Written answers

Wednesday, 14 June 2006

  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Irish Language
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made to date in relation to the development of a national strategy for the Irish language; if he has...
    • Aonad Náisiúnta Oideachais Gaeilge
      Question 50: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an raibh agallamh aige leis an Roinn Oideachais agus Eolaíochta ó 16/5/2006 faoi Aonad Náisiúnta Oideachais Gaeilge a...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has received the latest annual report from the national drugs strategy team; if not, when he expects to receive...
    • Fóram na Gaeilge
      Question 52: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an mó cruinniú a bhí ag Fóram na Gaeilge go dtí seo, cathain a bheidh an chéad chruinniú eile ann; agus an...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the prospect of the Charities Regulation Bill 2006 being before Dáil Éireann before the end of 2006; and if he will...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason the funding for CLÁR has not been proportionately increased in view of the decision to double the...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of additional funding allocated under the emergency needs fund since 8 February 2006; and if he will make a...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the annual expenditure to date from the Dormant Accounts Fund; the expected future expenditure by his Department on an...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has satisfied himself that the differing schemes and funds administered by his Department are effectively...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if interface is taking place between the local drugs task forces and the regional drugs task forces and third level...
    • Regional Development
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the opinions expressed recently by the Western Development Commission that the gap between east and west...
    • Health Strategy
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has had collaboration with the Department of Health and Children to address the need for a specific rural health...
    • Comhairle na Tuaithe
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he expects to receive the draft strategy from Comhairle na Tuaithe before Dáil Éireann rises for the summer 2006...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 65: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil staidéar déanta aige ar an tslí inar scaipeadh na deontais tithíochta idir na Gaeltachtaí i 2005; agus an...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in view of recent research findings showing that spending on alcohol here is the highest per capita in Europe, the...
    • Irish Language
      Question 68: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad atá déanta aige agus cad é a phlean do Ghaeltacht ghlas na Mí. [22784/06]
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals to increase the amount of funding from his Department by way of support to community based groups...
    • Rural Development
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has examined the findings of the PREPARE partnerships for rural Europe report on rural movements in Europe in...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals for a comprehensive independent review of the national drugs strategy; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Societal Inequalities
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals in regard to reducing societal inequalities in childhood circumstances; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rural Development
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he intends that the national strategy for rural development as required by the EU Framework on Rural Development and...
    • Voluntary Sector
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will expand upon the policy proposals expressed by the Secretary General of his Department at the recent...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will address the general weakness in strategic planning and project implementation found by the recent...
    • Irish Language
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has had discussions with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in regard to the translation of court...
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has received proposals that he has asked the board of Foras na Gaeilge to bring forward in relation to the phases...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funds which have been allocated to initiatives in support of volunteering to date in 2006; and if he will make a...
    • Irish Language
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide details of the programme to provide Irish language teaching assistants in third level institutions...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the contacts, discussions and meetings he has had with other Departments in 2006 in relation to his Department's role...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the low take-up of the rural social scheme in the southern and eastern regions; and the action he intends...
    • Youth Services
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will immediately grant young peoples facilities and services fund status to Clonmel, as requested by the RAPID...
    • Irish Language
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of Irish language schemes he has approved since 16 May 2006 under the Official Languages Act 2003; the...
    • Rural Poverty
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the measures he is taking to address rural poverty; the funding he has made available; the breakdown for same; and if...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Surveys
      Question 93: To ask the Taoiseach the number of full-time farmers in Wexford in each of the years from 1995 to 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23032/06]
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if he will list all the Ombudsman services here; their respective terms of reference; the contact details; and current post...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Government had discussions with Professor Drumm, chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive, in relation...
    • Health Services
      Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received the report of the working group on the Irish home help service; the date she expects to receive this...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the financial allocation by county for aids and appliances for the visually impaired and the blind over the past five years;...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an application for a medical card which has been refused and where the case is considered special will be investigated...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to a previous parliamentary question regarding a person (details supplied), if she will confirm the number of...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of retired staff from the old health system being employed by the Health Service Executive south east as...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of promotions granted by the Health Service Executive south east in the administration at senior executive...
    • Health Services
      Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the process within the Health Service Executive south east to accommodate psychiatric patients to make a will; if...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an occupational therapist's report has been furnished to Kilkenny County Council regarding a disabled persons grant...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an audit has been undertaken to determine the value of each patient's account held in each of the old health board...
