Written answers
Tuesday, 13 June 2006
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Nuclear Safety
Question 60: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take in pursuing the MOX case in view of the recent European Court of Justice ruling on the...
- House Prices
Question 61: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied regarding the housing market, especially in relation to house prices for new and second hand...
- EU Directives
Question 63: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on progress to date in enforcing waste electrical and electronic equipment...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 64: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22532/06]
- Waste Disposal
Question 65: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that the costings made in relation to the proposed Ringsend incineration plant in 1997 are...
- Waste Management
Question 66: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the introduction of resource recovery units as part of the waste management policy of his...
- Species Action Plans
Question 67: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he intends to take in relation to the threatened extinction of the pearl mussel; if his attention has...
- Planning Issues
Question 68: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the results on a planning authority basis of his Department's survey of planning authorities regarding their...
- EU Directives
Question 70: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken to ensure that Ireland will not be liable to pay fines under the EU Habitats Directive...
- Archaeological Sites
Question 71: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide this Deputy with copies of any significant reports or correspondence that he has received...
- Library Projects
Question 73: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the way in which he will improve public libraries here; and if he will allocate...
- Election Management System
Question 74: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the contingency plans which are in place to recycle or otherwise dispose of the electronic voting machines in...
- Nuclear Plants
Question 75: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on raising the privatisation of British nuclear fuels at EU level. [22448/06]
- Housing Provision
Question 76: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposals contained in the housing material of the National Development Plan which have been or are being...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 78: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on his Department's emissions trading policy. [22566/06]
- Nuclear Plants
Question 80: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to meet with the Northern Secretary, Mr. Hain, with a view to receiving a solemn commitment that...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 81: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the progress on Part 5 of the Housing Act 1988 on a county basis. [22564/06]
- Housing Grants
Question 82: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a grant system to tackle radon gas in domestic dwellings; and if he will make a statement...
- Local Authority Regulations
Question 83: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to amend staff regulations for certain graded employees of local authorities and vocational...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 84: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he intends to take to increase the social and affordable housing stock in view of the fact that rent...
- Local Government Reform
Question 86: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans regarding the reform of local government structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Waste Management
Question 87: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the result of checks his Department has made into the operation of the plastic bag levy; if there is...
- Housing Provision
Question 88: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on reports (details supplied) that major housing developments in the Greater Dublin area could face...
- Planning Issues
Question 89: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the lack of consistency between planning authorities on the question of whether solar panels...
- Recycling Policy
Question 90: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage and volume of recycled cardboard and plastic waste that is shipped from Ireland to China on an...
- Environmental Management
Question 91: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he intends to take to halt the decline in Ireland's biodiversity by the 2010 target date; and if he...
- Water Meters
Question 92: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will request local authorities to introduce a single charge only for county council installed water...
- EU Directives
Question 93: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the most recent proposals submitted to the European Commission in relation to the EU Nitrates Directive will...
- Housing Grants
Question 94: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will increase the maximum grant for the disabled persons grant; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 95: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the transport sector was not included in the carbon emissions scheme since emissions in this sector...
- National Spatial Strategy
Question 96: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the continuing expansion of the growth in the Dublin region, he will review the national spatial...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 97: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will initiate a new national design competition for the building industry for highly energy efficient...
- Species Action Plans
Question 99: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he intends to take to curb the population of the grey squirrel, which is a threat to the native...
- Planning Issues
Question 100: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of his recent discussions (details supplied) with Environment Commissioner, Mr. Stavros Dimas on...
- Vacant Dwellings
Question 102: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average number of vacant dwellings in the State in each of the past ten years. [22476/06]
- Environmental Policy
Question 103: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding which was allocated to the grant schemes and agencies of the environmental partnership...
- Dog Breeding Industry
Question 104: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made to date by his Department in implementing the recommendations of the working group to review...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 105: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date of the rental accommodation scheme; if he has received representations from local...
- Noise Pollution
Question 106: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the way in which he is tackling noise pollution. [22570/06]
- Estate Management
Question 108: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the response of each planning authority to circular letter PD 1/06 regarding their policy in relation to...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 109: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social and affordable houses short of the national development plan targets the country will be...
- Departmental Circulars
Question 111: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the fact that his Department circulars are not readily available on his Department's website...
