Written answers

Tuesday, 27 June 2006

  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to introduce a bovine vaccination programme for tuberculosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23610/06]
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of animal welfare officers here; the funding provided by her Department to the ISPCA; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Animal Remedies Regulations
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the animal remedies regulations; the discussions to date with the EU on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Agrifood Sector
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to ensure the survival of the agri-food sector with particular reference to the implications of the WTO and the need to...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action her Department is taking arising from the discovery of equine infectious anaemia here; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the reform of milk quota; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23629/06]
    • Animal Identification Scheme
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for simplifying the registration system for sheep here. [24481/06]
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) is reportedly receiving €10,000 a week in single farm payments. [24628/06]
    • Importation of Birds
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps which she is taking to stop the illegal import of exotic birds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23603/06]
    • Sugar Beet Industry
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the future utilisation of lands previously used to grow sugar beet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23613/06]
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide this Deputy with a copy of the Teagasc Report on the economic implications of the use of genetically modified...
    • Animal Health Policy
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way in which the development of animal health policy is being pursued in the context of north south cooperation; and if she will make...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures she intends to take to address the problems experienced by farmers in the Shannon Callows, as a result of proposals which do...
    • Social Partnership
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the agriculture strand of the social partnership talks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24602/06]
    • Milk Quota
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her proposals on the allocation of milk quota; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23631/06]
    • Food Safety Standards
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she expects the Brazilian Government to submit an action plan in response to the recommendations of the EU FVO review of the animal...
    • Alternative Farm Enterprises
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps which she is taking to develop an alternative energy sector based on agricultural land; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Food Industry
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on the food forum in the north east which took place on 12 June 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Milk Quota
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she will take to ensure, that the views of a recent Europe-wide study published by the European Association of Agricultural...
    • Farm Consolidation
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to increase land mobility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23611/06]
    • Cattle Breeding
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on recent developments in cattle breeding here. [24480/06]
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the EU stipulation of rules governing the co-existence of genetically modified organism products and conventional products;...
    • Farmers' Markets
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will now answer Parliamentary Question No. 10 of 18 May 2006 as to whether she will meet with the Department of the Environment,...
    • Forestry Industry
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the contribution forestry makes to the environment here. [24475/06]
    • Export Subsidies
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her Department's position regarding the abolition of export refunds by the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23646/06]
    • EU Directives
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the application for a derogation to the Nitrates Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23625/06]
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to ensure the maximum possible uptake of the farm waste management grants; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Animal Remedies Regulations
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of her application to the EU Commission for an exemption list under the animal remedies regulations; and if she will make a...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland on its report into breaches of food labelling laws; and if she will...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the prospects for forestry plantings in 2006. [24467/06]
    • Fruit and Vegetable Sector
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties for potato growers; and the improvements by way of grant assistance and so on she...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to establish an All Ireland food label; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23619/06]
    • Forestry Industry
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views regarding the situation where farm forest owners over the past six years received no increase in premium despite large...
    • Alternative Farm Enterprises
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the grant assistance available in the bio-energy and agri-environment areas under the research stimulus fund. [24473/06]
    • World Trade Negotiations
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the content of her recent discussions with the EU Trade Commissioner in relation to the World Trade Organisation arrangements; and if she...
    • EU Directives
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the Nitrates Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23620/06]
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for aiding digesters and other new technology to deal with pig and poultry manure arising from the application of the Nitrates...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to reduce inheritable wind disease in National Hunt stallions; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sugar Beet Industry
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food steps which she is taking to protect sugar beet growers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23623/06]
    • Poultry Industry
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the recent EFSA report on the incidence of salmonella in eggs in a number of European countries; and if she will make a...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the nature of the solid progress she and her Department have made in the continuing consultation process on the detailed arrangements to...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she has taken or proposes to take to ensure that all meat and poultry sold here accurately reflect the country of origin and...
    • World Trade Negotiations
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the World Trade Organisation Consultancy Group last met; the agenda at its last two meetings; when it will meet again; the persons...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of animal welfare officers here; the steps she is taking to ensure good animal welfare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Food Health Promotion
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to more effectively promote fresh vegetables and potatoes as part of a healthy diet for young people particularly in view of...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on whether the disadvantaged areas scheme might be improved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24623/06]
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her position on the deliberate release of genetically modified crops; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23643/06]
    • EU Directives
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of Ireland's application for a derogation under the Nitrates Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23636/06]
    • Animal Health Policy
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she intends to take to develop an all Ireland animal health regime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23624/06]
    • Farmers' Markets
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide this Deputy with a list of all the farmers' markets operating here that her Department is aware of; and if she will...
