Written answers
Wednesday, 31 May 2006
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Funding
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount allocated for sporting purposes per county for the years 2002, 2003 , 2004 and 2005; the projected figure for 2006; and if...
- Arts Funding
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he intends to introduce a new grants scheme to replace the ACCESS programme for the upgrading of arts centres nationwide; and if he...
- Film Industry Development
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the details of the recent approval by the European Commission of Enhancements to the Section 481 scheme for investment in film; his...
- Tourism Industry
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the latest figures on domestic travel by Irish residents. [21081/06]
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the delivery of the Abbotstown sports campus; the situation in regard to the planning of phase one; when...
- National Theatre
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in regard to the redevelopment of the Abbey Theatre; if he has brought the issue before Government in recent times; and...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he, or representatives from his Department, attended the recent international Real Green Tourism conference in Kinnitty Castle...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the most recent appointments made to the board of Bord na gCon; the length of time of these appointments; and if he will make a...
- Performing Arts
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the necessary finance to commence work on the development of the National Concert Hall will be included in the 2007 estimates; and...
- Sports Grounds
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the decision by members of a football club (details supplied) to sell their stadium and move to a purpose built stadium...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount spent by Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland on advertising Ireland as a tourist destination in 2005; and his views on...
- Sports Governing Bodies
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the proposed establishment of a new national governing body for horse sport here; when a new body will be...
- Tourism Industry
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the anticipated growth in the tourist industry over the next four years on a county and regional basis; and if he will make a...
- Film Industry Development
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will provide details of the new Irish Film Office to be opened in Los Angeles; the location of the office; the number of...
- Sports Facilities
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the commencement of a national audit of sports facilities here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Sports Grounds
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will expand on his recent comments at the GAA annual congress in Killarney that the organisation must be prudent in regard to...
- National Conference Centre
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the timescale for the provision of the proposed National Conference Centre in Spencer Dock; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tourism Industry
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the recent upsurge in visitor numbers here from Eastern Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21018/06]
- Film Industry Development
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will report on his recent visit to the Cannes Film festival; the efforts he made to promote Irish film while attending the...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he had discussions recently with the Gaelic Players Association regarding the proposals to introduce a grant scheme for...
- Commemorative Events
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans to hold a national day of commemoration of the Great Famine; if his attention has been drawn to the proposal to designate...
- Tourist Accommodation
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he had discussions recently with representative organisations of bed and breakfasts and guesthouses here; if he intends to being...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Service Allowances
Question 54: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for domiciliary allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 55: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has been lobbied extensively in recent weeks on the question of the introduction of a vaccine for pneumococcal...
- Health Services
Question 56: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be transferred from an accident and emergency facility to secondary...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 23 May 2006 when an application under the housing aid for the elderly scheme...
- Hospital Services
Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the respective numbers of private patients, semi-private patients and public patients in receipt of obstetric services...
- Health Services
Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the extent to which drug rehabilitation or treatment programmes are available to those opting for such treatment within the...
- Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the nine year delay on implementation of an insurance scheme for persons infected with HIV or Hepatitis C...
- Hospital Services
Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views in regard to a public private partnership for the provision of hospital services in the grounds of Letterkenny...
- Health Services
Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is a waiting list for an eye test in County Donegal; the number of people on the waiting list; the average waiting...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for subvention for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will be called to the Rehab in Dún Laoghaire; if her attention has been drawn to the fact...
- Health Service Staff
Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason there is no public health nurse in a clinic (details supplied) in County Wexford; when this person will resume...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the vaccine damage compensation scheme; if her Department has consulted with the family of a person (details...
- Health Services
Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a knee operation will be scheduled for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposals for a new hospital at the Temple Street site or Beaumont site. [21334/06]
- Department of Finance
- Disabled Drivers
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who is registered as a disabled driver and has a life long disability is entitled to free road tax; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Communications Masts
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a second mobile phone mast has been erected at Mountjoy Garda Station, Dublin 7; the reason a second mast is required for Garda purposes;...
- Tax Code
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in issuing a P21 for the year to 31 December 2005 to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Garda Stations
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance if the delay of four years to complete the planning process since the acquisition of the site for the proposed new Garda station at Leixlip, County...
- Departmental Funding
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recent comments made by the president of the Human Rights Commission, Dr. Maurice Manning, in which he...
- Departmental Staff
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance the specific staff posts and grades in respect of which his approval was sought by the Garda Ombudsman Commission, in order to allow the Commission to...
- Tax Yield
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised in each of the past five years from the €20 Government levy on ATM cards; the amount of any similar levy on ATM card holders for...
- Flood Relief
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance the person in the Office of Public Works who has the responsibility to liaise with Kerry County Council in relation to the threat of flooding at...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Radio Broadcasting
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the advice which he has for those local church authorities who wish to continue to make services available in...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the spread of invasive weed Lagarosiphon Major in lakes here; if his attention has been...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Tourism Promotion
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the extent to which he foresees the development and promotion of the tourism industry here through the medium of film making with...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount available to his Department in 2006 for spending on sports or recreational grants, major and minor throughout the country;...
