Written answers

Thursday, 1 June 2006

  • Department of Health and Children
    • Nursing Homes Accreditation
      Question 7: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the Government asked the Irish Health Services Accreditation Board to draw up standards for nursing homes if she...
    • Organ Donation
      Question 8: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has satisfied herself that the level of donor organ retrieval in acute hospitals here is working at optimal levels or...
    • National Health Strategy
      Question 10: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she is committed to Action 78 of Quality and Fairness — A Health Strategy for You which promised 650 additional acute...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 11: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she expects to publish the report by a person (details supplied); if she will act on their recommendations; and if she...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 12: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her Department's interpretation of the 2001 Health legislation that gives statutory in-patient care to every person over the...
    • Health Services
      Question 14: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she intends to take to improve the situation for chronic pain sufferers here; the numbers and locations of pain...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 15: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if emergency medical technicians trained to paramedical grade are using their skills in the ambulance service; if the...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 16: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason parliamentary questions are being answered in a piecemeal fashion; the further reason they often correspond to...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 17: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the major hospital building projects which are in the planning pipeline; the stage each has reached; and if she will make a...
    • Health Reports
      Question 18: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she plans to take following a recent report on concealed pregnancy which found that there are women who continue...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 19: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she agrees with the ICTU that the workforce participation of women in their 30's is low by EU standards (details...
    • General Practitioner Services
      Question 20: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the recent study by researchers at National University of Ireland, Galway and Queen's...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 21: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the average working week and the amount earned in overtime by the highest earner in each health profession in all the acute...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 22: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on claims from the Irish Hospital Consultants' Association that the numbers quoted by her of 13,255 acute public...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 23: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the extent to which the number of incidents of MRSA has been monitored with a view to setting out procedures and practices...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 24: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on a subcommittee which was set up to look into the feasibility of setting up a third neurological unit in Galway;...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 26: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the ratio of cardiac surgeons, dermatologists, rheumatologists,...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 27: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress of each point from her accident and emergency ten point plan; the numbers of MRI scanners, acute medical units,...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 28: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when as outlined in Parliamentary Question No. 259 of 21 February 2006, the Health Service Executive, National Ambulance...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 29: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on progress to date in implementing the Lourdes Hospital Inquiry Report; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 30: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the consideration she has given to the follow up care for patients who present with acute symptoms at private hospitals for...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 31: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on remarks made by the IHCA that the extended working day for hospital consultants was put forward by consultant...
    • Health Services
      Question 32: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the extent to which home help hours to individual recipients has been cut back in the past two years; and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 34: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a formal code of governance and code of conduct has been adopted by the Health Service Executive for HSE staff; if she...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 35: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of all elective procedures cancelled at Wexford General Hospital in 2005; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 38: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that at present there are only about 60 per cent of accident and emergency units...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 39: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the advantages to patient care by giving public hospital property to developers to build private hospitals rather than...
    • Child Obesity
      Question 40: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on data from surveys that indicate that one in five boys and girls here are overweight and one in twenty are...
    • Health Reports
      Question 41: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of reports submitted to her Department and to the Health Service Executive for each year since 1997; and the...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 42: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on concerns expressed by Schizophrenia Ireland that when the Government's plans to sell off 200 plus acres of land...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 43: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number and location of each of the planned admission lounges for accident and emergency; the number that are currently...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 44: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views following comments made by a person (details supplied) that it could be calculated that between 350 and 500 lives...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 49: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that pneumococcal meningitis has a fatality rate of approximately 20 per cent...
    • National Health Strategy
      Question 50: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the regional imbalance in the provision of health services is still a major issue five years after the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 51: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of recipients of the carer's allowance who hold a medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 52: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the cervical screening programme will be rolled out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21250/06]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 53: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the average working week and the amount earned in overtime by the fifty highest paid non-consultant doctors and the position...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 54: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the case of a person (details supplied); if she intends to set up an inquiry into same; her views on whether it...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 55: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the legislation she plans to publish before the end of 2006; the legislation she expects to pass through before the end of...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 56: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she intends publishing the Government's policy on funding care of the elderly in the future; and if she will make a...