    • Installation Aid Scheme
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of young farmers who have applied for an installation grant in each of the past five years; if she is satisfied that every...
    • European Council Meetings
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the next Council of European Agriculture Ministers will be meeting; what is on the agenda; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Subsidy Payments
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the EU Agriculture Commissioner's stated aim to place a ceiling on the amount of subsidies single land owners can receive;...
    • Farm Incomes
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she has taken at EU level to protect the income of dairy farmers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24606/06]
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding Parliamentary Question No. 2 of 18 May 2006; if the meeting took place with the persons concerned; if a date from...
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she expects to receive and to publish the Inter-Department Agency Committee to Examine Meat and Bone Meal Disposal in...
    • Energy Crops Scheme
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the EU Commission will be reviewing the operation of the premium allowed under the energy crops scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Nitrates Action Programme
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her role to date on the implementation of the nitrates action plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23618/06]
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way in which she will remedy the shortfall in the afforestation programme which over the past 20 years saw an average of 15,000...
    • Beef Imports
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of beef imported from each part of Brazil during each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Dairy Industry
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had at EU level to protect dairy supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23622/06]
    • Meat Imports
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of meat other than beef, pork and chicken, imported for 2003, 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006; and if she will make a...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the criteria for receipt of national reserve entitlements from an equity point of view, in view of the fact that a 22 year old...
    • Food Safety Standards
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will ensure that food imports into Ireland can be stood up as having the same high standards of traceability, hormone use...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of applications that have been made to her Department for the farm waste management scheme; and if she will make a statement...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the funding provided by her Department for the control of varroa in bees; the funding available to beekeepers to control the mite in...
    • Energy Crops Scheme
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the bond for 2005 growers of oilseed rape crop grown for bio-fuels will be repaid; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied regarding the measures currently in place to protect this country against an outbreak of avian flu; and if she will...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she expects to receive the final report of the World Trade Organisation Disputes Panel on the claims by the US, Canada, and others...
    • Fruit and Vegetable Sector
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the assistance available to the seed potato sector; and her plans for the sector. [24472/06]
    • Dairy Industry
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she intends to take to further promote alternative markets abroad in view of the fact that Ireland is 300 per cent...
    • Poultry Industry
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the poultry sector in view of difficulties resulting from the outbreak of avian influenza in other European countries....
    • Dairy Industry
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she is taking to implement the Prospectus Report on Dairy Farming; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24622/06]
    • EU Directives
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to changes in her Department's method of dealing with the implementation of EU agriculture related...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her Department's plans to evaluate the economic implications of the use of genetically modified organisms; and if she will make a...
    • Farm Incomes
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the next report of the Steering Group on Farm Household Incomes will be ready; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Beef Imports
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has satisfied herself in relation to Brazilian in beef imports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23630/06]
    • Farm Inspections
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for inspections under the cross compliance requirements of the single farm payments scheme in 2006; and the way in which this...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of meetings of the Food Agency Co-operation Council in 2004 and 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23638/06]
    • Food Imports
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the breakdown of all the products surrendered by being put in the amnesty bins at airports here for surrender of animal product that has...
    • Agrifood Sector
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her key priorities for the development of the agri-food sector. [24474/06]
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her position on the release of genetically modified crops; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23642/06]
    • Food Labelling
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide this Deputy with a copy of her Department's submission to the EU consultative document on Labelling,...
    • Horticulture Industry
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the progress in expanding the horticulture sector here. [24471/06]
    • Farm Consolidation
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she is taking to ensure a greater level of farm consolidation is encouraged; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Animal Remedies Regulations
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to provide a countrywide and weekend veterinary service for the issue of prescriptions for animal remedies; and...
    • Forestry Industry
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the value of the forestry sector to the economy; and the number of jobs involved in the sector. [24468/06]
    • Live Exports
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on live cattle exports and cattle slaughterings in meat plants here to date in 2006 compared with the same period in 2005....
    • National Genotyping Programme
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to review the National Genotyping Programme; her views on extending the provisions of the scheme, including the payment of...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps which she is taking to ensure that farm building grants cover the increasing cost of construction; and if she will make a...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the allocation of milk quota; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23621/06]
    • Sheepmeat Industry
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a strategy implementation group will be appointed on foot of the recent Sheep Industry Development Strategy Report; and if she will...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to implement the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food's Report on the ERS; and if she will make a...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Tourism Statistics
      Question 152: To ask the Taoiseach the number of Irish residents who have gone on skiing holidays for the past ten years; and a breakdown of the figures per year. [24763/06]
    • Farm Statistics
      Question 153: To ask the Taoiseach the number of full-time farmers in 1996; the number currently engaged in full-time farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24979/06]
    • Legal Proceedings
      Question 154: To ask the Taoiseach the number of extant legal proceedings to which the Attorney General is a party or a notice party in which the constitutional validity or consistency of an...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 155: To ask the Taoiseach the number of reports commissioned by his Department by year since 2002; the number that were conducted internally; the number that were carried out by...
