Written answers
Tuesday, 20 June 2006
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a new study from the Combat Poverty Agency which shows that the increasing levels of indirect...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the impact the lone parent proposals will have on the introduction of a part-time unemployment payment if enacted; and if he will...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details of the new mortgage support plan being considered by his Department; the reasons this new plan is being considered; when...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a report from Mercer Human Resource Consulting that found that Ireland has among the lowest...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the targets his Department has set in relation to the timescale for the processing of claims and of appeals for the respective...
- Employment Support Services
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of meetings his Department has held with FÁS in the last year in relation to lone parents and encouraging them into the...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will be pursuing the issue of extended preschool provision with the Minister with responsibility for Children, in view of the...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the plans he has to amend the back to work allowance; the changes to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23105/06]
- Social Welfare Fraud
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on recent findings of the Comptroller and Auditor General in relation to rent supplement overpayments and the need to...
- Child Poverty
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the data on child poverty here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23104/06]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on increasing the living alone allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22951/06]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress which has been made in realising an all-Ireland free travel scheme. [23020/06]
- Pension Provisions
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the efforts he has made to date in ensuring that workers in the construction industry receive their pension entitlements; and if he...
- Departmental Reports
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has received the special report from his officials regarding the issue of maintenance referred to in the Joint Committee on...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of personnel who are receiving farm assist; if there has been an effort in recent times to promote this scheme in view of...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the impact the lone parents proposals will have on the limitation rule if enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to introduce assistance towards the cost of refuse collection for low income families; the consideration he has given into...
- National Partnership Agreement
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding his role in negotiations for a new national partnership agreement; if he anticipates a successful outcome to...
- Pension Provisions
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has received the report from the Pensions Board that he requested regarding mandatory pension options; its main findings; if...
- Budgeting Advice
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the support he has given to the Money Advice and Budgeting Service in view of the concerns expressed by the organisation that they...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on changing the dual eligibility rule for people in receipt of the carer's allowance, for example a person who has been in...
- Departmental Properties
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of offices his Department has throughout the country; the number of these that are accessible to people with...
- Budgeting Advice
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the efforts he is making to prevent the situation where many vulnerable people are being forced to use the services of money...
- Pension Provisions
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the situation whereby many companies with defined benefit pension schemes are unilaterally...
- Employment Support Services
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will expand on his recent comments that visionary initiatives are required in social welfare if the State is to adequately...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average length of time people are waiting on applications for rent allowance to be processed; and if he has satisfied himself in...
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the discussions he or his officials have had with the Department of Finance and the Revenue Commissioners regarding the one parent...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if progress has been made since May 2006 regarding his commitment to examine the proposal of granting free travel to all...
- Social Insurance
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the awarding of pre-entry credits to people who have been absent from the workforce for a considerable time as a...
- Pension Provisions
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress to date on the introduction of a personal pension entitlement for pensioner spouses in receipt of the qualified adult...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated increase in the cost of welfare claims in 2007 arising from the entitlement of EU migrant workers to the childcare...
- Social Inclusion
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the role his Department plays in the policy direction of the social inclusion units at local authority level; and if there is to be...
- Family Support Services
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the success of the Family Mediation Service and the services provided by this service; if there are plans to extend...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the plans he has to change the way in which the supplementary welfare allowance is to be administered; and if he will make a...
- Child Support
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he intends to introduce a second tier support payment for children in unemployed or low-wage households; if so, the progress...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has intentions of commissioning an investigation into his Department's practice of re-assessing savings derived from...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the controls which he intends to introduce to ensure that the child benefit payments only go to those migrant workers who are...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has intentions of abolishing the limitation rule which applies when two adults have eligibility for social assistance in...
- Community Development
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the supports he is making available to encourage the development of community councils and other such groups; and if he will make a...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- National Statistics
Question 133: To ask the Taoiseach the number of full-time farmers and part-time farmers in County Mayo for each year from 1995 to 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23687/06]
- Department of Health and Children
- Proposed Legislation
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason children's rights have not been incorporated into Irish legislation in the context of the Second Shadow Report...