- Register of Electors
Question 112: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which he intends to ensure that legitimate voters are not deleted off the electoral register under...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 115: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has drawn up proposals to tax cars on their greenhouse gas emissions as opposed to their...
- Species Action Plans
Question 117: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of strategic action plans which are currently in place here to deal with the specifically...
- Flood Defence Works
Question 118: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department will provide guidance to local authorities in drawing up policies on developer contributions...
- Waste Management
Question 119: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will increase the role of Repak in the collection of waste packaging; and if he will make a statement on...
- National Emergency Plan
Question 120: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to circulate to all households here, the updated information leaflet on national planning for...
- Blue Flag Beaches
Question 123: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date in the allocation of blue flags for beaches here; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 124: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Government intends to replace rent supplement with housing benefit in view of the Comptroller and...
- Illegal Quarries
Question 127: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to issue guidelines for or direction to local authorities to deal with illegal quarries. [22503/06]
- Architectural Heritage
Question 131: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the protection of Ireland's architectural heritage local agenda 21. [22569/06]
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 132: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the need to reduce CO2 emissions from domestic and non domestic buildings; and...
- Waste Management
Question 133: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in conjunction with all local authorities, he will establish accessible collection points to address the...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 134: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a capital assistance scheme category within his Department of refuges, homeless hostels...
- Audit Committees
Question 135: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has completed reviewing the role and structure of audit committees which can be established under...
- Climate Change
Question 136: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the European Commission campaign to limit climate change. [22562/06]
- Waste Management
Question 137: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the race against waste campaign. [22567/06]
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 138: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of the 10,000 affordable houses which were part of the Government commitments under sustaining...
- Energy Efficiency Measures
Question 140: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of all of the social housing schemes for which his Department made funding level adjustments in...
- Litter Pollution
Question 143: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views in relation to the Irish Business Against Litter initiative on litter; if he intends to take action;...
- Disability Services
Question 144: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his Department's sectoral plan to improve disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 145: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the extent to which local authorities are meeting the needs of their tenants in respect of...
- Planning Issues
Question 148: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the formal registration of legal options to purchase lands would improve the transparency...
- Sustainable Communities
Question 149: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date on which he expects the complete and full policy statement on building sustainable communities to be...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 150: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether local authorities should not be using the rental accommodation scheme as an alternative...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 151: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he accepts that many local authorities are unable to fund necessary and urgent repairs to their social...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 152: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the preparations being made to release additional funding to local authorities in counties that have shown a...
- Building Regulations
Question 155: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the Building Regulations for the Conservation of Fuel and Energy to increase the energy...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Constitutional Challenges
Question 156: To ask the Taoiseach the reason for the breakdown in communications between his Department and the Offices of the Attorney General, the Chief State Solicitor and the Director of...
- Unemployment Levels
Question 157: To ask the Taoiseach the breakdown by gender, age and geographic location of those listed by the Central Statistics Office as long-term unemployed; the trends of note in these...
- National Transport Survey
Question 158: To ask the Taoiseach the number of road passenger kilometres travelled here each year. [22390/06]
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 159: To ask the Taoiseach the functions which have, since the last general election, been delegated to Ministers of State at his Department by the Government under powers conferred on it...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the financial assistance available to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if their benefit will be...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the planning application for phase 1A of the Ennis General Hospital capital development project has been submitted to...
- Mental Health Services
Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals in regard to the under-recognition and under-resourcing of services for mental illness in childhood; and if...
- Public Health Issues
Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals in regard to the consequences of alcohol and nicotine consumption during pregnancy by the mother on the...
- Health Service Staff
Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the guidelines which are issued by the Health Service Executive to its employees to ensure that they avoid conflict of...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath, who is in need of a quadruple by-pass,...
- Health Services
Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if outstanding matters have been resolved to transfer the payment of costs incurred in treating public patients at the...
- Hospital Services
Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will publish the report on acute hospital services in the north east; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 30 May 2006, when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be...
- Health Services
Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused home care service. [22328/06]
- Health Service Staff
Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of staff who are employed, with specific reference to diagnostic services for children and adolescents suspected...
- Health Services
Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children and adolescents awaiting appointments for both counties Carlow and Kilkenny separately at the Health...
- Medical Cards
Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an application will be processed for a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the ongoing delay in the roll-out of breast screening in the west and north west, she will direct the Health...
- Hospital Services
Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) is not being transferred from Wexford General Hospital to Beaumont Hospital to...