    • Irish Language
      Question 156: To ask the Taoiseach the number of people who indicated that they had an ability to speak Irish or who use Irish on a daily basis in the last ten censuses of population. [24698/06]
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      Question 157: To ask the Taoiseach the targeted percentage of employment of people with a disability by his Department; if the 3 per cent target can be surpassed or is his Department restricted...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Foreign Adoptions
      Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of the Irish Vietnamese adoption application of persons (details supplied) in County Monaghan and other...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an application by a committee (details supplied) in County Galway for capital grant funding will be approved; if his...
    • Health Services
      Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties created in the educational system due to long delays for speech and...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of planned hospital developments that have been requested by her Department to be put on hold pending a...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has satisfied herself that there is no risk of contamination from the importation of genetically modified foods or...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when there will be a comprehensive labelling scheme within the catering trade; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if respite care services will be provided in the north east area for children with autism living in County Louth (details...
    • Health Services
      Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason five hours home help per week has been reduced to three hours in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Benchmarking Awards
      Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to the recommendation made by the Labour Court on 1 March 2005 that salaries of staff working in the National...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of their medical...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene with St James's Hospital and have a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim admitted for...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway suffering from multiple sclerosis was not approved under the free...
    • Health Services
      Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will reassess a person (details supplied) in County Mayo so that they can be approved...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the construction of the BreastCheck facility in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of patients referred for radiotherapy to Cork University Hospital from the Waterford constituency since the...
    • Cancer Strategy
      Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to provide funding for the major capital development arising from the implementation of the National Cancer...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the capital funding which has been provided to the Health Service Executive south for development at Waterford Regional...
    • Cancer Treatment Services
      Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a decision has been made regarding the cancer services transport proposal for the Health Service Executive south east...
    • Cancer Incidence
      Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the incidents of death through breast cancer and colon cancer for each of the years from 2000 to 2005; and if she will make...
    • Health Services
      Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on a home care package for persons (details supplied) in County Mayo; the further reason a...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date by the Health Service Executive mid-west in extending the HSE pilot project of establishing teams...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to reverse the crisis faced by the State's Sexual Assault Treatment Units, as described in the new...
    • Health Services
      Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she is taking to provide full time education for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who has not...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 23 May 2006 if she will request the Health Service Executive to issue a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to ensure the proper resourcing and future of the sexual assault unit at Waterford Regional Hospital; and if...
    • Health Services
      Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding which was allocated within the western region of the Health Service Executive towards the homecare...
    • Health Service Property
      Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the annual rent paid by the Health Service Executive for the building in Naas which houses its headquarters; the square...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a bed will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in a hospital in Galway. [24456/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has been waiting four and a half years for orthodontic treatment;...
    • Hospital Visits
      Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she intends to visit Kerry General Hospital on her next visit to County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when revenue funding will be made available for the proposed community nursing unit in Tralee; and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive has allowed the domiciliary care allowance...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in arranging a mammogram appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [24502/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the home help hours for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo have been reduced. [24522/06]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the enhanced subvention payment is not being extended to new applicants in County Mayo at present; if this is...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of beds which are located in a facility (details supplied) in County Mayo, including details of the bed type;...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to the fact that a decision has been taken to amalgamate the three children's hospitals and to locate the single...
    • Health Services
      Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of hours speech therapy that children in special language units receive on a weekly basis. [24572/06]
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on the long-term stay charges repayment scheme; and when it is expected repayments will issue under...
    • General Practitioner Co-operatives
      Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive is attempting to impose an outside of hours general practitioner service on the...
    • Health Service Contracts
      Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the information she has received from the Health Service Executive on its investigation into awarding of contracts in its...
    • Health Services
      Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the lack of resources at a clinic (details supplied) in Dublin 7 which is closing on 3 July 2006. [24649/06]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding the offering of places on FETAC healthcare support course level five in Tallaght for all hospital...
    • Benchmarking Awards
      Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason benchmarking payments were withheld from staff at St. Loman's Hospital, Lucan Road; the conditions pertaining to...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason funding was made available to SIPTU in 2001 for the provision of training courses such as FETAC level five; the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she will be in a position to respond to correspondence submitted on 22 March 2006 (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount paid out in each of the Health Service Executive areas in respect of the hire of private ambulance services for...
    • Health Services
      Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to numerous representations to a range of sections of the Health Service Executive and to Parliamentary Question...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person who has cancer will automatically get a medical card on application or if they have to be means tested; and if...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there were any hospital consultants and if there were any hospital consultants from Our Lady's Hospital for Sick...