- General Practitioner Services
Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that while old age pensioners can get free driving licences, they have to pay €35 for a doctors...
- Grant Payments
Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the grants and funding available to a group (details supplied) in County Kildare by her Department for the provision of...
- Health Services
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare cannot receive financial assistance for transport costs for their...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a procedure in Galway Regional Hospital. [23327/06]
- Hospital Services
Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in opening the new dialysis unit at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny; and when this unit is expected...
- Health Services
Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the condition of a person (details supplied) in County Clare deteriorated to such an extent that an amputation...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received reports or correspondence in relation to the health dangers posed to workers in the asbestos industry...
- Hospital Services
Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason no autopsy was carried out on a person (details supplied). [23365/06]
- Health Service Staff
Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on proposals in the UK to heavily fine those who attack health care workers; her further views on whether such a...
- Health Services
Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to a previous Parliamentary Question if she will arrange an occupational therapists report in the case of a person...
- Medical Cards
Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an application for a medical card in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be approved; if the...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a response will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who has applied for nursing...
- Health Service Staff
Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of posts which were terminated in the context of the termination of posts in the former health boards; the...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost of court cases and legal expenses accrued to her Department by virtue of their contesting the case of a person...
- Hospital Services
Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if €630 will be refunded to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [23409/06]
- Hospital Staff
Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the dismissal of a person (details supplied) at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; if it was due to...
- Health Services
Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the home help provided to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been discontinued; the changes which...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the rate of nursing home subvention top-up payments paid in each Health Service Executive region; if she will confirm that...
- Hospital Staff
Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of oncology nurses in each oncology unit in the country; if oncology nurses trained to clinical nurse specialist...
- Health Services
Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the directive she has issued in relation to insurance indemnity for facilities that have defibrillators installed; and if...
- Medical Cards
Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare did not qualify for a medical card; and if she will make a statement...
- Health Services
Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of the working group on haemochromatosis; when it will complete its deliberations; and if she will make a...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 26 January 2005, when she will complete the strategic review of existing...
- Health Services
Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to support polio survivors; if she will establish a committee to examine the issues surrounding...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of patients treated under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and the number of these treated in the same...
- Pharmacy Regulations
Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views regarding the growing number of pharmacies that are sited in health centres developed by doctors; her further...
- Health Service Staff
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason it takes 21 years for a qualified nurse to reach parity of pay with childcare workers; if she will instruct the...
- Health Services
Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the financial assistance which is available to allow a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 attend two weeks respite care...
- Hospital Services
Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost for each year since 2002 for laboratory testing being processed in private laboratories for acute hospitals in...
- Hospital Staff
Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the new development posts on hold for acute hospitals in Counties Cavan and Monaghan, by hospital, which have been placed...
- Child Care Services
Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in circumstances where a home parent who is attending third level education has their childcare allowance stopped at...
- Waste Management
Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount spent in each year since 2002 in waste management in Counties Cavan and Monaghan by the Health Service...
- Health Services
Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of home help hours allocated in County Cavan for each year since 2000; the number of persons benefiting in each...
- Hospital Services
Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the technical adjustments made to the acute hospital budget for Cavan Monaghan General Hospital and Monaghan General...
- Hospital Equipment
Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the actions proposed by the directors of nursing in Monaghan General Hospital and Cavan General Hospital to initiate a...
- Hospital Maintenance
Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which she intends to reduce maintenance costs in Cavan General Hospital and Monaghan General Hospital; the...
- Departmental Business Plans
Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she intends to publish her Department's 2006 business plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23580/06]
- Health Services
Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to develop new services in the west of Ireland in view of the fact that people in the region have the highest...
