Written answers
Wednesday, 7 June 2006
- Department of Transport
- Driving Tests
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he intends to take to introduce a more thorough training schedule for driver testers. [21983/06]
- Rail Network
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will make a decision to commence work on the western rail corridor; if he remains confident that phase one of this project will be opened by...
- Public Transport
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the conditions which prevail on many commuter trains; if he has requested Irish Rail to address this issue; and...
- Road Safety
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Transport his preparations for a follow-up strategy to the current road safety strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21958/06]
- Industrial Relations
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Transport if he shares the view, expressed on 31 May 2006 by an Aer Lingus spokesperson, that a final deal with the trade unions on the flotation of Aer...
- Rail Network
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Transport further to parliamentary questions, if he has received the railway order application in respect of the railway line between Glounthaune and...
- Tourism Industry
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has had recent discussions with the coach tourism representatives regarding the impact of the new drivers hours rules; and if he will make a...
- Road Safety
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the banning of unaccompanied driving by holders of provisional licences and the licence categories this will apply to. [21963/06]
- Employment Rights
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Transport the liability the Government will assume in the event of the sale of Aer Lingus to the workers transferred from Aer Lingus to Team Aer Lingus; the...
- Public Transport
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Transport the level of funding provided for quality bus corridors in 2006; the information available to his Department on the way in which this is spent; the...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the proposal by the public against road carnage campaign that all drivers involved in road traffic accidents should be automatically...
- Public Transport
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Transport if he intends to extend the Metro to Donabate in view of projected population increase to 30,000 in the area. [21893/06]
- Road Network
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made in preparing legislation to allow for open-road tolling. [21979/06]
- National Car Test
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the correspondence received by him from the Competition Authority in relation to the National Car Test; and if he will make a statement...
- Public Transport
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Transport the additional buses he has agreed to grant to Dublin Bus in view of the company's expansion plans contained in its recent network review; and if he...
- School Transport
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Transport when an audit of school bus safety will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19870/06]
- Traffic Management
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which it is proposed, in the context of Transport 21 or otherwise, to resolve the ongoing traffic chaos on the M50 with particular...
- Road Safety
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on recent media reports that members of the Gardaí would be involved in training learner motorcyclists; his further views on such a...
- Airport Development Projects
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has been informed by the Dublin Airport Authority that it is considering increasing the size of the proposed second terminal at Dublin Airport...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures his Department intends taking to reduce the level of greenhouse gas emission from the transport sector; and the forecasts for a...
- Rail Network
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made on the revision of commuter rail zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21975/06]
- Traffic Management
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Transport if and when he intends to ratify the Dublin City Council's proposed heavy goods vehicle strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Rail Freight
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Transport the nature of his discussions with private sector rail freight operators; if he supports the entry of such operators into the market; if so the...
- Parking Regulations
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he will take to facilitate the introduction of a residents only parking scheme in areas adjacent to stadia on the occasions of major...
- Public Transport
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on a recent proposal by Bus Éireann to purchase new buses which are not wheelchair accessible; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Road Safety
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made to date in progressing the roll-out of speed cameras nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21914/06]
- Driving Instruction
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Transport when he intends to introduce regulations governing the driving instructor sector; the basis for the proposed outsourcing of the regulation of...
- Public Transport
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made to date on integrated ticketing; the amount expended on this project; the timescale the project is working to; and the interim...
- Road Safety
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Transport the arrangements that he has made for the rules of the road booklet to be updated on an ongoing basis in tandem with changes in road traffic law....
- Rail Network
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the use of the Phoenix Park rail tunnel as an interim measure to increase rail capacity into the city centre; if he has had...
- Airport Development Projects
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for the failure to undertake a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis for the second runway proposed for Dublin Airport; and if analysis...
- Public Transport
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made to date on both Metro projects. [21971/06]
- Rail Network
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is confident that the Spencer Dock station will be fully operational by 2007; the progress made to date in developing this project; and if he...
- Public Transport
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which he will integrate new Metro, DART, rail and LUAS lines in view of the distances between many of the stops of different modes as...
- Air Services
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made in relation to a deal on open skies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21937/06]
- Road Safety
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to reduce speed limits within the vicinity of schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21850/06]
- Light Rail Project
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Transport the business case for providing the BX LUAS line in preference to other mode prioritisation options in Dublin city centre; the traffic and user...
- Road Accidents
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Transport the input his Department has into the improvement of Garda road collision report data; if better information will be collected on foreign drivers,...
