Written answers
Thursday, 15 June 2006
- Department of Health and Children
- Cross-Border Co-operation
Question 1: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of co-operation, activity and engagement as regards health and most especially as regards the helicopter emergency...
- Hospital Services
Question 2: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the Comhairle na nOspidéal and the Health Service Executive report, commissioned in 2000, to review neurosurgical...
- Public Health Issues
Question 3: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the level of mosquito bites suffered by people here; if she is satisfied that adequate measures are being taken to prevent...
- Health Services
Question 4: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the entitlements of children to dental treatment under present arrangements; and if she has plans to extend that cover. [23167/06]
- Hospital Services
Question 5: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is a universal newborn hearing screening programme available in the paediatric and maternity department at the...
- Health Services
Question 6: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is a diagnostic attention deficit hyperactivity disorder centre located in County Westmeath and County Longford; if...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 7: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if defibrillators are available in every fire station in County Westmeath and County Longford; if not, if she intends to make...
- Health Services
Question 9: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when orthodontic treatment will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [23186/06]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 10: 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 a hospital; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 11: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if home help can or will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Medical Cards
Question 12: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health Services
Question 14: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the lack of information regarding entitlement to public nursing homes; if she will make...
- Hospital Services
Question 15: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in the introduction of hearing screening for all newborn babies, especially in view of the fact...
- Patient Confidentiality
Question 16: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the practice at Bantry General Hospital whereby patients' personal files are retrieved...
- Department of Finance
- Disabled Drivers
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that a decision is made on the disabled drivers application for tax relief for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Aquaculture Industry
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the actions his Department made to prepare for the entry into force of the recommendation concerning farmed fish...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide further funding towards the redevelopment of Doonbeg pier which is expected to cost €1...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will make a statement on the sea fisheries output including the tonnage and the main species caught for...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position with regard to alleged illegal fishing activity at Killybegs Harbour; and the steps which may be...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position with regard to alleged illegal fishing activity in Irish waters or ports; and the estimates his...
- Aquaculture Industry
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the tonnage produced by the aquaculture industry here for each of the years 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001; the...
- Fisheries Budget
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the yearly budgets and the number of personnel employed by An Bord Iascaigh Mhara for 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 and...
- Fishing Vessel Licences
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the size of Ireland's licensed sea fishery fleets for 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001; and the impact of the...
- Postal Codes
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the cost of introduction of post codes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23207/06]
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the tonnage produced by the commercial sea fishery sector here for the years 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001; the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Territorial Waters
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the proportion of EU waters which belonged to the Irish State before May 2004, the EU of 15 member states; and the proportion since May 2004,...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps Ireland will take to ensure Israel's compliance with international law, in view of the fact that the Israeli Government has chosen...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a person (details supplied) on hunger strike outside the US Embassy; if his attention has further been...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will examine a grant application under the sports capital programme 2006 for a club (details supplied) in County Cork; if the...
- Sports Funding
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of public money granted to a club (details supplied) in Dublin over the past five years; and if he will meet their...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Visa Applications
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if citizens of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and so on can apply for a second working holiday authorisation after a period...
- State Property
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position of an application by a club (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will increase the fuel allowance for pensioners in view of the significant cost of energy; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of mailshots carried out to child benefit recipients in the past five years; the dates on which these mailshots occurred;...
- Department of Transport
- Marine Safety
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will bring forward measures to provide for an emergency towing vessel for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23202/06]
- Driving Tests
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a list of all current driving test centres; the plans for additional test centres; his views on the recommendations in the FGS...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Transport the penalties applying to commercial drivers of large vehicles for driving without a licence; the statutory basis for same; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Funding
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Transport the funding allocated and drawn down to date on preparing for the full implementation of Directive 2003/59/EC; and the measures on which this...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive premium payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23151/06]
- Wildlife Conservation
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare did not receive permission to plant 26 acres of land at Ballyoughtra Tulla, County...
- Grant Payments
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the payments due to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo under the 2001 suckler cow grant and beef premium schemes and the...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Immigration Issues
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which offences committed by a person, who has been granted leave to remain in the State for an initial period of...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views in relation to correspondence (details supplied); his proposals in relation to same; and if he will make a...
- Prison Staff
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of a submission by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare on their request for professional added years...
- Garda Training
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí in County Westmeath and County Longford who are trained in using breathalyser equipment; and if he will...
- Garda Equipment
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of hand-held devices to record penalty points offences held by Gardaí in County Westmeath and County Longford;...
- Visa Applications
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will make a decision on an application for family reunification currently with his Department for a person (details...
- Drugs in Prisons
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself that sufficient staffing is provided at Mountjoy Prison to ensure that visitors to the prison are...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of public service vehicles summonsed and convicted for breaching regulations with regard to the need to carry a...
- Garda Investigations
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [23240/06]
- Garda Deployment
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí allocated to Finglas Garda station in each of the years since and including 2000 and to date in 2006....
- Asylum Applications
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 25 May 2006 when he or Orac Rav had sight of the attached documentation with...
- Residency Permits
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a stamp four will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of the application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he...
- Visa Applications
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a green card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
- Residency Permits
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has verified the reason for refusal of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application for post nuptial citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Residency Permits
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status and the position in respect of the family reunification application in the name of a person (details...
- Deportation Orders
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant extended residency on humanitarian grounds in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the request for transfer to a location appropriate to their medical needs in the case of a person...
- Visa Applications
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he...
- Residency Permits
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Asylum Applications
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the arrangements which are expected to be put in place in the case of a person (details supplied); the rights, constitutional...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for naturalisation will be considered in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he...
- Asylum Applications
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Visa Applications
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when family reunification will be clarified in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
- Asylum Applications
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if consideration will be given to application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if...
- Residency Permits
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the situation whereby the spouse of an Irish national who applies for residency on the basis of marriage will...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received an application for naturalisation from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when he expects a...
- Department of Education and Science
- Education Welfare Service
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost of employing an additional education welfare officer at the National Educational Welfare Board, including salary, pension and...
- Schools Recognition
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an application by a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the situation in Belmullet, County Mayo where a school (details supplied) seems to be the only school...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason she has refused to supply information requested in parliamentary questions in relation to building grants for schools in...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools and secondary schools in County Westmeath and County Longford that will lose their disadvantaged status...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are special school units comparable to those at primary level available at second level for children on the autism spectrum in...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she intends to take to upgrade primary schools in County Westmeath and County Longford; and if she will make a statement on...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount allocated by her Department for the third level maintenance grants scheme in County Westmeath and County Longford for 2004,...
- Third Level Fees
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the mechanism available to persons to obtain a refund of college fees involved in their child's education (details supplied); and if she...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the higher education grant for 2005 and 2006 has not been approved for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and his...
- State Examinations
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will clarify the legal situation regarding the imposition of school rules during junior and leaving certificate exams; if a...
- School Management
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on reviewing the Education Act 1998 to allow student representatives to sit on school boards of management at second level,...
- Education Welfare Service
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans the Government has to increase the staff complement of the National Educational Welfare Board; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of commitments made four years ago regarding the proposed extension to a school (details supplied) in west Cork, she will...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Water Charges
Question 99: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to water charges for national schools in County Westmeath and County Longford; if...
- Local Government Legislation
Question 100: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he intends to sign the commencement notice for Part 19 of the Local Government Act 2001 to enable local...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 101: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the sewerage scheme for O'Brien's Bridge, County Clare, in view of the proximity of O'Brien's...
- Waste Management
Question 102: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received representations from a company (details supplied) on waste management. [23236/06]