- Medical Cards
Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an application for a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [23586/06]
- Health Services
Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 16 May 2006, when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the termination of domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding will be restored to an agency (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23664/06]
- Legislative Programme
Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the Pharmacy Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23670/06]
- Pharmacy Regulations
Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has had discussions with the Irish Pharmaceutical Union in relation to allowing their members to give out...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there are grants or mobility allowances available for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if this person will...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if work has started on a house for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [23677/06]
- Departmental Funding
Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a society (details supplied) receives sufficient core funding, as outlined in its recent Health...
- Ambulance Service
Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has the means to provide financial assistance to persons seeking to attend for hospital appointments...
- Medical Cards
Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which interest earned from the financial contribution scheme for senior citizens affects means testing for their...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department will expand options for opiate addicts beyond the use of methadone; and if so, when options (details...
- General Register Office
Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the assistance which will be given by her Department to a person (details supplied) in County Cork whose birth was never...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she will receive the report of the review by the National Treatment Purchase Fund of the pain management service...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is financial assistance available to a person (details supplied) in County Galway who has a distinct hearing...
- Health Services
Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of speech and language therapists currently serving the public health system in each Health Service Executive...
- Child Care Services
Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 334 of 26 January, 2005 if the child care report has been finalised; if training...
- Patient Statistics
Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who have gone missing from Health Service Executive institutions or whose outpatient psychiatric...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the cancer ward in our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, which...
- Health Services
Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that better quality footwear is provided in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny...
- Health Service Staff
Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to previous parliamentary questions, the action which has been taken to fulfil a High Court agreement in the case...
- Health Services
Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of submissions received from service providers in relation to the use of a property at Myshall, County Carlow...
- Child Abuse
Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she received a submission from the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children regarding a child protection...
- Youth Services
Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to provide funding for a project (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is a cutback in funding towards the provision of medical aids (details supplied) to private nursing homes; if this...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce a common subvention policy, which would apply nationwide, for nursing homes in every Health Service...
- Health Services
Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the support services available to children with Downs Syndrome; if speech and language therapy is provided to children with...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on special measures to encourage more wheelchair accessible taxis such as the reduction or elimination of vehicle registration tax on new...
- State Property
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Finance if, due to the historical nature and location and other proposed plans and to stop further dereliction and decay, a detailed plan including the...
- Garda Stations
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the provision of a Garda station at Ballyvary, Castlebar County Mayo; when it is expected that same will be released to...
- Tax Yield
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Finance the level of revenue collected from excise duty on off course betting paid into the Exchequer in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- State Property
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans for a building owned by the Office of Public Works (details supplied) in County Clare; the reason same has not been renovated; and if...
- Tax Code
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number of claims for relief made in each year from 2000 to 2005 inclusive under section 86 of the Consolidated...
- Registration of Title
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Finance if the original deed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been obtained; and if so, when the refund in question will be...
- Tax Collection
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be furnished with a P21 statement for 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has entered contracts for either permanent or temporary accommodation for the decentralisation of the Department of Education and Science to...
- Tax Code
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected cost of making the unused part of personal tax credits refundable to those low income earners who are currently on the Revenue...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that have been taken by the Office of Public Works to construct a bridge onto Spike Island in Cork Harbour; the estimated cost of such a...
- Departmental Staff
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Finance if the special allowance for public servants who provide a service through Irish is still available; the amount paid out under this allowance in the...
- Flood Relief
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to plans by the Office of Public Works to carry out further work on the Tolka River in the Blanchardstown area; if...
- Tax Collection
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be furnished with a copy of their P45 from their former employer; and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is an exemption on the payment of stamp duty for people suffering from illness where the purchased second hand house has to be adapted to...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of the 450 decentralised jobs promised to County Clare in Budget 2003 which have been delivered; if they have not yet been delivered the...
- Tax Code
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary is entitled to tax credits; if they are liable for tax in 2006 as they started work on week 23 of...
- Flood Relief
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans and timeframe for completing the landscaping proposals with boundary fence or walls at an estate (details supplied) in County Kilkenny as...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of the 425 decentralised jobs promised to Cavan town in Budget 2003 which have been delivered; if...
