Written answers
Thursday, 22 June 2006
- Department of Defence
- National Emergency Plan
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Defence the role of the Defence Forces under the national emergency plan for nuclear accidents; the role of the Reserve Defence Forces in same; and if he will...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Defence the estimated value of the property at St. Bricin's Hospital which was handed over to Dublin City Council; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Military Medals
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Defence his proposals for the replacement of 1916 and War of Independence medals for those families who feel proud of their ancestors service and contribution...
- Overseas Missions
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of members of the Defence Forces on service with the United Nations in all missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23770/06]
- National Emergency Plan
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Defence the personnel from his Department or the Defence Forces who are represented on the Inter-departmental Working Group on Emergency Planning; and if he...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Defence when he will publish the report on the height requirement for women for entry into the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Overseas Missions
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Defence if reports that a computer or some computer equipment was stolen from Irish personnel serving on a UN mission are accurate; if so, the type of...
- National Emergency Plan
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Defence when the Government Task Force on Emergency Planning last met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23775/06]
- Defence Forces Property
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Minister for Health and Children or the Health Service Executive have indicated to him if they intend to take up his offer of the use of St....
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Force vehicles such as armoured personnel carriers, jeeps, trucks and so on currently in use on overseas missions; how often...
- Air Corps Equipment
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the frontline aircraft of the Irish Air Corps are not able to match the speed of a regular jet...
- Reserve Defence Force
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Defence the steps he will take to enhance the role of the Reserve Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23781/06]
- European Defence Agency
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Defence the details of the newly agreed EU code of conduct on defence procurement which comes into force on 1 July 2006; and if he will make a statement on...
- European Council Meetings
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the meeting of EU Defence Ministers on 15 May 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24139/06]
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of soldiers who are accommodated in army barracks; the number of soldiers in each barrack; the number of units of accommodation in each...
- Hearing Impairment Claims
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Defence the legal costs which have been incurred by the State's legal team from the commencement of the army deafness cases to date; and if he will make a...
- Naval Service Vessels
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent of the patrolling area under the responsibility of the Naval Service; the patrol vessel concentration for this area; the patrol vessel...
- Commemorative Events
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of surviving veterans of the War of Independence who rendered active service; if there is an intention to honour them in a special way on...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Defence the stage at which the investigation into the death of a person (details supplied) is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23980/06]
- Departmental Properties
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Defence the lands which were sold at Arbour Hill in 2006; the person to whom they were sold; the price obtained; the reason for the sale; and if he will make...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Defence the position with regard to the decentralisation programme as it impacts on his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23785/06]
- National Emergency Plan
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Defence the major simulated exercises he has attended over the past six months in his capacity as chairman of the Task Force on Emergency Planning; the...
- Overseas Missions
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will reform the triple lock mechanism which governs the deployment of contingents of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Emergency Plan
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Defence the key findings of his Department's market research into the extent to which the public knew about emergency planning; the lessons his Department...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Defence the arrangements in place for the disposal of old Defence Force vans and trucks; if his Department has procedures for making such redundant vehicles...
- Defence Forces Personnel
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to criticisms of the diet of soldiers in the Army from a prominent nutritionist from the Irish Nutrition Centre,...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Defence the way in which his Department proposes to dispose of the old Marchetti airplanes and the Dauphin and Gazelle helicopters; the number of these...
- National Emergency Plan
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Defence if there are plans to bring the various groupings dealing with national emergencies under one overarching management structure; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of applications he has received from immigrants to join the officer corps of the Defence Forces since he changed the rules in 2005 to...
- Overseas Missions
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Defence when legislation permitting members of the Reserve Defence Forces to serve overseas will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of times the Air Corps has been requested to assist in search and rescue at Glendalough, County Wicklow since 1 January 2005; and if he...
- Military Archives
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of staff currently employed at the military archives at Cathal Brugha Barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23779/06]
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Defence the items of surplus equipment and other goods which have been disposed of in each of the past five years; the mechanism for disposal of different...
- Naval Deployments
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Defence if, in view of the upcoming 150th anniversary of Argentinian independence, further naval deployments or other Defence Force deployments to that...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Defence the details of the regular promotion competitions he has recently established allowing non-commissioned officers to compete for officer positions;...
- Defence Forces Deployment
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Defence if Irish troops are deployed to protect Shannon Airport; if so, the number deployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23731/06]
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received a final report into the circumstances which allowed the recruitment of a struck-off doctor to service Irish troops in Liberia; and...
- Pension Provisions
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Defence the pension increases secured from the Department of Finance for the surviving War of Independence veterans and their spouses; the annual cost arising...
- Overseas Missions
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on his recent visit to Kosovo; the number of Irish troops serving there; the nature of the mission; his assessment of the situation...