    • Health Reports
      Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the Coombe Hospital study into drinking of alcohol during pregnancy will be published; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the waiting time experienced by drug misusers attempting to get a placement on a methadone maintenance...
    • Primary Care
      Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce preventative health proposals for the primary care sector; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the recent European Court of Justice decision that empowers patients to seek treatment elsewhere in the EU if...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on progress to date in the delivery of Action 89 of Quality and Fairness — A Health Strategy for You,...
    • Primary Care
      Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the new pilot projects for cross-Border access to out of hours general practitioners services; when the projects will be...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps that will be taken to ensure the quality of care will be properly monitored and audited in the new private sector...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when BreastCheck will be extended to the north west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21265/06]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the increasing numbers of caesareans here, a full review is to be considered by her Department with direct...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to ensure the appointment of a full-time cardiologist at Kerry General Hospital. [21310/06]
    • Primary Care
      Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date in improving access to diagnostic services for general practitioners; and if she will make a statement...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on criticisms made by Health Service Executive internal auditors on the manner in which computer consultancy...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she intends implementing a public only contract for consultants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21246/06]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of people that have received a general practitioner only card; her views on the low uptake on these cards; the...
    • Public Health
      Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the use the iodine tablets which were distributed to each household here would be if there was an explosion at the...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland on the enforcement on the food labelling laws; and if...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the staffing in Dublin and Cork has not met the recommendation of the 1995...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Health Information and Quality Authority legislation will contain a section on whistleblower's legislation; and if...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the projected overruns of the budgets of each acute hospital here; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that patient...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the timeframe for a new Medical Practitioners Act; her views on the concerns raised by the Medical Council that there are no...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the latest estimate or assessment available to her Department in regard to the planned introduction of the early childcare...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of endoscopy and colonoscopy procedures cancelled at Wexford General Hospital in the past 12 months; and if she...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for grant aid to fund a creche after school service (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that breast cancer is a terrible killer, that health care apartheid exists here and that 260 more...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in providing a medical or occupational therapist report relative to an application under the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date for an operation at Tallaght Hospital;...
    • Health Services
      Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive their home care grant in view of the fact that they have...
    • Primary Care
      Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the provision of primary healthcare facilities in Dublin 15; and if there are plans for additional...
    • Patient Statistics
      Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of people who have presented themselves with alopecia in Dublin 15. [21360/06]
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 4 April 2006, if the working group has been set up; the agencies represented on...
    • Health Services
      Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the establishment of a centre (details supplied) in Cork in view of the number of persons from the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the appointment of additional neurologists in the southern Health Service Executive area. [21386/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of beds which are vacant in the public nursing homes in Galway as a result of there not being adequate staff to...
    • HIV Infection
      Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the implementation of an insurance scheme for persons infected with HIV or Hepatitis C through...
    • Health Services
      Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there have been no funding increases for a considerable length of time for...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when tenders will be sought for the construction of phase 3C of Naas Hospital. [21424/06]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for hearing tests for children at the Newbridge, County Kildare and Tallaght, Dublin 24 clinics. [21430/06]
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing a response to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 21 March 2006. [21436/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing a response to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 11 May 2006. [21438/06]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the estimated cost of building a new mental hospital in north Dublin; the funds likely to be raised by the sale of the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the proportion of persons aged over 70, who are in receipt of a medical card on grounds of age alone, who are also covered...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for payment of a Labour Court recommendation of 21 July 2005 in relation to pay claim to the staff of...
    • Health Services
      Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children currently in receipt of orthodontic treatment through the aegis of the Health Service Executive; the...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of beds currently available in hospitals or nursing homes for those requiring full-time nursing care throughout...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the areas throughout the Health Service Executive most seriously affected by a shortage of accident and emergency staff;...
    • Health Services
      Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the location of the unit specialising in tuberculosis and respiratory care which was previously located at Peamount...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if all ambulance units throughout the Health Service Executive are adequately staffed and equipped with particular...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of medical, surgical and nursing beds available to public hospitals throughout the country; the number of such...