- Postal Services
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in relation to the financial situation at An Post. [23375/06]
- Telecommunications Services
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the level of broadband availability in the Brannockstown area, Naas, County Kildare; his plans to enhance or...
- Remediation Works
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when consultants will be appointed to oversee the remediation of the Silvermines tailings pond; the reason for...
- Post Office Network
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to make grant aid available for rural post offices to ensure their computerisation, including the...
- Coastal Erosion
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount of funding obtained by Ireland from the European Union for coastal erosion over the past five years...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of civil servants who have requested a place in Cavan under the decentralisation programme; if that...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in view of the indications of continuing significant levels of consumer dissatisfaction with Internet...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the stage of development and future plans during 2006 and 2007 for the EU Fisheries Central Centre at Vigo,...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the capital investment by the State in fishery harbours here under the port infrastructure improvement programme...
- Marine Research
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the key targets, components and sources of funding for the Marine Research and Innovation Strategy for 2007 to...
- Aquaculture Industry
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his investment and product targets and plans for the development of the aquaculture industry here during the...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the situation with regard to the establishment of the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority; the expected cost of...
- International Agreements
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if it is intended to allow Irish fishing boats to fish in the waters of Western Sahara following the agreement...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on including small wind turbines which are used for home water heating in the Sustainable Energy...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the announcement in Northern Ireland that full broadband access will be made available to rural and...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will approve a grant towards improvement works to a pier (details supplied) in County Cork. [23857/06]
- Fisheries Protection
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals in regard to the national eel fishery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23925/06]
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Human Rights Issues
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will request the Government of Burma to work with the UN Secretary General in implementing a plan for national reconciliation; if he...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the contacts he has had with the new Government of Iraq; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23379/06]
- Emigrant Support Services
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of recent initiatives in respect of the Irish Abroad Initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23380/06]
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his contacts with the Democratic Republic of Congo particularly in respect of the forthcoming elections; and if he will make a statement on...
- Visa Applications
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of visas issued to Belorussian nationals each year since 1986. [23416/06]
- Emigrant Support Services
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the sums committed and those transferred directly or drawn down in each of the years 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006 and projected to year end...
- International Agreements
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement; and the efforts which Ireland has made to exclude the waters of the Western...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has received diplomatic assurances from the US Government regarding their adherence to the procedures and circumstances under which...
- Passport Applications
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish passports issued to Irish people in Rhodesia during the period of sanction from 1965 to 1980; and if he will make a...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Funding
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason 33 per cent of all money goes to the greyhound industry and horse racing while the Eircom League is under funded; and if...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a club (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will be assisted with grants and funding in 2006. [23373/06]
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the provision of a swimming pool for Castlebar County Mayo; when this project will be put to tender; when a...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person (details supplied) can apply for a work authorisation visa while they are here working on a holiday visa. [23824/06]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of factories on a county basis, on which the IDA have long term lease agreements, which are empty; and the cost...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he, or any body under the aegis of his Department have received reports or correspondence in relation to the dangers...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if civil servants being decentralised to Carlow will have to undergo six months training in Dublin before they can take up...
- Industrial Relations
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 669 of 28 September 2005, the progress to date on the inspection regime under the...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if core funding will be provided to allow people who are currently working on community employment schemes providing...
- Grant Payments
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 29 September 2004, the grant aid returned to his Department by the company; the...
- Job Creation
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts currently being made in cooperation with Enterprise Ireland, IDA, County Enterprise, FÁS and other agencies...
- European Social Charter
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the reality that the Council of Europe's Committee on Social Rights in its conclusions for 2005 found that...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of the 450 decentralised jobs promised to County Clare in Budget 2003 which have been delivered; if they have not...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Code
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will provide details of the wide package of reforms of State aid for lone parents that he is currently considering; when he...
- Departmental Advertising
Question 302: 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...
