Written answers

Tuesday, 30 May 2006

  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Communications Masts
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has satisfied himself regarding the adequate and safety standards and requirements in relation to mobile...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the EU Education, Youth and Culture Council on 18 and 19 May 2006 wherein a revision of the...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which all outstanding matters in relation to difficulties surrounding the delivery of supply from...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to encourage energy conservation; if he has in mind the identification of specific targets; and if he...
    • Postal Services
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has satisfied himself that sufficient services of a nature complimentary to those already available to and...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to recent comments by the European Commissioner for Media, Ms Viviane Reding, that the regulation of...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department has carried out an analysis on the possible conversion of the former Mallow sugar factory to...
    • Salmon Management
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the rivers here which have recording systems to accurately monitor the number of salmon returning to the river...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether Shell and its partners would be better advised to adopt an approach similar to that proposed...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the support contracts he has re-allocated from projects in the AER 5 and AER 6 schemes which have not been...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his policy in regard to the provision of adequate and sustainable energy in the future; and if he will make a...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will ensure all workers currently involved in projects undertaken by semi-State companies which are the...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he proposes to outline his plans for the development of the broadcasting sector in the future with...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his intentions in regard to ensuring ongoing oil and gas explorations, on and off shore with particular reference...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will bring forward measures to ensure that this State is 100 percent broadband-enabled; and if he will make...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the developments on plans for a strategic gas reserve; if the Kinsale reservoir will be utilised in this regard;...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if there are plans to implement a net metering system, to incentivise domestic energy production; and if he will...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has in mind proposals to encourage the abolition of all mobile telephone roaming charges in line with the...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to his recent announcement that he plans to develop a comprehensive strategy to take the marine sector...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he plans to establish the new Energy Research Institute; if Sustainable Energy Ireland will be merged into...
    • Radio Broadcasting
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if in view of recent problems with local community and religious broadcasting he will request ComReg and the...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects mobile telephone costs here to become the lowest in Europe; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the low level of broadband availability in many towns here. [20681/06]
    • Energy Resources
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred options for the development of the energy sector in the event of the implementation of...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his intentions to ensure the availability of RTÉ services outside this jurisdiction have particular regard to...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his intentions for the development of the various forms of alternative energy with particular reference to wind,...
    • Postal Services
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends to issue guidelines in regard to the use of postcodes with particular reference to excluding the...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he or his Department has had discussion with service providers with a view to the abolition of call divert...
    • Salmon Management
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the consultation process that is planned for the three person working group he has established to investigate...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the degree to which broadband is available on a county basis with particular reference to industrial and...
    • Postal Services
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has in mind proposals to encourage the development of the extent and scale of services available through...
    • Digital Hub
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has in mind proposals to further enhance the development of the Digital Hub; and if he will make a...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the overall budget in the National Development Plan within the Border Midland Western region for the development...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to utilise the State's infrastructure by ensuring that broadband ducting is placed along ESB lines, on...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to recent discoveries of oil, gas or other minerals arising from previous or...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he intends to encourage the development of both the public and private broadcasting sector;...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends to amend the regulatory system for ComReg in view of the recent failure by the Regulator in its...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his position on budget proposals for the European Fisheries Fund; the areas he is prioritising for the 2007 to...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his progress to date on the national roll-out of digital terrestrial television; when the roll-out will...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether the carbon emissions system will significantly impact on the future price levels of...
    • Postal Services
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred option for the development of the postal services in the future; and if he will make a statement...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the recent comments by Mr. David Hanson MP, Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office regarding the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the success of broadband take up here; the efforts he is making to improve availability and...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred options for the development of the broadcasting industry, radio and television, with particular...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans for the delivery of broadband and mobile telephone services to all areas throughout the country...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he intends to re-sign the Bass by-laws; and the restrictions he will be placing on them. [20772/06]
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the MANs; the take-up on the MANs; the long-term strategy for managing the MANs in the...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a company (details supplied) establishes its proposed electricity supergrid connecting windfarms around the...
    • Broadcasting Legislation
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends to legislate to ensure the retention of maximum free to air broadcasting or transmission; and if...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will give an assurance to the Houses of the Oireachtas that the advice put forward in the Forfás Report,...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which action can be taken to prevent bullying or predatory sexual activity through the use of the...