- Public Transport
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of proposals he has received from local authorities in relation to the provision of park and ride facilities; the amount of funding...
- Road Safety
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will introduce regulations for compulsory initial practical training for motorcyclists; when he will introduce regulations on the...
- Aer Lingus
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has set out a date for the flotation of Aer Lingus; if he remains committed to such a flotation; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Road Network
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to when the Dublin Port Tunnel will be fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21955/06]
- Rail Freight
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Transport when he intends to produce a policy on rail freight subsidisation. [21991/06]
- Pension Provisions
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Transport the proposals to deal with the deficiency in the pension funds of Aer Lingus and Team Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Proposed Legislation
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Transport when he intends to introduce whistleblowing legislation for the transport sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21992/06]
- Road Safety
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he has taken to ensure that a representative of young people sits on the board of the Road Safety Authority. [21964/06]
- Public Transport
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Transport further to the recent announcement by Dublin Bus to run five of their tour buses on 5 per cent plant oil and 95 per cent conventional diesel mix,...
- Road Safety
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason the recommendation of the Metricification Review Group that the speed limit on all non-national roads should be 50 km/h, and which...
- Rail Network
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Transport if the North Esk rail freight yard will remain connected to the rail network following the forthcoming end to Diagio keg traffic on the line and...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress on reaching an agreement with the Northern Ireland authorities on the mutual recognition of penalty points. [21980/06]
- Great Southern Hotels Group
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made to date with regard to the sale of the Great Southern Hotels; when it is anticipated that this deal will be finalised; if he has...
- Road Network
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Transport if a decision has been taken on the future method of tolling to be applied on the M50; the details of this proposal; when same will be implemented;...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Transport the reasons for the delay in commencing Section 36 (1) of the 2003 Taxi Regulation Act. [21965/06]
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Transport the arrangement to allow the Gardaí to confiscate the driving licenses of UK drivers in the event of such driver committing road traffic offences...
- National Car Test
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has published the review of the National Car Test; if not, the reason thereof; when reform of the National Car Test will be implemented; and...
- Industrial Relations
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of times he has met with the Aer Lingus trade unions to deal with their issues in relation to the proposed partial sale of Aer Lingus;...
- State Airports
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether Knock International Airport is one of Ireland's international airports; his further views on an investment programme for Knock...
- Road Safety
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the introduction of road safety leaflets in each workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21928/06]
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has reached a conclusion on the proposal made to him by the Dublin cycling campaign on 23 February 2006 in relation to the repeal of the...
- Vehicle Regulations
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects to introduce regulations under Article 8 of EU Directive 2005/66/EC to curb the sale of bull bars sold as separate technical units....
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will activate the penalty point category of driving unaccompanied on a provisional licence other than a second provisional licence. [21982/06]
- Driving Tests
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Transport the deadline for the upgrade of software for driving test applications in Ballina; his estimate for the final cost of this upgrade; the amount of...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which he proposes to legislate in order that fixed charge penalties may be applied to non-resident non-national drivers in foreign...
- National Development Plan
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has had discussions with the Department of Finance in relation to the under spend on public transport and other transport infrastructure on...
- Road Safety
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Transport the change to regulations he proposes in relation to the roadworthiness testing of buses, and in particular to address the practice of...
- Public Transport
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures he has taken to date in 2006 to introduce competition into the Dublin bus market; the number of meetings which have taken place in...
- Driving Licences
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made in introducing a credit card type driving licence. [21984/06]
- Department of An Taoiseach
- State Honours System
Question 169: To ask the Taoiseach his views on introducing an awards system or an honour system for people who make a valuable contribution to society; and if he will work with all Members of...
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
Question 170: To ask the Taoiseach the reasons for granting a further extension to the MacEntee Commission of Investigation into the Dublin-Monaghan bombings; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Staff
Question 171: To ask the Taoiseach in respect of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, when the last round of recruitment took place; the numbers who applied for posts; the number who were...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding available from her Department for a group (details supplied) in Dublin 7 towards the costs involved in...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her understanding of the powers that exist to restrict the free movement of people out of and into Ireland in the event of...
- State Claims Agency
Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the person who directed the State Claims Agency to instigate proceedings to obstruct or delay the inquest into the death of...
- Health Services
Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if provision is made that three chiropody treatments per year are available free under the medical card scheme; if so, if...