- Pension Provisions
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the over 80 allowance is automatically paid in respect of the qualified adult on a person's pension and the claimant directly...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to retain the services of An Post for the payment of social welfare entitlements to the public; and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans for social housing and rent support having particular regard to the views of his predecessor to the effect that housing...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons in receipt of rent support in each of the past five years; the number of houses built to meet their housing...
- International Agreements
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of countries with which bilateral social welfare agreements exist; if such arrangements are working satisfactory in...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he intends to improve or liberalise the conditions for receipt of free schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of applications for rent support refused in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Code
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Number 42 of 10 May 2006, if he will confirm whether, in a case where a fire-fighter must seek...
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Question 320: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reasons deciding officers in his Department decided that a person (details supplied) in County Wexford was not insurable under...
- Department of Transport
- Water Sports Vehicles
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will ensure an end to the noise pollution from jet skis after 9.00 pm near Clontarf Road, Dublin 3; and if he will work with Dublin City...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the shortage of wheelchair accessible taxis for people with disabilities; the percentage of taxi cabs which are wheelchair accessible;...
- Marine Accidents
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will issue a copy of the report following the naval diving unit dive and examination of a trawler (details supplied). [23744/06]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of the 140 decentralised jobs promised to County Galway in Budget 2003 which have been delivered; if they have not yet been delivered...
- Rail Network
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress which has been made in relation to a project contained in Transport 21 (details supplied); when works will commence; the timeframe for...
- EU Directives
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Transport the statutory instruments which transposed EU Directive 2000/56/EC; if the directive is fully transposed; and the timetable for the full...
- Rural Transport Services
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Transport the reasons the south Kildare transport initiative does not service the only general hospital in the County, which is Naas General Hospital; if he...
- Driving Tests
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Transport the national average pass rate for the driver theory test in each of the years since its inception; and, if available, to provide the regional...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason in the case of a person (details supplied) penalty points were notified on 4 July 2006 almost six months after the speeding offence of...
- Port Development
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department was consulted in advance of the decision of Shannon Foynes Port Company to seek tenders or expressions of interests in portions...
- Road Safety
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention was drawn to the National Safety Council Newsletter of August 2003 which indicated that research into child vehicle occupant...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of the 450 decentralised jobs promised to County Clare in Budget 2003 which have been delivered; if they have not yet been delivered the...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Security of the Elderly
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there are grants or funding available for pensioners to install security lights in their gardens and homes in order...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of the 380 decentralised jobs promised to County Donegal in Budget 2003 which have been delivered; if they...
- Rural Social Scheme
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary is not being accepted under the rural social scheme. [23292/06]
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there has been a replacement community representative appointed to the implementation team for the National Drugs...
- Irish Language
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the requirements of the Language Act will become operational; the requirements that each Department and agency...
- Road Safety
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding available to local authorities for the erection of flashing amber safety lights at schools; the budget...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 14 June 2006 in which he referred this Deputy to [i]www.pobail.ie[/i] if...
- Official Travel
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 14 June 2006 in which he referred this Deputy to [i]www.pobail.ie[/i] the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 14 June 2006 in which he referred this Deputy to [i]www.pobail.ie[/i] the...
- Road and Water Schemes
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 14 June 2006 in which he referred this Deputy to [i]www.pobail.ie[/i] the...
- Community Development
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 14 June 2006 in which he referred this Deputy to [i]www.pobail.ie[/i] the...
- Urban Renewal Schemes
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 14 June 2006 in which he referred this Deputy to [i]www.pobail.ie[/i] the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 14 June 2006 in which he referred this Deputy to [i]www.pobail.ie[/i] the...
- Community Development
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 14 June 2006 in which he referred this Deputy to [i]www.pobail.ie[/i] the...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of the 85 decentralised jobs promised to County Wexford in Budget 2003 which have been delivered; if they have not yet been...
- Single Payment Scheme
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the 2006 application for the national reserve should be submitted; the categories to be included; when allocations will take place;...