    • Health Services
      Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to upgrade or extend the health centres throughout County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she expects to issue instructions to the Health Service Executive to proceed with the next phase of the development of...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of personnel currently employed in the delivery of health services throughout County Kildare; the number...
    • Cancer Incidence
      Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has studied reports available to her relating to the number of incidents of the various forms of cancer reported...
    • Health Services
      Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of reported incidents of tuberculosis throughout the country; the extent to which the level has increased or...
    • Eating Disorders
      Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there are treatment services provided by the State for people with eating disorders who live outside the Dublin area; if...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 21 February 2006 the reason a person (details supplied) in County Sligo has...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance the mechanism a person (details supplied) in County Kildare must use to obtain a P60 or P45 for a period finishing on 3 May 2005; and if he will make...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance if the contract documents for the purchase of a site for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare are near resolution. [21415/06]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 25 April 2006, when the catchment flood risk assessment for the Rye River will commence; and if he will...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance if the tender has been awarded for the roof repairs to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if so, the details of same. [21425/06]
    • Special Savings Incentive Scheme
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance the costs of providing a SSIA style pension incentive scheme where the State matched every euro privately invested with an equal contribution, the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of the annual travel pass scheme, whereby employees can receive tax relief on travel expenses, being extended to all...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of women who were affected by the marriage bar; the number of women who will not be entitled to a pension in their own right as a result...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Radio Broadcasting
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will liaise with ComReg to ensure that parish church radio transmitters are allowed to continue to...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the towns in Kildare which have access to broadband at present; the towns without broadband; the amount of...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to the purchase of a site in Cavan Town for the decentralisation of his Department, the amount the site...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the types of torture depicted in the documentary film The Road To Guantánamo have been confirmed as having taken place; and if the...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report the meeting or the arena in which the Government raised with the DUP the issue of the DUP's role in sectarianism. [21538/06]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Work Permits
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of an application for a work permit for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an oral hearing will be scheduled for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo to finalise their carer's allowance appeal....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded unemployment assistance. [21379/06]
  • Department of Transport
    • Rail Network
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received proposals for park and ride facilities under Transport 21. [21431/06]
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for the delay in issuing information sought under Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 6 April 2006. [21437/06]
    • Driving Licences
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 25 May 2006, if a breakdown of the figures in the age categories provided is available by the numbers...
    • Industrial Disputes
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Transport if he or his Department have had or intend to have discussions with the relevant parties involved in relation to the allegations made by the...
    • Air Services
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the confirmation received from the EU Transport Commissioner that an individual State may not enter talks with the US in advance of...
    • Public Transport
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has concluded his reviews of the reform of the bus market; and when he will make a decision in relation to the Dublin Bus application for...
    • Rail Network
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will consider the granting of the Railway Order for the Kildare route project in view of the fact that he has the inspector's report into...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of appeals that were made in each of the past three years for which figures are available against the result of a driving test; the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Transport the budget available to the Road Safety Authority in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21485/06]
    • Statutory Instruments
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Transport the statutory instruments signed by him in 2004, including the relevant statutory instrument reference. [21489/06]
    • Driving Tests
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Transport when a subsequent driving test will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to a committee (details supplied) in the Inishowen area of County Donegal which is lobbying to make it compulsory...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will expedite a decision on the submission from the Inter Sectoral Crack Cocaine Strategy Group to the National...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will allocate a grant under the CLÁR primary school outdoor play facilities grant 2006 programme to a school...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department will consider or if he will recommend increasing the core funding for those projects mainstreamed in...
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of funding applications submitted for socially monitored alarms during the years 2002 to 2005 and to date...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be awarded a REP scheme payment. [21376/06]
    • Sugar Beet Sector
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she will receive a report from Indecon International Economic Consultants on the implementation of the restructuring aid for the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon received a single farm payment; the value of same; the date on which it was issued;...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the terms of reference of the remit given to the steering group comprising representatives of the Forest Service, National Parks and...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Garda Stations
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the new Garda station in Derrinturn, County Kildare is fully operational. [21416/06]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when permission to remain here on the basis of being part of a family unit where the adult of the family has been granted...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in relation to the visa application in respect of a person (details supplied) which is the subject of a review by his...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for residency by a person (details supplied) County Donegal. [21390/06]
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of successful prosecutions brought under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2003 in 2006 in...