    • Coastal Erosion
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the level of coastal erosion that has occurred over the past five years on Irish coasts; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has in mind a set of procedures to develop and deliver rapidly and efficiently, oil, gas or other mineral...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to cease the public service obligation charge on ESB bills; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if competing potential service providers have been impeded in their proposals to provide broadband or other...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of post offices closed throughout the country on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the way in which it is intended to ensure adequacy or security of supply in the context of the future...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he proposes to give ComReg concurrent competition powers; if he has plans for an overall review of the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will bring forward measures for the regulation of the content of mobile phone products and services; his...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the storage capacity of oil, gas, coal or other fuels; his plans to improve same in line with economic...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of applications he has received to date under the SEI greener homes scheme for each of the product...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the three person expert working group on salmon; if he has decided to comply fully with the...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding the review of the State's fiscal regime for the exploration and exploitation of Ireland's...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the consultants Deloitte and Touche and William Fry Solicitors will report on an implementation plan for...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the Government's views and estimates of the capital development programme for fisheries harbours here to the end...
    • Fishing Fleet Modernisation
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the Government's position, in view of rising fuel prices, on the recent EU proposal at the Agriculture and...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the recently launched Ocean Energy Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Television Licence Fee
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is reviewing the television licensing regime; his views on whether the digitisation process may...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the implementation of the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2006 including the...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has monitored the extent to which post offices have been downgraded or closed in the past four years;...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the Lost at Sea scheme in view of the reported intention of the Information Commissioner...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide details of his recent meeting with representatives of the sea-fishing industry; his proposals...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in regard to registration of exploration interests outside the 200 mile limit with particular...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the incentives there are for people to choose to use alternative energy. [20680/06]
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the cooperation there has been with his northern counterparts regarding the roll-out of broadband throughout the...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason he has limited the feed in fixed price traffic system for renewable electricity supplies to 400MW of...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the post offices which have closed in 2006; his views on a separate new regulator for An Post and other postal...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Farmer Statistics
      Question 182: To ask the Taoiseach the number of full time and part time farmers in Ireland in 1946, 1956, 1966, 1976, 1986, 1996 and 2006. [20890/06]
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 183: To ask the Taoiseach the public bodies under the control of his Department; their function, role, location and establishment date; the administration costs of each body in the year...
    • Marriage Statistics
      Question 184: To ask the Taoiseach the number of people here who are in their second marriage, third marriage and so on; and the breakdown of the figures involved for the past ten years. [20173/06]
    • Legal Fees
      Question 185: To ask the Taoiseach if he will set out in tabular form the brief fee for prosecuting junior counsel in respect of indictable trials in the Circuit Court for each year from 2001 to...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of meetings the Working Group on Financing Long-Term Care, chaired by her Department, has had in the past twelve...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the indicators she uses to judge progress against poverty in health and the way in which they have progressed in the past...
    • Lottery Funding
      Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of applications for capital lottery funding received by county for the past five years; the number of successful...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of patients likely to be discharged from mental hospitals due to the intended closures. [20944/06]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that notwithstanding the shortage of general practice doctors available to...
    • Child Support
      Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost and breakdown of each cost, of informing parents of the new early childcare supplement; and if she will make a...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when it is envisaged that repayment of illegal nursing home charges will commence; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will reply to a query (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20406/06]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 4 April 2006, the way in which a refund can be obtained where a...
    • Health Services
      Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to home help or home care services for the South Eastern Health Board area; if there have been...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to patients who have been brought to hospital after an accident and who later want to get their...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the public bodies under the control of her Department; their function, role, location and establishment date; the...
    • Nursing Education
      Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason An Bord Altranais are considering the removal of a midwifery qualification as a prerequisite for registration as...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when cervical screening will be rolled out nationally; when quarterly cervical smear clinics will be re-instated for...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she intends to fulfil a written commitment to establish a no fault compensation scheme for psychiatric nurses; and if...
    • Drug Costs
      Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason some prescription medications cost significantly more here than in Ireland's European neighbours such as Spain...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress of talks with the Irish Hospital Consultants Association on a new contract for specialist doctors; when she...