- Grant Payments
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the grants which are available for the renovation of agricultural sheds and buildings. [23300/06]
- Sugar Beet Industry
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment of a beet grant will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [23361/06]
- Grant Payments
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the subsidies a person (details supplied) in County Sligo is entitled to; the payment issues; the payments outstanding; when payments...
- Poultry Industry
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her proposals placed before the EU Commissioner in Brussels on 17 May 2006 designed to aid and assist the poultry sector here currently...
- Departmental Staff
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of personnel employed in her Department office in Cavan on 1 January 2000; the number there are at the present time; the...
- EU Directives
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the proposals, which she indicated needed to be sent forward to the European Commission, regarding to the nitrates directive, have...
- Grant Payments
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has received their entitlements from the national reserve, following submission of...
- Food Safety
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of illegal foods confiscated by the inspectors at airports and ports here to date in 2006; the comparable figures for 2005;...
- Grant Payments
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason the value of the entitlements allocated to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo from the national reserve were so low...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she intends to publish the animal health Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23833/06]
- Land Purchase Annuities
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will extend the closing date under the land purchase annuities redemption scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Live Exports
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 17 May 2005, if the same regulations are applied on the import of lamb direct...
- Grant Payments
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if payment will be made of all monies due to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in relation to single payment; the details of...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Prison Staff
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in relation to a submission by the...
- International Agreements
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the recent administrative error on the part of the US Government in failing to request the permission of his...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of the 230 decentralised jobs promised to Roscommon Town in Budget 2003 which have been delivered; if they have...
- Garda Operations
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has established if the Gardaí at any level were advised in advance of the planned bomb attack on the Sinn Féin...
- Residency Permits
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a report detailing the number of applications for EU residency permits which have been received each year...
- Prisoner Transfers
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on transferring a person (details supplied) from Cork Prison either to Clover Hill or to Mountjoy; his plans to...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for amending the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956 in view of the fact that over 800 people will become unemployed...
- Residency Permits
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the process available to a person (details supplied) who is the parent of an Irish child to enable them to remain here....
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the provision of Garda closed circuit system will be implemented for the city of Kilkenny; and if he will make a...
- Sentencing Policy
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the remission potentialities relating to sexual assault offences. [23357/06]
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the schedule being followed in respect of the introduction of anti-social behaviour orders; and if he will make a statement...
- Garda Equipment
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of intoxilysers held by An Garda Síochána; the location of such equipment within each Garda division; the...
- Visa Applications
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a green card will issue to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Deportation Orders
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application to remain in the State in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans he has to introduce specific legislation to penalise those who are guilty of attacks on health care workers; and...
- Peace Commissioners
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans he has to introduce a gratuity recognition scheme for peace commissioners, reflecting the workload of each peace...
- Registration of Title
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress which has been made on the deeds for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo as the file was sent to...
- Residency Permits
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made on a naturalisation application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 1055 of 29 September 2004, if he will report on the issue; and if he will make a...
- Victims of Crime
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the outcome of his recent meeting with the families of a victim of under age sexual assault; if as a result of this meeting,...
- Visa Applications
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a visa application for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement...
- Registration of Title
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath in relation to section 49 of the Land Registry Act,...
- Residency Permits
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 who has applied for permission to remain here;...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare received four penalty points instead of two for a minor speeding...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to establish a national guardianship register for unmarried fathers; if legislation is required to establish such...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the design, planning, tendering and other requirements that must be undertaken in order to proceed with his plans to...
- Garda Transport
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been dawn to the circumstances where gardaí who do not hold a B driving licence are driving in the...
- Registration of Title
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a dealing in the Land Registry Office will be completed for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [23685/06]
- Irish Language
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason Garda personnel serving in the Gaeltacht areas of Donegal, Mayo and Cork are ineligible to avail of a Gaeltacht...
- Garda Equipment
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of flak and anti-stab jackets available to Gardaí in County Mayo; the number of such jackets available; and if...