    • Alcohol Offences
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of on the spot fines issued by an Garda Síochána for breaches of the control of consumption and possession of...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the outstanding documentation required by his Department in order to continue with the processing of an application by a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 18 May 2006, if he will provide the full answer based on the information at his...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the European legislation that obliges Ireland to criminalise the possession of hard drugs, to which he...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has satisfied that adequate numbers of Gardaí are deployed to all Garda stations throughout the west Dublin area with...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if all reports of drug trafficking in west Dublin are being investigated; if a report is furnished in each case; and if he...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will arrange to have the greenbook of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow updated which will allow them to...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if extended residency status has been or will be awarded on health or humanitarian grounds in the case of a person (details...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a holiday visa will issue in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Residency Permits
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residential status in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Mayo; if due regard will be taken of the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 which was...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of the application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; the...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • School Enrolments
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that a school (details supplied) in County Wexford has an enrolment quota of 270 pupils for 2006; if, in the event...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the conveyance stage in the acquisition of a site for a new school (details supplied) in County Mayo has been completed; when this...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the maximum support and assistance will be given to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3 in 2006; and if she will work with the...
    • School Transport
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the 20 custom built school buses ordered by Bus Éireann are fully operational within the school bus fleet; if not, the reason for...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Soláthar Scoileanna
      Question 200: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an bhfuair a hoifig nó an Roinn Oideachais achainí agus moladh an-chuimsitheach i dtaca le forbairt scoile ó choiste eagraithe...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • State Examinations
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in relation to an examination (details supplied) being carried out; and when the service will be restored. [21394/06]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount being set aside under the DEIS initiative for the school book rental scheme; the number of schools and their details which...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has had communication from persons who attended day schools and who alleged that they had suffered abuse while students; if she...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a design team has been appointed for the extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [21409/06]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a design team has been appointed for a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the fact that the closing date for...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of pupils in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare who are accommodated in permanent buildings and temporary...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a formal letter of offer has issued in relation to a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the letter of offer was...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has concluded the assessment of the long term accommodation needs of a new school (details supplied) in County...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if additional educational psychologists will be appointed to Kildare national schools in 2006; and the number of schools in County...
    • Ionad Náisiúnta Gaeilge
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the terms of reference and the timeframe for a decision she has arranged regarding the meeting in June 2006 between her officials and...
    • Home Tuition Grants
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 498 of 16 May 2006 when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with home...
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding allocated for school capitation grants in 2005 and 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21443/06]
    • Second Level Funding
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the States rating within the OECD for second level funding; the OECD average; the costs of bringing the State to the OECD average; and...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare on invalidity benefit who does not qualify for a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress being made regarding the extension to a school (details supplied) in County Monaghan in view of the ongoing danger to...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take to ensure that an assessment is carried out in 2006 for a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; if her...
    • School Staffing
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that a concessionary post is allocated to a school (details supplied) as there are 50 pupils on the roll for...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Air Quality
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, arising from air pollution monitoring outposts throughout the country, he has noticed an increase in any...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Fingal County Council has not appointed all of the community...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has approved the contract documents for the Lower Liffey Valley sewerage scheme. [21420/06]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if under the review of the disabled persons grant scheme, he will consider funding 100 per cent of the cost to...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authorities require Departmental permission before consultants are hired by local authorities. [21423/06]
    • Local Government Act
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has concluded his consultations with local government interests regarding the creation of new town...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the taking charge of housing estates by local authorities at the request of residents; and if he...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all outstanding bog top-up payment has been awarded to persons (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons employed by town councils in 2005 by town; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Network
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the timeframe for the recommencement of work on the main Carrigart Milford road R245 at Cratlagh Wood; the...
    • Water Services
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the instructions he issued to the Irish Farmers Association in relation to the implementation of the...