Permits
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20250/06]
- Deportation Orders
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he or the Office of the Refugee Application Commission of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal studied the documentation...
- Residency Permits
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the passport deemed invalid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin needs to be validated; the...
- Asylum Applications
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that all of the circumstances indicating a life threatening situation in the event of a return to their...
- Residency Permits
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin, having particular reference to their...
- Asylum Applications
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, arising from his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 11 May 2006, his attention has been drawn to the situation...
- Recognition of Marriage
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure to be followed to obtain a declaration that the traditional marriage entered into by a person (details...
- Residency Permits
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will extend the residency offered to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; if he will update the green card...
- Asylum Applications
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case with a view to extended residency of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15, in view of the...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will supply the information requested in Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 6 April 2006. [20291/06]
- Prison Building Programme
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the building of a prison on Spike Island, Cobh, in view of the significant history of the island where St....
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons who have opted to remain in Dublin who have been reassigned from decentralising offices; and the...
- Garda Stations
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to the opening of the new Garda station at Carbury, County Kildare; the proposed future use or...
- Department of Education and Science
- Special Educational Needs
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the purpose built classrooms at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare for children with autism spectrum disorder...
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if persons who undertake part-time or temporary teaching, who are within her Department's superannuation scheme, are debarred from...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in regard to the summer works programme in primary schools, the local contribution of five percent and the relevant capped sum in...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are currently supports available either from her Department or any other Departments to support wind energy programmes in...
- Schools Recognition
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the application for recognition by her Department of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if her attention has...
- School Placement
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way in which she intends to ensure that the right of school children to an education through Irish is upheld in west Wicklow; and...
- Education Provision
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the provision of a new or relocated secondary or primary school in the area of Shankill, County Dublin; and if she will...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for the relocation of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18 to a larger site or for the replacement of prefabricated...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the provision of the extra facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the provision of the extra facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the provision of a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has been...
- School Staffing
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the allocation of extra teaching staff at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Bullying in Schools
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of incidents of school bullying reported in each of the past five years; the action taken arising therefrom; and if she will...
- School Transport
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she proposes to inquire into the safety of the school transport service with a view to meeting optimum safety standards; and if she...
- School Accommodation
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of prefabricated classrooms in operation throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20212/06]
- Psychological Service
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects to bring the educational psychology services up to requirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20213/06]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans she has to target schools with a high pupil/teacher ratio to bring them into line with the national average; and if she will...
- School Transport
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department have discovered any deficiencies in respect of safety of the school transport fleet; and if she will make a statement...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the re-location of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to extend its capacity to 1,000 pupils;...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the provision of a new site for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects to achieve optimum requirements in terms of speech and language therapy in the various schools throughout the country;...
- Education Welfare Service
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects to provide sufficient staff to ensure the workability of the educational welfare service throughout the country; the...
- Radon Gas
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if excessive radon levels detected in certain schools throughout County Kildare have been made known to the parents, teachers and...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the provision of a new site for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- School Accommodation
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of extra facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- School Staffing
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when extra teaching staff will be appointed having particular regard to the local demographics at a school (details supplied) in County...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of persons who have opted to remain in Dublin who have been reassigned from decentralising offices; and the numbers who...
- School Accommodation
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the second level schools in Naas, County Kildare, that are currently full to capacity; her plans to provide extra or alternative space...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools that have received approval for physical education facilities since 2002; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 483 of 16 May 2006, if she will confirm where the school is ranked on the building programme; and...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of persons who have been assigned to each of the decentralised locations; the number of those who are new recruits; and the...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Inquiries
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will establish an inquiry into the case of a person (details supplied). [20091/06]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons who have opted to remain in Dublin who have been reassigned from decentralising offices; and the numbers who remain to be...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Archaeological Sites
Question 321: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will advise the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform that a proposed development project...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 322: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress which has been made in relation to the Patrickswell sewerage scheme in County Limerick; and if he...
- Local Authority Housing.
Question 325: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding local authority housing applications from residents here without citizenship; if they...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 326: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the guidelines in respect of wind energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20114/06]
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 327: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 4 May 2006, if all public buildings in County Kildare have been...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 328: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to facilitate full purchase of affordable houses by those on the shared ownership scheme in such a...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 329: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department encourages the operation of part-time summer period employment, particularly with the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 330: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons who have opted to remain in Dublin who have been reassigned from decentralising offices;...