- Registration of Title
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a dealing (details supplied) in the Land Registry Office will be completed. [23708/06]
- Garda Deployment
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí working in community policing in Dublin City and County in each year over the past five years; and if...
- Garda Investigations
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the completed file arising from a fresh Garda investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a person...
- Asylum Applications
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be given leave to apply for asylum here. [23803/06]
- Deportation Orders
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide the information requested in Parliamentary Questions No. 88 of 10 May 2006 and No. 452 of 23 May 2006 in...
- Judicial Appointments
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reasons for the delay in appointing a judge to the bench of the eastern circuit where a vacancy has existed for over 12...
- Drug Seizures
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of arrests for the sale of illegal substances; the convictions as a result of such arrests; the type of illegal...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of arrests and convictions for each of the Garda stations within the Kildare and Carlow division of the Gardaí...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for citizenship for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Residency Permits
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status in respect of residency and work permit eligibility in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Registration of Title
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps to have an application for registration in the Land Registry Office by a person (details supplied) in...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of arrests for drinking and driving offences in each of the Garda stations of the Kildare and Carlow division of...
- Missing Persons
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons reported missing each year since 1995 to date in 2006 who have since been accounted for and who it was...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the level of funding provided to non-governmental organisations by his Department each year between 1995 and to date in...
- Department of Education and Science
- Third Level Colleges
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the proposal to move the National College of Art and Design from its existing location to a site on the University...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in the Dublin 24 area which have classes of 20 or more children under nine years of age; if same is in...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 449: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps which have been taken to redevelop schools (details supplied) in Dublin 7; when the redevelopment is expected to begin and be...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special language units here; the waiting list for each unit; and the number of hours that children in each unit receive...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the site proposed for accommodating a new Gaelcholáiste and Gaelscoil (details supplied) in County Limerick has been assessed by...
- Home Tuition
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is eligible for a home tuition grant or other assistance from her Department to pay for...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for her Department's decision to allocate differing pupil teacher ratios to boys, mixed and girls schools and disadvantaged...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new school at Listellick, Tralee, County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to her refusal to provide data in respect of retention rates for second level schools on an area basis, if she will make these...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the difficulties which have arisen in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 due to the recent rushed and ill-thought...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a statement regarding the higher education grants system of assessment which is in operation since 1983. [23377/06]
- Third Level Charges
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the circumstances outlined in correspondence (details supplied) and the detailed reports already...
- Schools Recognition
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will give her support and approval to a committee (details supplied) in County Donegal in their endeavours to establish a...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether Ireland has the second highest primary school class size in the EU; her proposals to deal with same; and if she...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that a place is available in the autism unit for a student (details supplied) in County Cork. [23430/06]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application will be approved with her primary building unit for a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will...
- School Curriculum
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 317 of 15 December 2005, her plans to introduce physical education as an examination subject at...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 1 June 2006 and your letter, when the funding will be available so that work can commence...
- School Transport
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a personal intervention in the ongoing impasse regarding the collection of students (details supplied) from Latton...
- School Accommodation
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of funding that has been spent on the provision of prefab buildings in each county per year between 1995 and 2006; and if...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she has taken or will take to give effect to the recommendation of the Evaluation of Educational Provision for Children with...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her Department's proposals in relation to a recent survey carried out by way of independent study for her Department as to the...
- Grant Payments
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of grant aid payable per student which will apply in the case of primary schools operating a book loan or rental scheme in...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose spouse is the holder of a work permit to work here is eligible to apply for a...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she intends to commence the transfer of civil servants to Mullingar, County Westmeath under the decentralisation programme; the...
- State Examinations
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost of registering to repeat the leaving certificate in 2004 and 2005; her views on a waiver scheme for those for whom the cost of...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the transfer of an organisation (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the position regarding the expressions...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when she proposes to approve the...
- School Accommodation
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a decision has been made in relation to an application for temporary classroom accommodation at a school (details supplied) in...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a sports hall will be provided at a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; when she expects work to commence; if same will be...