- Public Relations
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the means whereby he and his Department became aware of the outcome of the Eurovision Song Contest; if he has in mind a more reliable...
- Arts Plan
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the way in which policy in respect of the promotion of the arts is driven by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has given particular instructions with regard to the development of tourism in the provinces; and if he will make a statement on...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of public swimming pools on the northside of Dublin; and if there are plans to build more in 2006 and 2007. [21335/06]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Bodies
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether there are sufficient secretaries available to the Employment Appeals Tribunal; if his attention has been...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to the free fuel scheme; in view of the weather being experienced here in May 2006, if same will be allowed...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost to the Exchequer in the last year, of which a reliable figure is available, of supplementary welfare; and if an estimate...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the timescale for decentralisation of divisions within his Department to Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if carer's benefit will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [21210/06]
- Post Office Network
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the measures he intends to take to serve a community where three post offices (details supplied) have closed to assist the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people receiving unemployment benefit and disability benefit on the northside of Dublin. [21337/06]
- Department of Transport
- School Transport
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Transport the persons who carry out roadworthiness tests on Bus Éireann school buses; if these tests are carried out independently of Bus Éireann; and if...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that following the transfer of responsibility for Balbriggan and Skerries Harbours from Dublin Port...
- Traffic Management
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Transport if discussions have taken place in relation to allowing motorcycles use bus lanes here; and if so, if there are plans to allow same. [21212/06]
- Road Safety
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Transport the average number of people aged 18-25 or similar age bracket and the average number of people in all age groups killed in road accidents by each...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the full extent of the moneys available to the drugs task force through his Department; if his attention has been...
- Youth Services
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in view of the fact that Clonmel is under resourced in the provision of youth programmes and that this deficiency...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the single payment scheme. [21149/06]
- Sugar Beet Sector
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will meet with a group (details supplied) from each county that was involved and invested in the beet industry; and if she will...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will update the standard costings used to determine grant aid under the farm waste management scheme; if she will honour...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Crime Levels
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 3 November 2005, if he or the Garda authorities are aware of the existence and...
- Garda Operations
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda personnel available for covert or overt operations to combat the drugs problem in the Greater Dublin...
- Visa Applications
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant, on a humanitarian basis, an extension of permission to remain here in respect of persons (details...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 438 of 23 May 2006 and the position in relation to persons (details supplied), the way...
- Visa Applications
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on a visa for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21239/06]
- Sentencing Policy
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will meet a person (details supplied) who is protesting at the gate of Dáil Eireann; and if assistance will be given...
- Asylum Applications
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will lift the restrictions on the right to work within the asylum system here in order to end the marginalisation of...
- Prison Medical Service
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners in each prison in each year since 2000 who have been directed by the court to undergo anger...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Placement
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the circumstances of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 who has not been offered a place in...
- School Staffing
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 15 December 2004 if the matter has been reviewed; and if the concessionary post in...
- Multi-Denominational Schools
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow that has been informed that her Department will not announce...
- Psychological Service
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will arrange an education assessment and before the start of school in September 2006 for a person (details supplied) in County...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to amend the apprentice plumber courses in FÁS to ensure that the waiting times to access college at the different phases is...
- Youth Services
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the future of a number of community based projects in Donegal, comprising many young...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will re-assess the DEIS programme in view of the fact that a number of schools in County Donegal in a disadvantaged...
- School Enrolments
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the waiting lists for enrolment to all primary and post primary public schools in the Dublin south area for the years 2005 and 2006;...
- Education Programmes
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that there is a scheme known as July Provision available to primary schools; the details of this scheme; the way in...
- Institutes of Technology.
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the Dublin City Manager will continue to sit as chairperson of the Grangegorman Campus Development Committee after his departure...
- School Transport
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the entitlements of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford to an increase for transporting their child to school (details...
- Grant Payments
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if interest and Government top-up on SSIAs are taken into consideration when persons are applying for educational grants; and if so,...
- Radon Gas
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if adequate and appropriate action has been taken to address the issue of radon gas in all schools throughout County Kildare to the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will ensure that they receive a proper back-up...
- School Accommodation
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of portacabins being rented by primary and secondary schools in each of the past five years; the amount of rent paid for...
- Youth Services
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will increase staffing and funding to centres (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the mechanism available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to be awarded a top up grant; the guidelines in regard to such...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 144: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason his Department is not prepared to accept an affidavit in relation to special areas of conservation...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 147: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 630 of 14 February 2006 when he will have the results of the pilot...
- Water Pollution
Question 150: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is proposed to restrict or ban the sale of Lagarosiphon from major garden centres, in view of its...
- Conservation Grants
Question 151: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when payment of a grant under the 2006 conservation grants scheme will be made to a group (details supplied)...
- Fire Services
Question 152: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which he proposes to address the issue of the inadequacy of staffing levels, modern equipment,...