- Medical Cards
Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite a response to an application for a medical card in the name of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Health Services
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, further to a previous parliamentary question, an appeal lodged for improved subvention payments will be expedited and a...
- Hospital Services
Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be given an appointment at University College Hospital, Galway. [21581/06]
- Disabled Drivers
Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene on behalf of a person (details supplied) who has applied for medical certification for the purpose of...
- Health Services
Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare was refused home help; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Pharmacy Regulations
Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on locating a pharmacy within a health centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Cards
Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who wishes to undergo in vitro...
- Hospital Services
Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a bed in Dún Laoghaire Hospital; and if she will...
- Health Services
Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a family (details supplied) are to lose their home help allocation from 2 June 2006; and the number of people in...
- Hospital Staff
Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has to appoint a second pain consultant to Waterford Regional Hospital; and if she will make a statement...
- Hospital Services
Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 9 May 2006, when it is expected that a clinic (details supplied) in Kilkenny...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been refused mobility allowance; and if she will make a statement...
- Health Services
Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in relation to their query. [21650/06]
- Hospital Services
Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who has a medical card was charged €60 for a bone density x-ray at...
- Health Services
Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position on an application for funding from her Department or the Health Service Executive in regard to the running...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will include pneumococcal meningitis vaccination in the childhood immunisations schedule; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are no routine developmental checks being carried out in north...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for a motorised transport for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when the...
- Hospital Services
Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the arrangements which have been made by her Department to provide for public patients having radiotherapy treatment at a...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will approve a motorised transport grant in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if she will...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive their appointment for a scan examination; and if she will...
- Health Services
Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on a home care package for persons (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that...
- Medical Cards
Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 is sanctioned for a medical card but does not receive it for several months and...
- Home Help Service
Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of home care support packages allocated to County Leitrim in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action her Department is taking to highlight the issues that surrounded ME Syndrome; and if she will make a statement...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children diagnosed with autism ten years ago and the number at present; the reason for this increase; the...
- Health Services
Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has carried out studies regarding the impact of immigration on the health service; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Services
Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to date to ensure that a person (details supplied) will be transferred to Dublin; if a person has...
- Medical Cards
Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason chiropody is excluded from medical card cover; the cost of extending the medical card to cover this service; and...
- Health Service Staff
Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason persons (details supplied) in County Cork did not receive reimbursement of fees in the same manner in which...
- Hospital Services
Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the immediate improvements which will take place at Ennis General Hospital; if they will include the installation of a cat...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a bed will be made available at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin for a person (details supplied) in County...
- Health Services
Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the range of financial and other assistance and remunerations available to general practitioners from her Department, other...
- Grant Applications
Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 26 April 2006 when an application for subvention will be processed; and if she...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has to coordinate and streamline transport for people with disabilities to ensure universal provision...
- Medical Cards
Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a full medical card instead of a general practitioner only card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has to enhance the respite provision for people with disabilities that require constant care in the...
- Health Services
Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the guidelines her Department has in regard to the assessment of the level of support required by individual carers...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has to allow retired nurses to be employed as support workers for persons with disabilities who have...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has to re-introduce the old people living alone scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Services
Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the promised CT scanner will be functional at Louth County Hospital in Dundalk; the grade of scanner which her...
- Department of Finance
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will re-examine the decentralisation plans in order to facilitate staff who do not want to move and lose their promotion opportunities. [21655/06]
- Tax Code
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the exemption from stamp duty for first-time buyers nationally or in the Dublin area and the amount; when it will be...
- Communications Masts
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the new additional mobile phone mast at the Bridewell Garda Station, Dublin 7; if same will be used for Garda purposes; the private...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Finance if contracts have been signed in order to provide the necessary accommodation to decentralise 50 Revenue staff to Listowel, County Kerry; if not,...
- Departmental Offices
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for employment received in respect of the summer employment with the Revenue Commissioners in County Mayo, advertised...
- Tax Collection
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a tax refund has not been awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and when he expects a decision to be made on the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants who will be decentralised to locations within County Dublin or the City of Dublin; the number of employees of State...
- Tax Code
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare seeking to obtain a suitable house for their family has to pay stamp duty; and if he will...
- Communications Masts
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are one or two masts with telecommunications equipment installed by mobile phone companies at Coolock Garda Station, Dublin 5; if his...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Telecommunications Services
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when broadband will be provided to the townlands of Pallasgreen and Old Pallas, County Limerick. [21615/06]
- Harbours and Piers
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a slipway will be provided at Blackwater Pier, Sneem, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to illegal net fishing of coarse fish on the canals in the Dublin area; and if...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the funding available to enable research to be carried out into sustainable and renewable generation; and if he...