- Hospital Equipment
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date in the provision of a CAT scanner to Louth County Hospital, Dundalk. [22361/06]
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an application for subvention will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make...
- Hospital Procedures
Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with an appointment for surgery; and if she will make...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an application under the housing aid for the elderly scheme will be processed for a person (details supplied) in...
- Hospital Services
Question 183: 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 the Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún...
- Medical Cards
Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an appeal for a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [22377/06]
- Health Services
Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a medical officer's report has been submitted to Kilkenny County Council in relation to the case of a person (details...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her Department's proposals for a private hospital to be built in Drogheda as reported in a newspaper (details supplied)....
- Medical Records
Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the medical records of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and the reason for the delay in...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will supply, as a matter of urgency, a defibrillator machine to a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has been waiting two years for a hernia operation at Kerry General...
- Departmental Funding
Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding from her Department allocated to the Rape Crisis Centre each year for the past three years; and if he...
- Health Services
Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount available in 2005 in each of the Health Service Executive areas to enable home care to be made available to...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount the Government is spending on defending cases brought by relatives of autistic people on account of the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason an agreement to increase the pay of workers with the National Learning Network negotiated in 2001 has not been...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the services which are being provided for teenagers who have autism spectrum disorder in Kilkenny City; if she will confirm...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of public patients waiting for initial appointments with consultants in order to be assessed for possible...
- Health Services
Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite the provision of home aids in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 must pay for their keep in a nursing home but only receive subvention...
- Hospital Services
Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 referred from one hospital to another for a scan has been waiting since...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of the pharmacy bill one and two; when she intends to publish them; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of elderly people on waiting lists for occupational therapy services in Dublin City by area; and if she will...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the National Treatment Purchase Fund has accessed beds in Blanchardstown Hospital; if so, the number in each of the past...
- Health Services
Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children on a waiting list to have a tonsillectomy in Tallaght Hospital; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health Service Staff
Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of 24 May 2006 the position of the Chief Executive Officers of the health boards;...
- Adoption Services
Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that adoptive parents have to wait three to four years to have the assessment...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Offaly has been on the waiting list for over two years for a hip...
- Health Services
Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of home help hours allocated in County Louth for each year since 2001; the number of persons benefiting in each...
- Hospital Services
Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the matters discussed and the directions given in relation to the acute hospitals in County Louth by hospital in the Dublin...
- Waste Management
Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount spent in each year since 2002 in waste management in County Louth by the Health Service Executive; the amount...
- Health Service Funding
Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the technical adjustments made to the acute hospital budget for the Louth County Hospital and Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda...
- Health Service Staff
Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the details of all pending posts for acute hospitals in County Louth, by hospital and the expected savings expected as a...
- Health Services
Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the impact the proposed cutbacks in the budget of the Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda will have on immediately implementing the...
- Hospital Services
Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the actions proposed by the directors of nursing in Louth County Hospital and Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda to initiate review...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has considered offering routine immunisation of babies against pneumococcal meningitis; and if she will make a...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the functions which have, since the last general election, been delegated to Ministers of State at her Department by the...
- Department of Finance
- Flood Relief
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance the state of discussions or negotiations between his Department and Kildare County Council with a view to the permanent resolution of the flooding at...
- National Monuments
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of further restoration works planned for Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22810/06]
- Tax Code
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Finance if an original P21 will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [22338/06]
- Public Service Contracts
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22340/06]
- Tax Code
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reducing the VAT on courtesy vehicles used by pubs and hotels or exempting the vehicles from vehicle registration tax where it is proven...
- Departmental Properties
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Finance if, further to the undertaking given by the Office of Public Works in February 2006 to take remedial action to address excessive air temperatures in...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of dormant accounts, the proceeds of which have been paid into the Dormant Accounts Fund that were opened by Irish exiles residents in the...
- Social Finance Fund
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 23 May 2006 and recent reports in the media, if he is disappointed that the banks are investing only...
- Departmental Staff
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the period of delay in the stamping office of the Revenue Commissioners in Galway has been increasing; his proposals to reduce the period...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proposed re-locating of Teagasc headquarters in Kanturk County Cork and closing the office in the James O'Keeffe Institute in...