    • Health Services
      Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason older people resident in County Mayo have to wait five months for a basic eye test, while persons in Sligo and...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not qualified for a medical card; and if she will make a...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the draft of the proposed Insurance Bill in relation to those infected with Hepatitis C or HIV through contaminated...
    • Health Services
      Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of a nursing home facility (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the Health Service Executive are allowing buses which carry adults with intellectual disability to...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of x-ray facilities at a location (details supplied) in County Mayo; the progress...
    • Health Services
      Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of people receiving methadone maintenance treatment; the year in which methadone maintenance was first...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of surgeons in each acute hospital in the Health Service Executive western area; the number of procedures under...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of speech and language therapists employed in County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the future of hospital facilities in Drogheda; if it is proposed to build a replacement hospital for Our Lady of Lourdes...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if nursing home subvention will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare on foot of recent...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Suicide Prevention
      Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her Department's plans to introduce a special action plan dealing with suicide; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when speech therapy and physiotherapy will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Louth as both were deemed...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number and location of vacant intensive care beds in County Louth in the past month; if general practitioners have not...
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the charges for hospital care at the Department of Psychiatry in St. Lukes, Kilkenny, will be set aside for a person...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children in view of the fact that the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 5 April 2006 referred by her to the Health Service...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a supplementary welfare allowance will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons holding medical cards broken down on a county basis in respect of the latest month for which figures...
    • Health Services
      Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the situation of persons (details supplied) in County Mayo, home help within the region will be found; and...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 6 April 2006, when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 28th March, 2006, when repairs will be carried out to a house under the...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 248: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that there is an alternative treatment other than Methadone for opiate misuse, namely...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 249: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details of the list of properties which will be disposed of under her policy of sale of assets in the...
    • Health Services
      Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number and location of respite care beds available for the elderly in County Louth; the number available for the years...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 254: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when breast screening will be available to women in the west and north west; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 256: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 21 March 2006 regarding the number of children who are currently awaiting...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 258: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare was refused supplementary welfare allowance; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 259: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made by the Health Service Executive on a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the date for the publication of the report, Sexual Assault Treatment Services — a National Review; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will remove the funding cap on services addressing violence against women; if she will approve funding to meet the...
    • Health Service Funding
      Question 265: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the breakdown by county of the Health Service Executive capital project spending plan for the period 2006 to 2010; the...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 266: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if environmental health officer reports on early childcare units are outside the scope of Freedom of Information; if so,...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 267: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (detailed supplied) in Dublin 6W has not received a response to their application for a medical card;...
  • Department of Finance
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo did not meet the medical criteria in their claim for disabled drivers tax concession; and if he...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has obtained temporary accommodation for the District Veterinary Office in County Leitrim; the cost of the lease and the period of...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Finance the profits reported by insurance companies in the non-motor vehicle sections, who operate in the Irish markets for each of the years 2003, 2004,...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of GDP spent by the State on contributory and non-contributory public pension schemes in each of the past 10 years. [21205/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will issue a tax rebate to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 who was made redundant four years ago; and if he will...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Finance the public bodies under the control of his Department; their function, role, location and establishment date; the administration costs of each body...
    • Tax Code
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Finance the reliefs available to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow in regard to the cost of eye operations; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of officials designated to decentralise to the information technology sector in Kildare as part of the decentralisation programme; the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants employed by each Department for each year from December 1988 to 2005 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Finance the 22 groups or persons who received a copy of the pre-feasability report on Shannon flooding in October 2004; if he has received a response from...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend existing legislation to allow persons who have invested in AVCs to a refund of their contributions in special circumstances such as...
    • Tax Code
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Finance the controls put in place by the Revenue Commissioners and the inspections carried out to ensure that cars being imported are valued at market value...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the Office of Public Works have purchased a site (details supplied); the price paid for the site; when planning permission...
    • State Property
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Finance if, further to his parliamentary question response of 16 May 2006, the agencies which have raised concerns with regard to the main stairwell of the...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will assure residents on Lower Main Street, Buncrana, County Donegal that their arrangement to go through the Office of Public Works land...
    • Tax Code
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Finance the rate of VAT currently applying to a driving test; and the estimate of receipts from that source in the last year for which figures are available....
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the grants available for approved solar and solar heat panels on the front roof of standard three bedroom...