    • Health Services
      Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive have plans to provide a new health centre at Johnstown in County Kilkenny in view of the...
    • Foster Care
      Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm receipt of an application for a foster grant from persons (details supplied) in County Offaly; when...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress made in the Health Service Executive mid west area in extending the HSE pilot project of establishing teams of...
    • Health Services
      Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the initiatives undertaken to expend the Health Service Executive Home Help service nationally and in the HSE mid west...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position of the proposed closure of a house (details supplied) in County Kildare as a residence for the mental health...
    • Health Services
      Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of applications for the home help package in Kildare and west Wicklow as operated by the Health Service...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of residential bed spaces available in the Kildare and west Wicklow area of the Health Service Executive for...
    • General Practitioner Co-operatives
      Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost of the operation of the K-Doc system to the Exchequer for each of the years since its commencement in the Kildare...
    • Health Services
      Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost of the new community hospital for Tuam, County Galway; the way in which the project will be funded, Exchequer,...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if it is policy to award medical cards to all tracheotomy patients which involves a life support system; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a scheme (details supplied) is means tested; and if so, when the means testing was introduced to this scheme. [23067/06]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary with a long term disability was refused a doctor only medical...
    • Health Services
      Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary receives early sanction under the special housing...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if extra funding will be offered or arranged to enhance ambulance services at the weekends in Maynooth, in view of the fact...
    • Health Services
      Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the promised lymphoedema service has been established at the Donegal Hospice in Letterkenny; and is she has satisfied...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a medial card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Ombudsman Services
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list all the Ombudsman services here; their respective terms of reference; the contact details; and current post holders in each case....
    • Tax Code
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax relief available for dental treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22887/06]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the implementation of the flood relief measures in Fermoy, County Cork. [22898/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance the present categories and thresholds for inheritance tax; when they were last adjusted; if they are adjusted annually for inflation increases; if...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance the circumstances in which co-ordinated pensions apply in relation to the pension schemes of State sponsored bodies; the rules governing portability...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to amend the Betting Act 1931 or Section 85 of the Finance Act 1998 to alter the permitted opening hours of registered betting...
    • Tax Code
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance if tax relief under the student accommodation scheme has been granted to a development (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if so, the third level college...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Grant Payments
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the financial assistance which is available to a sawmill owner who would be in a position to supply woodchip or...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the percentage of Wexford townlands connected to Broadband and which have broadband available to them. [23033/06]
    • Coastal Erosion
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the funding given to Wexford for coastal erosion in each of the years from 2000 to 2006; and the applications...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department will give a once off grant to Duncannon Pier for development and safety and to make it look...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of post offices or sub post offices in Wexford which have been closed down or downgraded in each of...
    • Marine Safety
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the action which has been taken, following the failure of a developer to comply with the directions of his...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the detention of a person (details supplied). [22945/06]
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Funding
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of public money granted to the Eircom League; and the reasons funding to this league is not a priority as there is a...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in relation to the National Standards Authority of Ireland and the proposed decentralisation of its staff....
    • Registered Employment Agreements
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the situation where a construction and engineering company (details supplied) have been...
    • Companies Registration Office
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will release a copy of the lease agreement for persons (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a...
    • EU Funding
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to extend the grant aid system of the Border Midland Western region to cover other areas adjacent to such regions...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of health and safety inspectors in the south east in the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006; the...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Ombudsman Services
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will list all the Ombudsman services here; their respective terms of reference; the contact details; and current post holders...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his proposals in the case of a spouse in receipt of carer's allowance who is also the adult dependant of the other spouse who is in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason children under 16 years of age with special needs are not deemed to qualify for free travel while their parent, guardian...
    • National Car Test
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on a scheme to allow old age pensioners to have their cars tested at no cost or half cost through the national car test...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason there is a delay in the processing of the rent allowance application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24. [22923/06]
  • Department of Transport
    • National Car Test
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on a scheme to allow old age pensioners to have their cars tested at no cost or half cost through the national car test system; if...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the actions of the national drugs strategy which have not been delivered; and the aspects which need improvement....
    • Community Development
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the mechanism available to a community group (details supplied) in County Kildare to apply for funding; and if he will...
