Written answers
Thursday, 8 June 2006
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Criminal Sentences
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on providing the resources necessary for the compilation of a database of information on criminal sentences in the...
- Garda Training
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of meetings that have taken place of the inter-Departmental working group to recommend an appropriate approach to...
- Garda Deployment
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if adequate numbers of Gardaí are available to combat the drugs problem with particular reference to the areas throughout...
- Missing Persons
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department is in a position to review an application for funding from an organisation (details supplied) wishing to...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the average timescale for a certificate of naturalisation in the citizenship section takes in excess of two years...
- State Pathologist's Office
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for reform of the Chief State Pathologist's Office; if it is intended to introduce a new system whereby...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the recent warning from the Chief Justice over the introduction of hastily prepared...
- Legal Protection Measures
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that there is sufficient legal protection in place to defend homeowners and occupiers from intruders; and...
- Garda Strength
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a recommendation from the Garda Commissioner that the full time strength of the Gardaí should be...
- Garda Deployment
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress with regard to the greater use of civilians in An Garda Síochána in order to release more members for front...
- Sexual Offences
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the recent controversy surrounding the adjudged unconstitutional nature of provisions of the Criminal Law...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the persons in his Department who had access to the Fine Gael draft Bill entitled Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2006, which...
- Asylum Policy
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the comments contained in Amnesty International's Report 2006, warning that further...
- Residency Rights
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his intentions to resolve the anomaly whereby the spouses and partners of non-Irish EU citizens have more residency rights...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has plans to increase the number of juvenile liaison officers in view of the proven success in dealing with juvenile...
- Prison Education Service
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the education programmes being offered to prisoners in the prison system; the programmes recently terminated; the reason for...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he intends to take to deal with vandalism and anti-social behaviour which is causing problems in many communities...
- Garda Investigations
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made with regard to the Garda investigation into the major money laundering operation uncovered in early 2005;...
- State Airports
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of US planes whose cargo is not clearly identified that have been searched by the Irish security forces; the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to reform the law relating to the protection of personal privacy; if the heads of a Bill have been approved by...
- Garda Stations
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the list of ten worst Garda stations drawn up by the Garda Representative Associations;...
- Garda Deployment
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he is taking to improve rural policing; the policy measures he intends to introduce; and if he will make a...
- Drug Seizures
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of seizures of cocaine; the volume of cocaine seized; the estimated value of the cocaine seized in respect of each...
- Civil Partnerships
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether same sex couples are less likely than opposite sex couples to want to commit to the array of rights and...
- Immigration Procedures
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the suggestion made in a recent document produced by Chambers Ireland that the term...
- Garda Ombudsman Commission
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made with regard to the establishment of the Garda Ombudsman Commission; the number of staff recruited to date;...
- Irish Prison Service
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the recent comments by the Inspector of Prisons, in which they described the prison...
- Garda Ombudsman Commission
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether there is a need for the 26 County Ombudsman Commission to be operational and fully resourced immediately...
- Victim Support Services
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to the decision of the Supreme Court on 30 May 2006 to order the release of a man who had been serving a sentence for...
- Garda Operations
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if Operation Anvil, announced by him on 17 May 2005 remains in operation; the number of weapons seized to date; the number of...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the term of office of the Inspector of Prisons expires; if it is intended to reappoint the person; if he has plans to...
- Deportation Orders
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the numbers of Afghani nationals who have been deported in the period end 2001 to 1 June 2006; and if he will make a...
- Sexual Offences
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the operation of the Register of Sex Offenders; if the information is contained in a central...
- Garda Reserve
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to the establishment of the Garda Reserve Force; when he expects the first recruits to the Reserve...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the timetable as to when the promised anti-trafficking in human beings legislation will be introduced to the Houses of the...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the three most recent reports received from Mr. Justice Morris; when it is expected that they will...
- Crime Levels
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of murder in which firearms were used in respect of each year from 1998 to date in 2006; the number of...
- Garda Operations
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will investigate the ongoing harassment by Gardaí of republicans and other supporters at the hunger strike vigils...
- Constitutional Challenges
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when his Department became aware of matters relating to the recent Mr. A Supreme Court case; and if he will make a statement...
- Garda Inspectorate
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the new head of the Garda Inspectorate will take up their position; when the other members of the Inspectorate will be...
- Garda Deployment
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community Gardaí currently deployed; the location of these community Gardaí; if there is a set minimum period...
- Human Trafficking
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures which are in place to prevent the trafficking of women to Ireland for purposes of the sex trade; when the...
- Garda Communications
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations with broadband Internet access; the plans he has for a nationwide roll-out of broadband to all...
- Crime Levels
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the figures contained in the recent Garda Report for 2005 which shows a further increase in the number of...