- Defence Forces Deployment
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Defence if Irish troops are deployed on the border with Northern Ireland; if so, the number of troops deployed; if it is intended to discontinue the...
- Department of Health and Children
- Adoption Services
Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the average length of time between application and successful conclusion that couples wait in this country for inter country...
- Health Services
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be supplied with a new artificial limb from the National Rehabilitation...
- Health Service Staff
Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the national learning network workers who have not received a pay award that has been approved...
- Company Contracts
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views regarding a contract that the Government approved with a company (details supplied) following the recent financial...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has to provide an additional subsidy where persons (details supplied) in Dublin 12 are in a nursing home...
- Ambulance Service
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the helicopter emergency medical service is imperative in view of the plans for the north east of the...
- Hospital Services
Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the implications of her statement for the north east in which one major hospital will be assigned to that area;...
- Ambulance Service
Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the mechanism available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to obtain funding to provide transport for their...
- Child Care Services
Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if in view of the increasing number of children being cared for by non-relative childminders and crèche providers, it is...
- Health Services
Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to ensure the protection of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Services
Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if arrangements will be made to transfer a person (details supplied) in County Kildare from Blanchardstown Hospital to the...
- Departmental Reports
Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of reports commissioned by her Department by year since 2002 which have been published and made available to the...
- Hospital Services
Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a hospital appointment will be arranged as soon as possible for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she expects the National Immunisation Advisory Committee to complete the review of its guidelines; and if she will make...
- Hospital Services
Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that diabetes is a potentially serious disease if it is not managed and treated...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she intends to incorporate the principles of the UN Charter for Older People as a basis for the proposed Health...
- Health Services
Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her Department's policy towards supporting persons with Parkinson's disease; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the dialogue she has had with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in relation to support services for people...
- Hospital Services
Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the development of the satellite radiotherapy unit at Waterford Regional Hospital (details...
- Department of Finance
- Proposed Legislation
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the limit, under section 19(1) of the Building Societies Act 1989, which applies to the amount of funds that the personal...
- Departmental Reports
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of reports commissioned by his Department by year since 2002 which have been published and made available to the public; the number that...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Fishing Vessel Licences
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the concern among fishermen regarding the issuing of licences to new vessels...
- Departmental Reports
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of reports commissioned by his Department by year since 2002 which have been published and made...
- Natural Gas Grid
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the orders he has given for the feasibility study on the Corrib gas line to be expanded to include Sligo; if his...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Human Rights Issues
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there has been any change in the situation appertaining to Question No. 225 of 11 October 2005; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Prisoner Transfers
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to his statement in Dáil Éireann on 13 June, 2006, to the effect that the transfer of a prisoner in United States military custody...
- Visa Applications
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Honorary Consul in Karachi will accept a visa application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Reports
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of reports commissioned by his Department by year since 2002 which have been published and made available to the public; the...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Museum Projects
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the intentions of the National Museum for the preservation and conservation of the heritage vessel Asgard I; and if he will make a...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the projects, of the 57 projects under the local authority swimming pool programme, which are complete, under construction, about to...
- Departmental Reports
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of reports commissioned by his Department by year since 2002 which have been published and made available to the public;...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Job Creation
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress which has been made by the inter agency forum set up to address the situation following the closure...
- Work Permits
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in relation to a person from Croatia who would like to come to work in Ireland; the criteria they need to...
- Job Creation
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of site visits by promoters of inward investment for industrial purposes which have been organised by the IDA in...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Code
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will review the situation whereby pensioners must make a contribution towards the provision of an eye test in respect of...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will arrange a reassessment of means in relation to the claim for farm assist by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo....
- Departmental Reports
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of reports commissioned by his Department by year since 2002 which have been published and made available to the public;...
- Department of Transport
- Driving Tests
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Transport when a driving test will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24196/06]
- Rural Transport Initiative
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Transport the funding which was allocated to a rural transport scheme (details supplied) in County Westmeath in each of the past five years; the...
- Public Transport
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Transport further to his proposals to open up the bus market, the way in which it is intended to manage the use of bus stops; and if he will make a statement...
- Cycle Facilities
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will seek an explanation from the Dublin Transportation Office for the reason a cycle track design guidance manual for local authorities and...
- Rail Services
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Transport the capital cost of the forthcoming mini-CTC installation on the Westport Ballina lines; and if these lines will be available on a twenty four hour...
- Road Safety
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of transport officers in his Department who have responsibility for the enforcement of tachograph regulations; the number of on-road...
- Public Transport
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Transport the all-Ireland work which has been carried out in relation to transport; and if there have been discussions to establish an all-Ireland road and...
- Departmental Reports
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of reports commissioned by his Department by year since 2002 which have been published and made available to the public; the number that...