    • International Agreements
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of the separate statement issued pursuant to the EU Council of...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will take the necessary steps to develop the alternative energy sector to the extent required to ensure...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the consultation process that is planned for the three person working group he has established to investigate...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the public bodies under the control of his Department; their function, role, location and establishment date;...
    • Communications Masts
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will request the ESB not to proceed with the erection of a telecommunications mast at Clonroadmore, Ennis,...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if research has recently been conducted into the prospects for wave energy in the Shannon Estuary off the Kerry...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will grant an extension of time to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo on the licence as they are...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the result of his endeavours to bring about the free to air broadcasting of the Ryder Cup or other sporting...
    • Communications Masts
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has satisfied himself regarding the adequate and safety standards and requirements in relation to mobile...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects an even spread of mobile telephone signal and service in all areas throughout the country having...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the progress to date in the provision of digital television; if he has in mind specific targets in this regard;...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if competing potential service providers have been impeded in their proposals to provide broadband or other...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his intentions for the development of the various forms of alternative energy with particular reference to wind,...
    • Digital Hub
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the costs to date associated with the Digital Hub; the likely ongoing costs; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Postal Services
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his policy, plans and ambitions for the enhancement and development of rapid, efficient and cost effective...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of post offices closed throughout the country on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Postal Services
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends to issue guidelines in regard to the use of postcodes with particular reference to excluding the...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to co-ordinate research and development in the energy sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the way in which it is intended to ensure adequacy or security of supply in the context of the future...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which all outstanding matters in relation to difficulties surrounding the delivery of supply from...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he or his Department directly or through the Regulator will draw up an emergency plan for the rapid delivery...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has in mind proposals to encourage the abolition of all mobile telephone roaming charges in line with the...
    • Postal Services
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has in mind proposals to encourage the development of the extent and scale of services available through...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has monitored the extent to which post offices have been downgraded or closed in the past four years;...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his policy in regard to the provision of adequate and sustainable energy in the future; and if he will make a...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to create 100% availability of broadband as has been achieved in other jurisdictions; and if he will...
    • Electronic Communications
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if at national or international level, he has taken steps to combat spam on the internet; and if he will make a...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to encourage the production of wind generated electricity on and off shore; and if he will make a...
    • Television Licence Fee
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his intentions for the distribution of the television licence reserve fund; the full extent of this fund at...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if local loop unbundling has developed sufficiently and smoothly to the benefit of the consumer; the steps he...
    • E-Government Project
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his position in regard to the development of the E-Government project; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his policy to reduce call or other service charges applicable to the electronic transfer of money, documents or...
    • Postal Services
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that sufficient services of a nature complimentary to those already available to and through...
    • International Agreements
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will make a statement on the decision to vote in favour of the fishing deal between the EU and Morocco,...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the actual coverage of broadband and the available coverage of broadband in County Wicklow; and the areas of the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who was detained by the Israeli military on 23 May 2005 and who...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise the serious issue of sectarianism in Ballymena with the British authorities; and if he will support the minority in that...
    • Consular Services
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in England; and if he will raise this issue with the relevant authorities....
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise the issue of Australia's support for the war in Iraq with the Prime Minister, Mr. John Howard; and if he will urge him to...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the public bodies under the control of his Department; their function, role, location and establishment date; the administration costs of...
    • Refugee Policy
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the programmes under which programme refugees have been accepted by Ireland since 1990; the number of refugees accepted by Ireland under each...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will confirm his plans to further improve relations with Slovenia. [20686/06]
    • Middle East Peace Process
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps Ireland, and the EU, will take to ensure Israel's compliance with international law in view of the Israeli Government's ongoing...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if it is proposed to provide humanitarian aid to internally displaced people in Burma through Non-Governmental Organisations based in...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he proposes to raise human rights violations in Burma at the United Nations Security Council under Article 35 of the UN Charter; and if he...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of applications for capital lottery funding received by county for the past five years; the number of successful...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the public bodies under the control of his Department; their function, role, location and establishment date; the administration...