- Refugee Appeals Tribunal
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans he has to allow for publication of statistics on the decisions of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal; if he will create...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in respect of his meeting on 10 June 2005, with a private investigator (details supplied) in County Meath, he discussed...
- Gender Discrimination
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the efforts he is making to address the gender pay gap; his views on the causes and results of same; and if he will make a...
- Garda Disciplinary Code
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for a new Garda disciplinary code in view of the serious concerns expressed by Mr. Justice Morris in regard to...
- Law Reform Commission
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of recommendations that the Law Reform Commission has made on matters relating to his Department; the number of...
- Constitutional Challenges
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he was first made aware of a High Court constitutional challenge to the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1935; and if he will...
- Garda Investigations
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made with regard to the Garda investigation into the murder of Donna Cleary in Coolock on 5 March 2006; if a...
- Garda Strength
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí at the latest date for which figures are available; the number expected to be recruited during 2006;...
- Prison Drug Treatment Services
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of all drug rehabilitation programmes being offered in the prison system; the programmes recently terminated; the...
- Garda Vetting Services
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the categories of people working with children or other vulnerable people in respect of whom the Gardaí currently provide...
- Garda Reserve
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for the Garda Reserve Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22004/06]
- Garda Equipment
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations now equipped for the video recording of interviews with suspects; the total percentage of all...
- Asylum Policy
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the need for complementary protection for persons who have fled their country, and are unable or unwilling to...
- Garda Training
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that the Garda indoor firing range at Garda headquarters has been closed due to safety concerns; when it...
- Garda Investigations
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the results of the investigation by a Garda superintendent into the bringing of public order charges against a person...
- Department of Health and Children
- Drug Treatment Services
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the programmes or facilities which are available in the Health Service Executive south east region for female heroin addicts...
- Child Protection
Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she is taking to ensure the safety of children in view of the fact that the protection offered by the Criminal...
- Health Service Contracts
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the names of all companies which have provided services to the then Northern Area Health Board under the headings building...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress made in recruiting clinical directors and other essential staff for the roll-out of BreastCheck to the south...
- Health Services
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding will be approved for a full seven day residential service for a charity (details supplied) in south County...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 6 April 2006, the status of the review; when a compensation scheme will be put...
- Hospital Staff
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 28 Sept 2005, if she will approve the appointment of three rheumatologists to...
- Health Service Staff
Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 or 23 March 2006 if the high level working group has progressed the issues...
- Health Services
Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 21 February 2006, the funding provided to a charity (details supplied) in...
- Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she is still committed to the provision of a new blood testing centre for Cork; and the funding which is available from...
- Civil Registration Service
Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an appeal against a decision by the registrar general, civil registration service in the name of a person (details...
- Hospital Services
Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding made available to Peamount Hospital in each of the years 2000 to 2006; her plans for the hospital; and...
- Health Services
Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the timeframe for the development of a primary care health facility in Adamstown; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
Question 99: 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 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will estimate the cost of running the Now Doc service in County Donegal for each years from 2002 to date in 2006;...
- Water Fluoridation
Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason no information has been provided by her Department since 2001 on fluoride exposure in the population; the...
- Health Services
Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of step-down beds in private nursing homes in County Kildare that the Health Service Executive has leased for...
- Hospital Services
Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the acute hospital overrun in each hospital in the west and north west; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the fact that a patient (details supplied) in Dublin 15 waiting for a kidney and pancreas...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the situation in relation to Hume Street Hospital, Dublin; her future plans in relation to same; the reason hospital...
- Department of Finance
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the decentralisation scheme; if the National Standards Authority of Ireland is included in the scheme; and if he will provide...
- Tax Collection
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of high net worth persons who have been identified by the Revenue Commissioners for monitoring and review in terms of tax compliance; the...
- Residential Mortgage Borrowing
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the report in respect of the borrowing statistics for the month to 30 April 2006 showing some of the highest recorded increases in...
- State Claims Agency
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected cost to date of the legal advisor employed by the State Claims Agency to contest a case (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown by gender of the number of people claiming the one parent family tax credit for each year since the year 2003 respectively; and if he...
- Credit Cards
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance the law for persons who change credit card companies; if he will confirm that only one annual charge for stamp duty should be paid in the year when...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in regard to the inter-Departmental review of the 1994 disabled drivers' disabled passengers tax concessions; when it is expected to...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Fishing Vessel Licences
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will make a statement on the situation regarding the licence, kilowatt and tonnage allocation for Atlantis...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when a decision will be made on an application (details supplied) which was lodged with his Department...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- International Agreements
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the declaration made by the Trade Ministers of the African Union on 14 April 2006 in which they called for...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if members of the US Marines (details supplied) had passed through Shannon Airport on their journey to or from Iraq; and if he will make a...