- National Parks
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to the report/review of the Phoenix Park; the terms of reference of the consultants and the estimated cost of the...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Finance the functions which have, since the last general election, been delegated to Ministers of State at his Department by the Government under powers...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Staff
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason for the delay in transferring the accounts branch of his Department in Castlebar to the Road Safety...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount which has been spent in the Border Midland Western region since the beginning of the National...
- Fisheries Conservation
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that the independent group appointed to examine the implications of the full alignment with...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in relation to a foreshore licence for a fish plant proposed to be built at Pallas Pier in...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if grants can or will be offered to persons who wish to install a small wind turbine with a rotor diameter less...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the functions which have, since the last general election, been delegated to Ministers of State at his...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the unease and anxiety felt amongst the sick and elderly in relation to the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount from 1997 to date in 2006 expended in each year in support of foundations associated or under the control of former President of...
- Consular Services
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Spain; and if he will advise on the situation with the Spanish authorities....
- Travel Agreements
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in relation to travellers to the USA by air transport arising from the decision of the European Court of Justice to annul the...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the functions which have, since the last general election, been delegated to Ministers of State at his Department by the Government under...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the manner in which she plans to consult with the Government and civil society here in respect of Ireland's priority aid countries as part of...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if, further to his reply to this Deputy (details supplied), the €4.36 million reallocated from the tourism sub-measure in 2005 has...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the criteria for allocating grants under the National Lottery; and the reason an organisation (details supplied) from County Limerick...
- Arts Funding
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the prospects for a new and enhanced capital grant scheme for new theatre builds and upgrades; his Department's intentions regarding...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if funding can or will be offered to a community centre (details supplied) in County Kildare towards provision of youth facilities...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the functions which have, since the last general election, been delegated to Ministers of State at his Department by the Government...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if workers from non-EU countries are eligible for new work permits; if so, the trades and skills which are eligible; and if...
- Industrial Disputes
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 397 of 30 May 2006, if his Department will cover the cost of hiring interpreters for...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will instigate an investigation into the management and operation of a construction site (details supplied); and if he...
- Grocery Industry
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to introduce legislation to control abuses of dominance within the supermarket sector; and if he will make a...
- Work Permits
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employees of a company (details supplied) working on the Ennis bypass in Ennis, County Clare who have failed...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the functions which have, since the last general election, been delegated to Ministers of State at his Department by the...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 who is a diabetic was refused a dietary allowance; and if same will be reviewed....
- Departmental Staff
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the allowance paid to the office provider for the social welfare office at Ballinasloe, County Galway for the past nine years; and...
- Department of Transport
- Disabled Drivers
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has plans to amend the present guidelines governing the issuing of disabled drivers' car permits, to include people with other severe...
- Driving Licenses
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of full driving licence holders by age. [22798/06]
- Public Transport
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of those who lobby on behalf of people with disabilities (details supplied) that one in three ramps...
- Road Safety
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 437 of 30 May 2006, the number of fatal and non-fatal accidents in County Clare in 2005; the number of same...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the issues raised in the correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22337/06]
- Public Transport
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received an application for a licence to operate a bus service to the Ballycullen area in Dublin 24 from Dublin Bus; the date on which he...
- Departmental Staff
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Transport when officials from the accounts branch of the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources in Castlebar will be transferred to the...
- Road Traffic Regulations
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will allow mourning coach hearse cars to drive in bus lanes when conveying bereaved family members to and from the church and to the...
- Light Rail Project
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans to extend the Luas line to Rathcoole; the discussions which have taken place; the timeframe and process intended; and if he will make a...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Transport the meetings he has facilitated through his Department regarding the roll-out of broadband, particularly in relation to ducting infrastructure for...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will allow taxi drivers use the contra-flow bus lanes as well as the ordinary bus lanes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22705/06]
- Driving Tests
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposal to deal with the driving test backlog in County Louth. [22706/06]
- Road Safety
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of people involved in motor accidents over the past five years, per year, per county and who were driving on provisional licences. [22707/06]
- Harbours and Piers
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on submitted proposals by Galway City Council in relation to investment in Galway harbour to provide significant increased capacity and...
- Regional Airports
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on proposals from Galway City Council for increased runway capacity and passenger facilities at Galway airport. [22710/06]
- Rail Services
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in relation to a commuter rail link from Galway City to Athenry and Ballinasloe, including a new rail station in Oranmore as submitted...
- Light Rail Project
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will release such funding to Galway City Council as would enable the carrying out of a feasibility study on the provision of light rail...