    • National Aquatic Centre
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 29 March 2006 if his Department has been in contact with officials from Campus and...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 25 April 2006 if his Department has been in contact with officials from South Dublin...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the groups in County Donegal which benefited from arts funding in the period 2005-2006; the criteria for applying for such benefit in...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the names of sports and other clubs from Dublin 6W, Dublin 12 and Dublin 24 which have applied for funding under his Department...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the projected date for the official opening of Monaghan town swimming pool; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20604/06]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will approve a sports capital grant application by a council (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the situation regarding the application from Bray Town Council for a swimming pool; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Research Funding
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has received a detailed proposal from an organisation (details supplied) setting out a three year road map that would...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the mechanism available to a person (details supplied) to raise their concerns that the contents of an agreement were not...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the public bodies under the control of his Department; their function, role, location and establishment date; the...
    • Research Funding
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress Ireland has made towards the EU's target of three percent expenditure on research and development by 2010; and...
    • Grocery Industry
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he proposes to take to ensure that the abolition of the Groceries Order 1987 results in food price reductions for...
    • Work Permits
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications for work permits in 2005; the number granted and refused; the number of applications pending; and...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has satisfied himself that the number of labour inspectors is sufficient for the volume of workplace inspections here;...
    • Job Losses
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of notices of collective redundancy his Department has received in each year from 1997 to date in 2006; the...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the measures used for estimating relative poverty levels and consistent poverty measures; and the way in which each of these has...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a grant for third level education may be counted as income for the purposes of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an oral hearing will be scheduled in respect of an unemployment assistance appeal for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the maximum capital that a person can own without it affecting their entitlement to a non contributory old age pension; and if he...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the public bodies under the control of his Department; their function, role, location and establishment date; the administration...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if all landlords who receive payment from the State by way of rent supplement to tenants are required to be registered with the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on extending the fuel allowance for a longer period of time in view of the bad weather which has lasted longer than...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and granted the respite care grant. [20882/06]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the breakdown of the number of appeals currently awaiting decision for each of the various schemes operated by his Department...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the breakdown of the number of cases of social welfare fraud detected in 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006 respectively; the breakdown...
  • Department of Transport
    • Road Signage
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that it is the practice amongst all local authorities to use a standardised size of road sign for each speed limit category; the...
    • Rail Network
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has seen and approved costings from Irish Rail in relation to the re-opening of the western rail corridor; if he has approved the Exchequer...
    • Motor Insurance
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Transport the profits reported by insurance companies in motor vehicle sections, who operate in the Irish markets for each of the years 2003, 2004, 2005 and...
    • Road Safety
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received a response from each city and county manager in relation to his request that they report on their usage of their powers to...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Wexford of 4 May 2006; and his views on the issues raised by the...
    • Coast Guard Service
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has proposals to purchase a site from which the Drogheda branch of the Irish Coast Guard can operate; if his Department will fund...
    • Commercial State Companies
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Transport the provision being made in the proposed sale of the Corrib Great Southern Hotel, Galway and the Great Southern Hotel, Eyre Square, Galway in order...
    • Road Signage
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to whether the appropriate national speed limits are displayed at the exit points of each airport and sea port...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Transport the time delay in attaching penalty points to a licence after a road traffic offence has been committed; his plans to reduce this delay; his views...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Transport the public bodies under the control of his Department; their function, role, location and establishment date; the administration costs of each body...
    • Rail Network
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received a submission from the Midland Railway Action Group on the re-opening of the Athlone to Mullingar railway line; and if he will...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of people who are on waiting lists for driving tests in Dublin. [20511/06]
    • Air Accident Investigations
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that a comprehensive reply is issued to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 regarding the level of his Department's...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to reduce and ultimately eliminate waiting lists here for driving test applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20613/06]
    • Traffic Management
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has received a proposal from an association (details supplied) for residents only parking on major match or event days in Croke...
    • Road Safety
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of fatal and non-fatal road accidents in County Clare for each of the years 2004 and 2005; the number of same which occurred in areas in...
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is possible for him under Section 35 of the Road Traffic Act 1994 to make regulations in relation to special parking provisions, in addition...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself and if his attention has been drawn to whether the Irish Aviation Authority are satisfied with the fire and other...
    • Rail Services
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason Iarnród Éireann are refusing to put in place facilities for passengers to use their debit or credit cards to purchase tickets at many...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 316 of 16 May 2006, the number of scheduled driving tests which were cancelled by applicants in 2005; the...