- Passport Applications
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason the Passport Office refuses to complete the processing of a passport application due to the fact that the application was made in...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether some of the Governments with which Ireland has channelled aid money are ranked as having very high corruption problems...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the swimming pools which have been funded by his Department in the years 2000 to 2006; the locations where they have been built; the...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on providing 100 percent grants for capital sports projects in view of the high number of applicants who due to financial...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of submissions received by his Department in relation to the due process attached to persons named in the Dalton Report in...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- EU Funding
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of grant aid that will be made available to SMEs and large enterprises in the Border Midland Western region...
- Chemicals Regulation
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Government's position on the mandatory substitution of hazardous chemicals by suitable safer alternatives where they...
- Job Initiative
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the duration of employment which applies to participation in community employment schemes and other job initiatives; and his...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if child benefit will be paid to children in full time education up to the age of 22 years as is the case with the child dependant...
- Department of Transport
- Air Services
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of encroachments into airspace controlled by Dublin air traffic control in 2005; the locations where these originated from; if any were...
- Aer Lingus
Question 144: 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...
- Air Services
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on exercise Eagle at Shannon Airport on 25 April 2006, which tested the effectiveness of the emergency services if a passenger...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the demand from an association (details supplied) to introduce resident only parking regarding match days in Croke Park; and if so,...
- Light Rail Project
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Transport the length of Luas rail line in use for public transport services; the criteria applied for the laying of the Luas track; the issues associated...
- Road Network
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Transport the proposed date for the opening of the Dublin Port Tunnel; the estimated number of heavy goods vehicles that will use the Dublin Port Tunnel on a...
- State Airports
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of US soldiers who have stopped off at Shannon en route to Afghanistan or Iraq for each year since the US conflict began with these...
- Driving Licences
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding persons who have a full driving licence from the USA; the reason they need to re-sit their driving tests here; if there are...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Sugar Beet Industry
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps which she is taking through her golden share in Greencore to ensure that the company abides by the Labour Court...
- Farm Land Prices
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the continuing increase in the price of farm land identified by the Central Statistics Office, which...
- Grant Payments
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will have a decision made on a person's single payment under force majeure (details supplied) as in 1999/2000 the herd was...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Traveller Community
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the fact that Travellers have been part of Irish society for thousands of years with a culture that differs...
- Departmental Transport
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the use of energy efficient cars is being considered for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Community Policing Fora
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which the Cabra Policing Forum will be affected by new proposed legislation regarding policing arrangements with...
- Vehicle Regulations
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 27 April 2006 if he will seek a response from the Garda Síochána regarding...
- Sexual Offences
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he or his Department have correspondence over the years regarding the issues exposed in the May 2006 Supreme Court...
- Residency Permits
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the application by persons (details supplied) in County Sligo to his Department will be dealt with. [22074/06]
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is evidence that the three tonne limit is being implemented in Kennelsfort Road, Palmerstown; the number of...
- Crime Prevention
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received reports from the Garda Commissioner regarding the level of active support for Neighbourhood Watch...
- Sexual Offences
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the chronological order of the way in which the Mr. A case, unfolded; the relevant offices or Departments that were aware of...
- Residency Permits
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will examine the removal of documents by gardaí in December, 2005 from a family (details supplied) in County Dublin...
- Court Procedures
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who appeared at Tipperary District Court on 3 January 2006 was remanded...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of citizenship applications for persons (details supplied); if these can be expedited. [22185/06]
- Garda Equipment
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and cost of all information technology or other high tech facilities provided to his Department in the past five...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applicants who have passed the Garda entrance exam; the number to date called for training; the number...
- Garda Investigations
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of robberies in the past two years in which hostages were taken to assist in the robbery; and if he will make a...
- Garda Deployment
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the high crime areas in Dublin City, where nightly foot and mobile patrols are available; his plans to increase same; and if...
- Garda Equipment
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is sufficient personnel and equipment in the Garda forensic laboratory for same to function to the highest...
- Deportation Orders
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that all those deported to their homelands by his order have been properly treated; and if he will make a...
- Courts Service
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his office receives information from the Courts Service setting out the number of community service orders made in the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications for citizenship received in each of the past three years; the number approved; the number...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases in respect of which two or more prisoners share a cell in the various prisons throughout the country;...
- Garda Investigations
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of reported cases of car theft in each of the past four years; if prosecution and conviction have followed in...
- Courts Service
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he has taken to ensure that those charged with serious crimes are not allowed bail when charged in the Courts; and...
- Garda Operations
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the principals of all known criminal organisations operating throughout the country have been questioned or arrested in...