- Public Transport
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of quality bus corridors which will be provided in the next 12 months in Galway City and their location. [22713/06]
- Cycle Facilities
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of cycle lanes which will be provided in the next 12 months in Galway City and their location. [22714/06]
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will guarantee that the terms of any partial sale of the State airline, Aer Lingus will be discussed and voted on by the Houses of the...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Transport the functions which have, since the last general election, been delegated to Ministers of State at his Department by the Government under powers...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Community Development
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the allocations made to a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in the past three years under the programme of grants...
- Security of the Elderly
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if persons who are over 80 and not in receipt of an old age pension are entitled to a security pendant through their...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there is CLÁR funding available for the Achill Sound sewerage scheme, County Mayo; if, in view of the fact that...
- Community Development
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the work being done by a group (details supplied) in Dublin 24; the way in which...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the functions which have, since the last general election, been delegated to Ministers of State at his Department by...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the outcome of an appeal in respect of an installation aid grant application by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22277/06]
- Land Registry
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will request the Irish Land Commission, to furnish original maps, which are attached to a property, which was associated with an...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the functions which have, since the last general election, been delegated to Ministers of State at her Department by the Government...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Departmental Properties
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if further progress has been made in regard to acquiring a site for a group (details supplied) in County Kildare; if so,...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date on the application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [22285/06]
- Sexual Offences
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to set up an appropriate forum for people for people alleging that they were sexually abused as children but...
- Residency Permits
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will issue an appropriate letter to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 5 confirming that permission has been granted...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the provisions he intends to include in the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006 regarding, gambling, gaming or...
- Prison Committals
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons in prison for each of 2004, 2005 and 2006; and if he will provide a breakdown of those persons by...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons detected, summonsed and convicted for driving a school bus without wearing a safety belt each year...
- Garda Remuneration
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a special pension from An Garda Síochána will be made payable to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he...
- Garda Deployment
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí who have applied for transfer in Waterford City and Waterford County in each of the past five years;...
- Garda Stations
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider funding for a new Garda sub-station in the ward three area of Waterford City; and if he will make a...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the majority of sex offenders are not brought to justice; and the protection plans for child safety in place in...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the person responsible for the overall supervision and management of the justice system here; and the person who takes...
- Prison Therapeutic Services
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the number of sex offence prisoners receiving therapy has decreased; and the reason he closed the major unit at...
- Garda Equipment
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will clarify his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 385 of 16 May 2006, if Garda stations have fax machines and do...
- Residency Permits
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding residency for persons (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Drugs in Prisons
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which the Government will know whether it has been successful in making the prisons drug free when his office...
- EU Directives
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the regulations as enacted here only apply to family members lawfully resident in another Member State in...
- Residency Permits
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a fee of €100 is being levied for Garda national immigration bureau cards in view of the fact that previously...
- Garda Investigations
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps which have been taken to verify the accuracy of the allegations in correspondence (details supplied); and if he...
- Garda Operations
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the Garda unit for vetting people who apply to work with young people was established; the number of people in the...
- Garda Training
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí driving on provisional or full licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22717/06]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received correspondence from an association (details supplied) in relation to the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1979;...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will complete the application for naturalisation of a person (details supplied) whose family was granted...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the functions which have, since the last general election, been delegated to Ministers of State at his Department by the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí stationed in the Fermoy district for each of the years 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005; and if he will make...
- Garda Investigations
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of group six headline offences recorded in the Fermoy district for each of the years 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005;...
- Department of Education and Science
- Special Educational Needs
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount the Government is spending on defending cases brought by relatives of autistic people on account of the Governments failure...
- Home Tuition
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make arrangements to pay home tuition allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [22278/06]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [22279/06]
- Schools Recognition
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department has deferred the granting of national school status to a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if she...
- State Examinations
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students repeating the leaving certificate on a county basis in respect of the years 2004 and 2005; and if she will make...
- Home Tuition
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 498 of 16 May 2006 and 214 of 1 June 2006, when her Department will be in touch with a person...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the individual special schools and schools with special classes which applied for the July Education Programme in each of the past four...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average class size at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22378/06]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in Donegal, who suffers from dyslexia and who will be sitting their leaving certificate in June...