    • Railway Stations
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will take appropriate steps to ensure that a proposal to reopen the railway station at Killucan, County Westmeath is acted upon (details...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Transport the penalties applying to learner drivers for the non-display of L plates; and the relevant statutory instrument. [21123/06]
    • Driving Tests
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 226 of 17 May 2006 and 359 of 23 May 2006 the reason he is not in a position to provide an estimate of the...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of applications for capital lottery funding received by county for the past five years; the number of...
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if Meelick Weir has been cleaned of debris since January 2006; the date on which such debris was removed; if the weir...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the public bodies under the control of his Department; their function, role, location and establishment date; the...
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the regulations, both in place and proposed, regarding the fitting of alarm systems by approved installers under the...
    • Community Development
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the grant and other assistance available from his Department to construct a parish resource centre; and if he will...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon is not receiving a full child dependant allowance; and if...
    • Community Development
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in view of the decision of Pobal to advise the board of the area partnerships of additional allocations which will...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will confirm that no member from the health sector was involved in the working group on drug rehabilitation; and...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the impact which tree felling is having on phosphate levels in rivers here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20672/06]
    • Control of Dogs
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the banning of the importation of pit-bull terriers and other dangerous breeds of dogs. [20950/06]
    • Fodder Relief Scheme
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to address the hardship being experienced by farmers in the Shannon Callows who are without summer grazing due...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a landowner's nephew (details supplied) in County Galway was deemed ineligible under the national reserve; if there is...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the public bodies under the control of her Department; their function, role, location and establishment date; the administration costs...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied that it is practicable and prudent to proceed with the decentralisation of An Bord Bia based on the number of...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason payment of forestry premium to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will not be made until autumn 2006. [20525/06]
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the deal which was negotiated in May 2006 in relation to people that are not in the REP scheme. [20546/06]
    • Organic Farming
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if Ireland is supporting the EU Presidency position in regard to a possible change in EU legislation governing the regulation of organic...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures she will take to enhance health and safety on farms; if she has ascertained the Health and Safety Authority's views in this...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the process to be followed by the public in line with the UN health strategy where cases of avian flu are suspected; if a slaughter...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when full payment under the single payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [20669/06]
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the decision by BASF not to proceed with the growing of genetically modified potatoes in County Meath; and if she will make...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason she voted in the European Council on 22 May 2006, against making it a requirement for organic products obtained within the EU...
    • Land Commission
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the Irish Land Commission will respond to queries raised by the Land Registry Office in relation to a schedule on a folio (details...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will be provided with their entitlements and payments; and if she will make a statement...
    • Sugar Beet Sector
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 24 May 2006, if such authorisation has been sought from the EU; her plans to explore this...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Visa Applications
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances which would allow him to extend the working holiday authorisation of a person (details supplied); his...
    • Alarm Systems
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if circuit based alarm systems can only be put into homes by approved installers; the plans the Government have to insure...
    • Electronic Communications
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps which have been taken throughout the European Union or through the industry to discourage Internet pornography;...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to introduce legislation dealing with the consolidation of liquor licensing laws and the sale of alcohol;...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 570 of 21 February 2006, the status of a person (details supplied) in County Clare;...
    • Courts Service
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason Section 4 of the Courts and Courts Officers Act 1995, vesting the powers, jurisdiction and functions of the Court...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will make a decision regarding the status of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when further recruitment to An Garda Síochána will take place; the date when such recruitment will be embarked upon; and...
    • Gambling Casinos
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is a link between casinos and money laundering or prostitution. [20443/06]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied). [20455/06]
    • Prison Staff
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to previous parliamentary questions in regard to the examination on the 10 December 2005 for prison officer...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the public bodies under the control of his Department; their function, role, location and establishment date; the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 on 9 February 2006, the position regarding an application; if he will expedite the...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an appeal has been received by his Department in relation to the refusal of a visa for a person (details supplied); and...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the registrar of the Land Registry Office should have furnished a land certificate (details supplied)...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Gardaí operate a phone line for members of the public to report incidents of bad or dangerous driving offences they...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of instances of assaults or criminality reported to the Gardaí on the LUAS lines from both Dublin to Tallaght...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí on the beat at weekends in Exchequer Street, Dublin 2 and the surrounding streets; and if he will make...