- Regional Fisheries Boards
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the allocation of moneys for each regional fisheries board for each of the past five years; the percentage...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the level of support that exists for domestic wind turbines and geothermal pumps as an incentive to provide...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the service technologies being tested as part of the digital terrestrial television; if high definition...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the proposals he has for the future development of Dunmore East Harbour; the State investment in the harbour...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will highlight and support the contribution made by the community sector in relation to peace, democracy, reconciliation and inclusion...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in relation to persons (details supplied); if there is funding available from his Department to assist with this trip; and if he...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Irish aid will be made available to a person (details supplied) to alleviate dire poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Humanitarian Relief
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action he is taking in relation to the plight of those affected by the recent disaster in Indonesia; and if he will make a statement on...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the new human rights watch report on Kosovo, which describes the criminal justice system as a crisis in...
- Visa Applications
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will grant a visa to a person (details supplied) who is the holder of a valid work permit and has secured employment in County Mayo, in...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position of an application for a capital sports grant for a club (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a...
- Sports Funding
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to an application by a club (details supplied) in County Galway for funding to finance a project; if...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- State Aid Rules
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the impact of the change in State aid rules to be introduced by the EU from 2007 for businesses within the...
- Employment Action Plan
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the western region's share of total employment in firms assisted by State enterprise agencies has fallen over the...
- Job Creation
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he continues to monitor the employment creation needs of Tallaght; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21711/06]
- Departmental Schemes
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an application for a grant was made by Bray Community Enterprise Ltd under the Community Enterprise Centre 2006 Scheme to...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people currently in receipt of carer's allowance; the number of those recipients who provide full time care to two...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the schedule being allowed in respect of his proposals for supporting lone parents; if he will report on consultations he has had...
- Family Support Services
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details of a grant scheme administered by his Department for the construction of a family resource centre; and if he will make...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the proposals he has to abolish the means test for carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21858/06]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if rent allowance will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if a decision will be...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the range of financial and other assistance and remunerations available to general practitioners from his Department, other...
- Department of Transport
- Rail Network
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Government will apply for EU Structural and Cohesion Funds to fund the Western Rail Corridor project; if so, the amount of funding being...
- Driving Tests
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Transport the communication his Department has had with a person (details supplied) in County Cork regarding driving tests; and the reason he has not...
- Airport Development Projects
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Transport when he intends to grant the necessary legislative approval for the DAA scheme to resolve the pension deficit problem; and the terms he has set out...
- Rail Accidents
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in the context of his responsibility for railway safety, he will obtain a report from Iarnród Éireann detailing trespass incidents on their...
- Driving Tests
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Transport when a decision will be made on a driving test for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- School Transport
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Transport when a report by Bus Éireann into a recent incident involving a school bus at Clonmellon, County Meath will be completed; and if its conclusions...
- Public Transport
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of cities and towns nationwide which have an urban public transport bus service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21597/06]
- Insurance Costs
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to plans to have the cost of motorcycle insurance here reduced; and if not, the reason for same. [21601/06]
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in relation to the provision of a new building for the Doolin coastguard and rescue service; if he will progress this as a matter of...
- Driving Tests
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of supervised driving tests conducted in the last year for which figures are available. [21862/06]
- Road Network
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which the vehicular traffic capacity on streets in towns and villages throughout the country has been reduced by means of road or...
- Rail Services
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to encourage the use of commuter rail transport from Enfield, Kilcock, Maynooth, Leixlip, Confey and Hazelhatch, Sallins, Newbridge,...
- Public Transport
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Transport the likely steps he or his Department have taken to ensure the availability of seatbelts in the public transport fleet; and if he will make a...
- Rail Services
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he has taken or proposes to take to reduce overcrowding on commuter trains, on all routes in the County Kildare region; if he is...
- Public Transport
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to encourage the use of buses; if it is intended to take particular initiatives to make travel by bus more attractive, such as more...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Irish Language
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there is any possibility of getting the Gaeltacht extended to an area of County Mayo from Tourmakeady (details...
- Community Development
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding available for a group (details supplied) in Dublin 7 towards their running costs in providing a much...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 296: 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...
- Community Development
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to an application by a school (details supplied) in County Galway for a CLÁR primary...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the level of payment which will be paid to REP scheme farmers to compensate them for actions now required that are not covered by the...