- Rail Services
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Transport the directive he has given with regard to the provision of the new rail carriages on the Sligo Dublin line; when will they be in use; and if he...
- Rail Network
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Transport the commitments the Government have given for 2011, with regard to Transport 21, as this a realistic timescale for the completion of the Sligo...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Community Development
Question 162: 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...
- Rural Social Scheme
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the weekly payment including the rate for the adult dependent allowance compared to what a person (details supplied)...
- Departmental Reports
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of reports commissioned by his Department by year since 2002 which have been published and made available...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Animal Diseases
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures she is taking to prevent the spread of equine infectious anaemia swamp fever amongst horses; and if she will make a...
- Animal Welfare
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she has taken in relation to the regulation of the transport of consignments of dogs within the State; and if she will make a...
- EU Directives
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the Nitrates Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24236/06]
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the stoppage of payment of insurance based pensions to farmers and their spouses who qualify for farm retirement pension...
- Departmental Reports
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of reports commissioned by her Department by year since 2002 which have been published and made available to the public; the...
- Grant Payments
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment from the National Reserve Fund will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Garda Investigations
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and nationality of adults found to have been trafficked into the State for each of the past five years; and the...
- Garda Stations
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civilians employed in Waterford Garda station in 2001; the number of civilians currently employed there; the...
- Garda Equipment
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of hand held terminals used to record road traffic offences which have been provided to the Gardaí; the cost of...
- Asylum Applications
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Reports
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of reports commissioned by his Department by year since 2002 which have been published and made available to the...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the directive he has issued with regard to Sligo being 17th on list for provision of closed circuit television as Sligo must...
- Garda Deployment
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to increase the numbers of gardaí on the beat in areas of high density population in Sligo. [24308/06]
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if fines, issued by way of the new hand held terminals used by the Gardaí, will be issued by ordinary post; if so, the way...
- Asylum Applications
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the longest period of time an applicant has had to wait for a decision from his office of a decision on the right to remain...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Staffing
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will appoint an additional teacher to a national school (details supplied) in County Cork where there are currently seven...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the acquisition of a site will be completed for the proposed new second level school at Monasterevin, County Kildare; the...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for funding for refurbishment and extension for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if the...
- School Transport
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 526 of 4 April 2006, if she will furnish a reply to the correspondence; if she has satisfied...
- Psychological Service
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of primary schools that have a dedicated national educational psychological service in each of the cities Dublin, Cork,...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 460 of 23 May 2006, if the application form for certain works will be sent to a school (details...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received a petition in June 2006 from the INTO regarding the issue of class size and other Government commitments; her views...
- Departmental Reports
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of reports commissioned by her Department by year since 2002 which have been published and made available to the public; the...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the arrangements she intends to put in place to reduce class sizes where the practical constraint of physical space is a limiting...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the purchase of the site for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare is complete, or complete subject to planning permission...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 7 June 2006, if she will further clarify the situation (details supplied); and if she will...
- School Transport
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the decision to refuse free transport to a person (details supplied) on a school bus, which passes their home to the...
- Department of Defence
- Overseas Missions
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Defence if foreign armies can train here; if not, the reason for same; his plans to address this in view of Ireland's commitment to participate in the EU...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is anticipated that an increase in the strength of the Army, Navy and Air Corps is warranted, in view of the likely overseas commitments with...
- Cash Escorts
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of occasions in which military escorts have been provided for cash in transit consignments; the cost involved; the extent to which...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which the members of the Army, Navy and Air Corps have been issued with the necessary protective equipment in the event of having to...
- Defence Forces Accommodation
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Defence if all Army overholders are accommodated in local authority or other housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24269/06]
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of trained military personnel available for air and sea rescue services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24271/06]
- Departmental Reports
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of reports commissioned by his Department by year since 2002 which have been published and made available to the public; the number that...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Grant Payments
Question 221: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status regarding a thatching grant for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [24170/06]
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 222: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 547 of 23 May 2006, the status of the application with his Department...
- Planning Issues
Question 223: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the response he has received to circular letter PD 1/06 from Fingal, Galway and Laois County Councils; and if...
- Litter Pollution
Question 224: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the dialogue he has had with Kildare County Council following the publication of the Irish Business against...
- Housing Policy
Question 225: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the review of the disabled persons grant scheme is expected to be complete; and if he will make a...
- Register of Electors
Question 226: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress which has been made on a common template for updating the electoral register; if guidance has...
- Fire Stations
Question 227: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the need for an upgrading of the fire-fighting services throughout the...
- Departmental Reports
Question 229: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of reports commissioned by his Department by year since 2002 which have been published and made...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 230: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a coordinated national approach will be taken to the provision of adequate water services to all towns in...