- Crime Levels
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which it is intended to tackle the increasing level of gun crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of reports of anti-social behaviour logged throughout the country since the introduction of the legislation; the...
- Public Order Offences
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of public order incidents detected or reported in County Kildare in each of the past 3 years; the number of...
- Garda Investigations
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action taken by way of ongoing follow up in respect of unsolved murder cases; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Court Staff
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an adequate number of judges have been appointed to deal with the current workload; and if he will make a statement on...
- Missing Persons
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people currently recorded as missing persons; the degree to which resources are available within his...
- Crime Prevention
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps which have been taken to prevent the flow of information to organised criminals in regard to cash in transit...
- Witness Security Programme
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people covered in the witness protection programme or scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the relevant sections of his Department have adequate dialogue with the Department of Health and Children and the...
- Crime Levels
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that the Criminal Assets Bureau has available to it the sufficient resources, facilities and technology...
- Garda Strength
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the strength of An Garda Síochána as of 1 June 2006; the strength of the force on 1 June 2002; and if he will make a...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the strength of the JLO service; the extent to which sufficient resources are available to the service to carry out its...
- Garda Stations
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations closed or otherwise made redundant in the past seven years; the number of new stations opened...
- Garda Equipment
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if An Garda Síochána is sufficiently equipped in respect of Garda cars, technology or body armour with particular...
- Visa Applications
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who has applied for a visa for another person; and...
- Garda Vetting Services
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there has been recent interaction between his Department and the Gardaí regarding the advancing of the State's vetting...
- Asylum Applications
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the implications for such decisions as he has made, or is likely to make, in relation to Afghan refugee asylum applicants in...
- Residency Permits
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason Ireland has not yet signed the 2004 EU Council Directive on residence permits, or the 2005 Council of Europe...
- Human Trafficking
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason Ireland, while it has signed the Palermo Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons,...
- Disability Act 2005
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 9 March 2006, if the Attorney General has completed the formal drafting of an...
- Department of Education and Science
- Special Educational Needs
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the policy development and strategies which are being considered in view of the evolving nature of information and interventions for...
- Schools Recognition
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if parents have the right to choose for their children to be taught through the medium of Irish in schools here; and, if so, if she...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has reviewed the membership of the Grangegorman Development Agency and the lack of representation on this agency of the student...
- School Accommodation
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the grant aid provided to a school (details supplied) in Co. Roscommon for its capital project in view of the...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will furnish a final response to correspondence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22052/06]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in approving funding for a building project for a school in Co. Roscommon; the status of the project; and if...
- School Staffing
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to Parliamentary Question No. 315 of 15 December 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22060/06]
- State Examinations
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is possible for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo to be allowed to sit their LCVP exam as they were unable to sit their...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal in view of the fact that...
- Youth Services
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide further funding to a programme (details supplied) in County Kilkenny to enable a second youth worker to continue to...
- Teacher Registration
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny was refused registration as a secondary school teacher on 8 February 2006 in...
- School Staffing
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the numbers of national school teachers nationally for each of the past 10 years; they way in which the numbers of teachers compare...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of a school building programme for a primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Schools Recognition
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied regarding the voluntary contribution of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin which has temporary...
- School Accommodation
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps her Department is taking to ensure that all applicants for places in secondary and primary schools in County Kildare are...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools with physical education facilities in County Kildare; the number of physical education teachers employed by her...
- School Staffing
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of staff within her Department whose duties are concerned with the area of special education for secondary school students...
- Grant Payments
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will award a partial maintenance grant for a student (details supplied) in County Carlow who is studying the FETAC level five...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Science in relation to the 10 year promise by the Government to build a gym in Castleknock College, the funds she has allocated; when she...
- School Transport
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to a meeting with persons (details supplied) in County Galway regarding the removal of the school bus service to a school the...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Local Authority Staff
Question 240: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of additional staff local authorities have sought sanction for in order to introduce the rental...
- Community Development
Question 242: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve funding for a project (details supplied) in County Roscommon under the social and community...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 243: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the application for funding to upgrade the north east Roscommon regional water supply; and if he...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 244: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the funding for architectural protection grants; if he has satisfied himself regarding the...
- Recycling Policy
Question 245: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding available to South Dublin County Council for recycling facilities in the Lucan,...
- Planning Issues
Question 246: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress his Department has made in its discussions with the local authorities regarding the incentive to...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 247: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has had an application for funding under any of the grant systems within his remit for the...
- Environmental Policy
Question 248: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the ruling to cutting of ditches and hedges overgrowth on public roadways; the legislation which is in place...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 249: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received an application under any scheme operated by his Department for funding in the...
- Building Regulations
Question 250: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, with regard to the Building Control Bill 2005, he intends to include a section in relation to the...