    • Garda Communications
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount for each of the past two years which was paid by his Department or An Garda Síochána in respect of the use of...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will evaluate the operation of the Garda's TrafficWatch facility especially at Bank Holiday weekends; if he will...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the towns where closed circuit television cameras have been installed since 2002; the number of convictions that have been...
    • Human Trafficking
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has been asked to attend the meetings requested by the Minister for Foreign Affairs with his counterparts in Poland,...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person who has resided here for a number of years as student and part-time worker can obtain permission for extended...
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the current provisions of the Employment Equality Act 1998 are adequate to guard against all cases of...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the number of Gardaí who work as collision forensic investigators within the force; if...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has requested the Garda authorities to assign additional Gardaí to the Tallaght region; and if he will make a...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of offences in each of the past three years involving the use of flick knives, knives or other related offensive...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the age below which it is illegal to either purchase or possess a flick knife or other offensive weapons; and his proposals...
    • Community Service Orders
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community service orders which have been implemented in each of the past five years with a regional breakdown;...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the status of the Garda Síochána investigation into the killing of a person (details supplied) and...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received an application for naturalisation from a person (detail supplied) in County Cork; when he expects to make...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 385 of 16 May 2006, the timeframe for reply to this question (details supplied). [20911/06]
    • Prisoner Transfers
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are restrictions in place on prisoners returning to the UK who have been convicted and sentenced in the UK and...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to the tourist visa application by a person (details supplied). [20925/06]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for residency submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and the reason his...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will make a decision regarding the application for naturalisation of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) was prevented from distributing leaflets relating to a vigil in Sean MacDermott...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans he has to provide a 24 hour Garda station at Blessington, County Wicklow, in view of the increasing population;...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans he has to locate a Garda, full time in Dunlavin, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of arrests made for each of the offences of being drunk and disorderly, common assault and public order offences...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of heroin dealers targeted by the Criminal Assets Bureau on a yearly basis over the past five years including...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Wexford for humanitarian leave to remain. [21005/06]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that an advance party of staff have been appointed to the Land Registry Office in Roscommon Town; the...
    • Bail Policy
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 427 of 4 April 2006, if he will clarify the details regarding a statement (details...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if residency will be granted to persons (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [21119/06]
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the indicators she uses to judge progress against poverty in education and the way in which they have progressed in the past five...
    • School Transport
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a meeting took place with representatives from her Department and other Government Departments and Bus Éireann after the Kentstown...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application by school authorities in a school (details supplied) in County Limerick for capital funding...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reinstate home tuition for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [20376/06]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made on the application by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal for their proposed extension....
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposals to assist a school (details supplied) on the north side of Dublin; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding new premises for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if their roof will be repaired. [20386/06]
    • Polasaí Oideachais
      Question 557: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cad é líon na nIonad Oideachais Lánaimseartha agus Páirtaimseartha atá ag fáil maoinithe ón Roinn Oideachais agus Eolaíochta; cad...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be provided to facilitate a transition year for pupils at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the public bodies under the control of her Department; their function, role, location and establishment date; and the administration...
    • Site Transfers
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 386 of 6 April 2006, if the site transfer has been completed; the status of the project; and if...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application will be approved for funding for a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will announce the recognition of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and the reason it was not announced in April 2006...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Clare will facilitate a student for enrolment in September 2006; and if she will make a...
    • School Placement
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Clare will facilitate a student for enrolment in September 2006; and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that the status of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will remain the same; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application by a school (details supplied) in County Longford for the necessary funding to construct a new...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the actions being taken by her Department to measure the outcome against the stated learning objectives of the Irish language...
    • Education Reports
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the guidelines issued by her Department to primary schools in regard to the compilation, content and issuing of end of year reports at...
    • School Staffing
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be provided to facilitate part-time teachers at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry under the heading teaching...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether it is equitable that a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan should be denied a higher education grant; and...