- Direct Payment Schemes
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the title and number of farm aid schemes which have been subsumed into the single farm payment; the number of staff within her...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason land in County Mayo is not being allowed for inclusion in the REP scheme application by a person (details supplied) in County...
- Grant Payments
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary can expect payment of the 2005 decoupled dairy premium. [21632/06]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason REP scheme farmers who have land committed to the Bord Gáis pipeline in the Caherlistrane/Belclare area of north Galway...
- Grant Payments
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their full payment under the 2005 single payment scheme, including payment...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will review the rate of pension being paid under the early retirement scheme from farming to those who joined the scheme when it...
- Grant Payments
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will review an application, for entitlements from the national reserve, from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when a...
- Sugar Beet Industry
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if an adequate compensation package is available to sugar beet farmers forced out of beet production; the measures she has taken to...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Pension Provisions
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to change pension legislation affecting entitlement for separated and divorced persons who have been dependent on...
- Security of the Elderly
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is a proposal to introduce a licensing system for the installers of house alarms; his views on whether this will...
- Refugee Status
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for family reunification for persons (details supplied); if same will be dealt...
- Visa Applications
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made for a person (details supplied) on their application for a visa under the EU Treaty of Rights;...
- Departmental Staff
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people who have applied for the PULSE jobs in Castlebar, advertised recently. [21574/06]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when two applications for naturalisation (details supplied) in County Mayo will be processed. [21575/06]
- Visa Applications
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a holiday visa will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [21582/06]
- Garda Deployment
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí in Cabra Garda Station in the last ten years; the number of these that are attached to Áras an...
- Garda Complaints Procedures
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of complaints that have been handled or are currently being handled by the existing complaints procedures once...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for citizenship for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be dealt with. [21614/06]
- Public Order Offences
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will request a report from the Garda authorities regarding anti-social activities associated with the Smithfield horse...
- Visa Applications
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of applications for a visitor visa (details supplied); if the visas have been refused and, if so, the reason for...
- Gangland Murders
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will increase Garda activity on the ground to deal with gangland murders on the north side of Dublin. [21651/06]
- Garda Deployment
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will increase the number of community Gardaí in 2006. [21652/06]
- Ground Rents Abolition
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the Government will introduce legislation to ban the practice of ground rents; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if additional Gardaí will be allocated to a town (details supplied) in County Mayo for the summer months, as the population...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if applications have been submitted by local authorities (details supplied) in County Mayo requesting funding for the...
- Traveller Accommodation
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda has received a complaint regarding an illegal encampment (detail supplied) in County Wicklow; the action which...
- Child Protection
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to rectify the protection of children here following the recent High Court ruling. [21728/06]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite a residency application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement...
- Immigration Policy
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has carried out studies regarding the impact of immigration on the role of the Garda and the legal system;...
- Ministerial Correspondence
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he or his Department had knowledge of the A case; and the action he will take in relation to this matter. [21776/06]
- Visa Applications
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that an application for a visitor's visa has been received from a person (details supplied); if he will...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made in respect of an application (details supplied) for residency; and if he will make a decision...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures that were undertaken for the appointment of the person to head the new Garda inspectorate; if an interview...
- Departmental Staff
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the range of financial and other assistance and remunerations available to general practitioners from his Department, other...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Staffing
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will allocate the teacher requested by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 10 due to the conditions and concerns that pertain...
- Youth Services
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that sufficient youth workers can be recruited to enable a club (details supplied) in Dublin 3 to provide services...
- Capitation Grants
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if capitation grants to primary schools will be increased to reflect the recent increase in energy prices. [21592/06]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the high pupil/teacher ratio in a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and her plans to...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has noted the concern of the parents association of a school (details supplied) in County Monaghan; her views on whether the...
- School Accommodation
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the planning which is in place to ensure sufficient second level places in schools in Swords, County Dublin; the discussions, she has...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if further to her letter of 20 December 2005 and a parliamentary question of 13 December 2005 she will address all the queries posed;...
- School Absenteeism
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures she is taking to stop parents taking their children out of school in term time due to the fact that holidays are cheaper;...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students at third level colleges with an intellectual disability. [21648/06]
- Student Support Schemes
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason grants are not made available for persons who wish to take up part-time third level degree courses, particularly parents of...
- School Accommodation
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding available to secondary schools for the building of drama or performing arts facilities; and if she will make a statement on...
- School Management
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average annual cost of insurance incurred by both primary and secondary schools in the Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8 areas; the breakdown of...