- School Accommodation
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by teaching staff at a school (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals and the timeframe for the provision of a permanent school building for a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown of primary school class sizes in County Clare showing in each case the number of pupils in classes of 19 and under; 20 to...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has received a comprehensive submission from the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 488: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the position regarding a site for a school (details supplied) in Dublin in view of the fact that three suitable...
- Schools Funding
Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the Blackstock Report; if she intends to implement its recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Insurance Industry
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans she has to assist schools with rising insurance costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23812/06]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to parliamentary reply No. 431 of 6 December 2005, if funding will be approved for the project; the status of the application;...
- Youth Services
Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the introduction of the Youth Work Act 2001; her plans for the roll-out of more of the services for young people in the...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to appoint a student representative to the Grangegorman Development Board or the Docklands Rail Development Authority;...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the provision of a new primary school at Forgney, County Longford, as same is required in view of the...
- Bullying in Schools
Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way in which it is expected she or her Department can have an up to date appraisal of the extent of school bullying in the absence...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, further to recent reports, schools in County Kildare have experienced an increase in pupil/teacher ratios in the past five years;...
- Cómhaoiniú Tionscadail Scoile
Question 501: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cad é an socrú atá déanta idir a Roinn agus an Roinn Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta maidir le cómhaoiniú a dhéanamh ar...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 502: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the special educational services available to children with Down's Syndrome at both primary and secondary school levels; and if she...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Properties
Question 505: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for redevelopment of the St. Bricin's Hospital site Dublin 7. [23565/06]
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Local Authority Facilities
Question 507: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding available to groups for the provision of a skate board park; and if he will make a statement on...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 508: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of the 455 decentralised jobs promised to County Wexford in Budget 2003 which have been delivered;...
- Planning Issues
Question 509: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will exempt turbines with a diameter less than 2.5 metres from planning permission under Schedule two of...
- Motor Taxation
Question 510: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the premium for taking out a quarterly payment system on...
- Local Authority Land Development
Question 511: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the situation in which Ballina Town Council are disposing of lands to private housing developers...
- Hazardous Substances
Question 512: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he, or any body under the aegis of his Department have received reports or correspondence in relation to...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 513: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of affordable houses made available in County Meath in 2003, 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006; and if...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 514: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans that are in place for the upgrading of a sewage system (details supplied); the number of houses that...
- Archaeological Sites
Question 516: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 167 and 775 of 8 November 2005, the steps his Department is taking to...
- Grant Payments
Question 517: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funds will be provided by his Department in order that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 518: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding obtained by Ireland from the European Union for the preservation of heritage buildings...
- EU Directives
Question 519: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 562 of 16 May 2006, he will amend the Environmental Noise...
- Waste Management
Question 520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the confusion for people in the counties in Connacht where a person...
- Fire Stations
Question 521: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of funding for a replacement fire station at Tallow, County Waterford;...
- Grant Payments
Question 522: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a person who meets all eligibility criteria for the improvement works in lieu of rehousing scheme...
- Local Government Policy
Question 523: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an audit to check the responsiveness of local authorities to representations made by the Houses of the...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 524: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown, in each county and the cost to the Exchequer of paying to end the dual mandate, including...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 525: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are minimum standards that the local authorities are required to meet with regard to the sizes and...
- Protection of Animals
Question 526: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the legislation on the protection of pet animals and the promotion of responsible ownership was last...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 527: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide this Deputy with copies of the assessments reports regarding the application of the...
- Grant Payments
Question 528: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position of a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; if funding has been provided for same; the work...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 529: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the locations currently being considered by the affordable homes partnership to develop social and affordable...
- Election Management System
Question 531: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to various parliamentary questions, when it was decided to re-examine the e-voting system; the person...
- Employment Rights
Question 532: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the role his Department has with regard to ensuring that contractors hired by local authorities are in...