    • Schools Planning
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans being considered by the school planning section of her Department in respect of the Tallaght region; if she will confirm...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for new developments at the Institute of Technology, Tallaght, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20687/06]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason there was no consultation with secondary schools in an area (details supplied) in County Mayo in relation to the DEIS. [20863/06]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that a school (details supplied) will be a two teacher school in the school year 2006 to 2007. [20872/06]
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of post primary schools in Donegal without a sports hall; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20873/06]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding an application for additional classroom accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [20876/06]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she could clarify her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 500 of 3 May 2006, as this school (details supplied) is in fact a stand...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application by Waterford Institute of Technology in the matter of a university for the south east region...
    • Commemorative Events
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that there have been approaches made to her and her Department regarding marking the Irish Famine or Great Hunger...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the additional accommodation requirements for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; if the additional...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will allocate further funding to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal to allow them to proceed with the work approved...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an assessment will be forthcoming for a student (details supplied) in County Leitrim. [20969/06]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve funding for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20970/06]
    • School Staffing
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure the retention of the fifth mainstream teacher in a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon in view of the fact...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will appoint a resource teacher for travellers to be based in a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will...
    • Díolúine ón nGaeilge
      Question 593: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an gcuirfidh sí na staitisticí seo a leanas ar fáil maidir le Díolúine ón nGaeilge: cad iad na figiúirí ó 2002 ar aghaidh ar na...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the vital contribution chaplains make in second level schools; the reason her Department remunerates...
    • Third Level Tuition Fees
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will approve assistance for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [21077/06]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the higher education grants scheme covers Irish students studying in Scotland (details supplied). [21108/06]
  • Department of Defence
    • State Property
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will trace the ownership of a property (details supplied) in County Cork to establish if it is in the ownership of the Office of Public Works,...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Defence the public bodies under the control of his Department; their function, role, location and establishment date; the administration costs of each body...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Defence the complement of officials designated to decentralise to Newbridge County Kildare as part of the decentralisation programme; the number of each...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the indicators he uses to judge progress against poverty in homelessness and the way in which they have...
    • Lottery Funding
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applications for capital lottery funding received by county for the past five years; the number...
    • Communications Masts
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to review the guidelines for local authorities in respect of telecommunications antennae and...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the regulations governing the positioning of approved solar and solar heat panels on the front roof of...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the public bodies under the control of his Department; their function, role, location and establishment date;...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received the preliminary report on the development of a sewerage scheme for the village of Creggs,...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the planned maintenance programme for two estates (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
    • Road Network
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if Mayo County Council's submission for funding under the EU co-financed specific improvement grant scheme...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason it is taking five years or more for extensions to houses which have been approved on medical...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; the stage this project is at; the funding...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the waste plastic was not collected from the farm of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo in...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the flooding and safety concerns of residents at Captains Hill and Dun...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will ensure that the same rate of payment applies to all wet grassland areas in the Shannon Callows; and...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation regarding the proposed sewerage improvement works for Mullingar, County Westmeath; and if he...
    • National Parks
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the efforts being made by State agencies in providing visitor facilities and signage for the Burren National...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an application has been received for the provision of a new fire station at Ballybofey, Stranorlar, County...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of newly built houses since 1997 by local authority area that are fully adapted for wheelchair use....
    • Election Management System
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has given one or more of its electronic voting machines to the Commission on Electronic...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the councils, county or otherwise, which have notified his Department of the passing of motions regarding...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has considered the impact for homelessness of the intended closure of mental hospitals in the near...
    • EU Directives
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will launch an information campaign to alert people to the existence and benefits of an energy...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the amount of Exchequer funding drawn down by local authorities under the Regional Roads...
    • Control of Dogs
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on a ban on the ownership of pit-bull terriers and other dangerous breeds of dogs. [20950/06]
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8, who, having received a first stage...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the proposed new sewerage scheme for Coole in County Westmeath, as this...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the proposals to upgrade and refurbish, by way of remedial works, houses at Ennell...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a group (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Control of Dogs
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimated number of healthy dogs which ended up in dog pounds here in 2005; and the number of healthy dogs...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding is due by his Department to Wicklow County Council for the purchase of Tomnafinnoge Wood,...
    • Library Projects
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding was allocated to Wicklow County Council for the development of the library at Baltinglass, County...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown by county of the funding allocated to the local improvement scheme for 2006; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when an inspection will be carried out for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a...
    • Noise Pollution
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the regulations on wind farms in relation to noise pollution. [21111/06]

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