- School Enrolments
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of children attending primary and secondary schools in the Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8 areas who were born outside the State;...
- Languages Programme
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of children attending primary and secondary schools in the Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8 areas who do not have English as a first...
- School Enrolments
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average waiting period for admission to each of the primary and secondary schools in the Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8 areas; and if she...
- Education Centre Network
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for not granting full-time status to a centre (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if she will reconsider her decision;...
- School Enrolments
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is a policy within vocational educational committee schools whereby pupils will not be admitted to second level where they...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is anything in law to prevent a child going from fifth class in a national school to first year in a secondary school, thereby...
- Schools Recognition
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the review of recognition of a secondary school (details supplied) in County Wexford will be completed; when they can start...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has made a decision with regard to the application of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick for inclusion in band 1.1...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown of primary school class sizes for each county showing in each case the number of pupils in classes of 19 and under, 20 to...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will supply the information requested in Parliamentary Question Nos. 583 of 14 February 2006, 520 of 4 April 2006 and 495 of 23...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been made in establishing a centre (details supplied) in County Armagh; the amount expended on the project to...
- School Accommodation
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of assurances that a decision on the future of a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow would be made some weeks ago,...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will extend the time available to a person (details supplied) in order to complete satisfactorily their Scrúdú Cáilíochta sa...
- Third Level Fees
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the alternative arrangements the Government will introduce, in view of the decision by the British Government to introduce fees in the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied); and if she will work with the family on this matter. [21777/06]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an application for grant aid for major capital works by a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow and a...
- School Accommodation
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide funding for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the assessment of the school's likely...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the name and location of each school, primary and second level that do not have broadband access as of 1 May 2006; and if she will make...
- Departmental Records
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students from County Louth who are attending third level institutions in the Six Counties; and the number of students...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made in increasing the number of National Education Psychological Service psychologists available in the...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for reducing class sizes in the next academic year for the 4,400 primary students in Limerick City and County who are in...
- Departmental Staff
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Galway is entitled to another year's career break on top of the five years they will have...
- Bullying in Schools
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 284 of 25 May 2006 the reason no mechanism exists whereby incidents of school...
- Disruptive Students
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the Department guidelines regarding restraining an unruly or violent child in primary school and the way in which they would be applied...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if all special needs assistants receive specific training in techniques of restraint and containment of pupils in primary school to...
- Disruptive Students
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is appropriate that the Gardaí would be called for a six year old child who threw a chair, without injuring anyone, in a school;...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Local Authority Funding
Question 397: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding for playgrounds applied for by Kerry County Council will be made available; and if he will make a...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 398: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will issue a certificate of reasonable cost in relation to the property of a person (details supplied)...
- Departmental Properties
Question 399: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position of a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the tenders for construction have gone out;...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 400: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to housing for people with disabilities as the 2006 report from the National and...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 401: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 261 of 23 November 2006 the reason Kerry County Council are still...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 402: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has approved funding for the upgrade of the water supply at Goresbridge, County Kilkenny; if...
- Nuclear Plants
Question 404: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement concerning the decision of the European Court of Justice finding that Ireland...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 405: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of a water supply scheme (details supplied) in County Limerick. [21684/06]
- Housing Policy
Question 406: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, due to the continuing price increases in the housing market,...
- Election Management System
Question 407: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to deal with the challenge of the voting register; if he will bring forward proposals in the matter;...
- Housing Grants
Question 408: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce a grant for first time buyers or for people building their first home, since the...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 409: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and content of circular letters issued by him to local authorities; the response received to same;...
- Legislative Programme
Question 410: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to an association (details supplied) who have requested an urgent meeting with him to...
- Road Network
Question 411: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date in the provision of funding by his Department for the Drogheda Northern Cross Route; if...
- Local Government Elections
Question 414: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will allow grade four staff who may be serving as senior assistant librarians to stand for election or...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 415: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the local authorities which have a metering service in place for non-domestic water charges; the local...
- Commonage Framework Plans
Question 417: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce additional benefits for actions over and above the requirements of the commonage...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 418: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Cork. [21816/06]
- Air Pollution
Question 419: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the powers available to local authorities to prevent the burning of plastics in domestic fireplaces; and if he...
- Housing Grants
Question 420: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the review of the disabled person's grant; if he expects to publish it before the...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 421: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he or his Department directly or indirectly fund various local authorities throughout the country; the...