- Schools Recognition
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the proposals to establish a residential Irish language secondary school on Oileán Chléire in west...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the band rating allocated to both schools in relation to the proposed new community college and gaelscoil for Bantry in west Cork; the...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children of nine years of age and under in classes of more than 20 at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if...
- Educational Projects
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Donegal will be included in the school support programme; and if she will make a statement on...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on dyslexia workshops; if she will award grant aid to such initiatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22588/06]
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction the amalgamation of two schools (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, in view of the fact that there is full...
- Education Schemes
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department does not provide funding to a community-based organisation (details supplied) in County Laois, in view of the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to her recent announcement of a new primary school in Dublin 15 for September 2006 under the patronage of the Catholic...
- School Accommodation
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when work will begin on providing additional accommodation to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [22643/06]
- School Services Staff
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason some primary school secretaries are paid indirectly by way of an ancillary grant to the school per child, while other school...
- Third Level Fees
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Sligo has to pay fees for their studies as they are the holder of an Irish passport;...
- Psychological Service
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of psychologists available to primary schools in the Dublin area; the waiting times for psychological assessments; and if...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way in which parents whose special needs children are attending pre-schools throughout Dublin are to access primary schools in view...
- School Enrolments
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children attending secondary school in the Rathcoole, County Dublin area in each of the years 2000 to 2006; the projected...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a site has been selected for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; the negotiations which have taken place for same; and if...
- School Enrolments
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children on the waiting list for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Staffing
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the removal of a resource teacher from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Placement
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when primary school placements will be offered to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans she has to give a chairman's allowance to the chairperson of the different county vocational education committees; and if she...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the functions which have, since the last general election, been delegated to Ministers of State at her Department by the Government...
- Department of Defence
- Army Compensation Claims
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 67, 121 and 126 of 9 May 2006, the number, of those who were awarded gratuities, who were officers; the number...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Defence the functions which have, since the last general election, been delegated to Ministers of State at his Department by the Government under powers...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 414: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will ensure that under the State lands initiative, local authorities should give some of their land to...
- Noise Pollution
Question 415: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action a person can take regarding the noise pollution from jet skis that are operating off the prom in...
- Company Closures
Question 416: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 298 of 29 January 2003 if the property that was held by a company...
- Register of Electors
Question 418: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the register of electors based on the revised Dáil Éireann constituencies will be available; and if he...
- Departmental Statistics
Question 419: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the statistics available on the amount of moneys paid to local authorities by way of development levy and...
- Land Acquisition
Question 421: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position of an application for sale of a bog by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 422: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has at any stage issued a circular to local authorities regarding the conditions and...
- Fire Stations
Question 425: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will allocate funding for the construction of a new fire station at Kilmacthomas, County Waterford....
- Local Authority Housing
Question 426: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the directive he has issued on the draft framework plan for a project (details supplied) in County Sligo; and...
- Public Service Charges
Question 430: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of commercial rates collected by each local authority in 2005; and if he will make a statement on...
- Planning Issues
Question 432: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position on the establishment of management companies in respect of new housing developments which consist...
- Recreational Development
Question 434: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding applied for by Drogheda Borough Council, Dundalk UDC, Ardee Town Commissioners and Louth County...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 435: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the water and sewerage schemes funded in 2006 by his Department in County Louth. [22684/06]
- Local Authority Housing
Question 437: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposals his Department has received from Galway City Council in the past three years; the number in the...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 439: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent of further planned restoration works at the Geraldine Castle, Maynooth, County Kildare; and if he...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 440: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects the augmentation of the sewerage treatment system serving Naas, Sallins, Prosperous and...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 441: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will allocate sufficient funds for a comprehensive local authority housing building programme in...
- Water Quality
Question 444: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself regarding the adequacy and quality of the available domestic water supply; the...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 445: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has sought or received information from the various local authorities in regard to the number of...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 447: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding made available by his Department for sewerage schemes categories under the heading of small...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 450: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will initiate an accelerated local authority house building programme; and if he will make a statement...
- Fire Service
Question 451: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which expenditure on the fire services is in keeping with modern requirements and international...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 455: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the functions which have, since the last general election, been delegated to Ministers of State at his...
- Heritage Centres
Question 456: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress in the development of a Pearse Heritage Centre at Rosmuc, County Galway; and the role other...
- Community Development
Question 457: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when decisions will be reached on recent funding applications (details supplied) to the local government...