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the closing date for security emergency pendants for the elderly; and the organisations an application can be made...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the criteria for qualification for the various schemes run by his Department; if this criteria has been met in all...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will consider an application for grant assistance towards repair and restoration at a hall (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will offer financial assistance to voluntary groups attempting to deal with anti-social behaviour; and if he...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the expenditure to date in 2006 on a county basis under the RAPID programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of new drug treatment programmes he intends to assist in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department has received an application for funding of telecommunications infrastructure at the Black Valley,...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which he intends to increase expenditure in 2006 under the RAPID programme; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will re-examine the 2005 single farm payment issued to a person (details supplied) in County Cork as the slaughter premium was...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will make a statement on the correspondence (details supplied). [22907/06]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if an appeal for farm entitlements will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a...
    • Sugar Beet Industry
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a final decision will be made on the best compensation package for the sugar beet industry; and her views on whether the growers...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she will take to protect the entitlements of farmers in the ERS 2 where they are unable to lease out entitlements or where...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the make up of the three interview boards recently established to fill vacancies for the position of district superintendent; the grade,...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Ombudsman Services
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will list all the Ombudsman services here; their respective terms of reference; the contact details; and current post...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the proposed anti-graffiti pilot project in the Dublin South East constituency; the measures proposed; the...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if extra funding will be offered or arranged to enhance Garda assistance at the weekends in Maynooth, in view of the fact...
    • Work Permits
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures by which a person who is currently on a student visa here and who wishes to apply for a work permit to remain...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding an application for naturalisation made by persons (details supplied) in County...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a map will be issued to persons (details supplied) in County Mayo. [22916/06]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action a person (details supplied), who has been refused a tourist visa to enter this country can take; and if he will...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community alert schemes in Kildare rural areas and urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the submissions received during the public consultation process on the proposal for an Immigration and Residence Bill...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí per 1,000 of population in Cork, Dublin, Limerick, Galway and Waterford for the years 2002, 2003, 2004...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 8 June 2006, the status of the applications by persons (details supplied)....
    • Work Permits
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the proposal by the Migrant Rights Centre for a bridging visa in order that migrant...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of any investigations into the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons who have been arrested, charged or are awaiting trial under either Section 1 or Section 2 of the...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) on humanitarian grounds in view of the medical treatment they are...
    • Coroners Service
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if changes have been made in relation to the seven year timeframe governing a missing person, where an inquest cannot be...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • School Transport
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the school transport service will be made available to students who were denied access to the bus since 24 April 2006 at a school...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a public private partnership arrangement will be approved by her Department for the development of a primary school (details...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding which is available to individual students from the fund announced relative to fourth level education; if it is proposed to...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will re-evaluate her position in relation to the funding needed to construct a sports hall at a school (details supplied) in...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the extension and refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo will proceed to architectural planning stage. [22969/06]
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to ensure a proper broadband connection for a national school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will sanction funding applied for by a school (details supplied) in County Carlow for the installation of a sewerage supply...

    • Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names of the primary schools in County Wexford that have been refurbished in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. [23039/06]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in relation to the new secondary school in Kilmuckridge, County Wexford. [23040/06]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the pupil numbers all classes in the national schools in County Wexford in the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and to date in...
    • Education Review
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the review of primary education in Enniscorthy, County Wexford will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Stay Safe Programme
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in County Wexford which run the stay safe programme. [23047/06]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes in primary schools in County Carlow that have more than 30 students, more than 35 students and the breakdown of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if the maximum support will be given to the family with a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will retain an administrative principal for a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [23058/06]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary school pupils attending schools in each county council and city council area; the number of pupils in each of...

    • Question 233: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to adjournment debate matter of 28 March 2006, if the new identification process has been put in place for primary schools...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a primary school (details supplied) in County Offaly which applied for a permanent upgrade of facilitates in 1997 will receive the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a school accommodation crisis at two schools (details supplied) in County...
  • Department of Defence
    • Ombudsman Services
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will list all the Ombudsman services here; their respective terms of reference; the contact details; and current post holders in each case....
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing failure to make payments since 1 October 2005 to Reserve Defence Force officers in respect of the use...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding Building Societies Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22943/06]
    • Waste Management
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of plastic bags liable for the 15 cent plastic bag levy which were bought in each of the years...
    • Nuclear Plants
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when Ireland first requested the British Government to close the Sellafield plant; the legal actions which...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the statistics regarding the employment of people with disabilities by local authority; the number in each...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve the applications by Kilkenny County Council for grant aid in respect of two fire engines...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when bog lands (details supplied) in County Offaly will be registered and documentation returned to the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and names of applications in his Department for sewerage schemes in County Wexford; and the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will make a decision on the application from Drogheda Borough Council for infill housing...