    • Health Service Inquiries
      Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will carry out an inquiry into all issues in relation to the death of person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the paediatric services which are available at St. Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown; her plans to upgrade or extend...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 18 May 2006 regarding the rates of nursing home subvention approved by her...
    • Health Services
      Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be called for orthodontic assessment; and if she will make a...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a 24 hour 7 day ambulance service is still not available in the Scariff area in County Clare in view of the fact...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an MRI scan in view of the fact that they have been...
    • Health Services
      Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment for orthodontic treatment in Limerick; and if...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her Department's policy with regard to the acceptable waiting time for the provision of referred services to children for...
    • Mental Illness Incidence
      Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the percentage of people who suffer with a mental illness; the breakdown for the Dublin region; and if she will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 239: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the level of support and services in place for people who suffer with a mental illness; if she is satisfied that there are...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the targeted percentage of employment of people with a disability by her Department; if the 3 per cent target will be...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether an out of hours, community based on-call service for people suffering from mental health problems is...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has satisfied herself with the provision of dialysis facilities in the Munster region; and if she will make a...
    • Counselling Services
      Question 244: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has satisfied herself that adequate bereavement counselling services are available for children; and if she will...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 245: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the concerns regarding the funding of sexual assaults treatment units in Cork and in...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has satisfied herself with the operation of the MMR vaccination scheme; her proposals to increase the take up of the...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 247: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to improve the child psychiatric assessment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24868/06]
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 248: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has satisfied herself that sufficient safeguards are in place to ensure adequate vetting of staff in private nursing...
    • Diabetes Incidence
      Question 249: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on reports that large numbers of people may suffer from undetected diabetes; if she will initiate a campaign to...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 252: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that developmental checks are unavailable in north Wicklow for young children;...
    • Drug Treatment Services
      Question 253: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps being taken to deliver alternative medical and non-treatment types of programmes that would allow greater...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 259: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim and have them called for their treatment...
    • Suicide Incidence
      Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the recent recommendation that the Government should invest an additional €60 million...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the directive she has issued to the Health Service Executive to include coverage for alternative medicine under the medical...
  • Department of Finance
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the purchase of a site for the transfer of his Department to Newbridge as part of the decentralisation programme; if a site...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works, in conjunction with the local authority and the Fisheries Board, will draw up a plan to try and resolve a serious...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to invite submissions from disability groups in relation to the 2004 inter-Departmental review of the 1994 disabled drivers/disabled...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the renovation and refurbishment of Oughterard Garda Station in County Galway, a project towards which moneys had been...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown under each operational programme and for each year, for the Border Midland Western and south east regions, of funding allocated and...
    • Tax Code
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow is in receipt of the homecaring spouse credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24490/06]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the purchase of a site for the transfer of his Department to Athy as part of the decentralisation programme; if a site has...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Finance if the stamping of deeds by the Revenue Commissioners can be dealt with in the Dublin office until such time as the Galway office is sufficiently...
    • Tax Code
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to make provisions for a first time buyer and a non-first time buyer who are joining together to buy a house for €300,000 in view of...
    • Departmental Guidelines
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Finance if all commercial semi-State bodies are subject to his Department's Guidelines for the Appraisal of Capital Expenditure Projects which affects all...
    • Tax Code
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given further consideration to the area of VAT refunds on conferences held in hotels here as is a practice in many other countries; and his...
    • Court Accommodation
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Finance his intentions in relation to the courthouse and site at Urlingford, County Kilkenny; if part of the lands will be offered for sale; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Finance if stamp duty can be waived in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath who has to purchase a new home to accommodate a child who has...
    • State Property
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 21 June 2006, the reason the information with respect to the other bids is deemed to be commercially...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has received a request from Mitchelstown Heritage to clean the Fanahan Sculpture at Mitchelstown Garda Station; and if...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Finance the targeted percentage of employment of people with a disability by his Department; if the 3 per cent target will be surpassed or is his Department...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the provision of a new Garda station at Tralee, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24861/06]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Finance the areas of the proposed new public procurement contracts in dispute with bodies representing contractors; and if he will list in the case of each...
    • Statutory Regulations
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Finance the regulations which have been enacted by his Minister of State at his Department since his appointment; the statutory instruments under which he is...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Finance if, with regard to the €75 billion which is due to be spent on infrastructure between 2007 and 2013 under the New National Development Plan,...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Biofuels Sector
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if any party expressed an interest in setting up and developing an ethanol business in south Kildare, in view of...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when announcements regarding the third round of the group broadband scheme will be made; if his attention has...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to provide grant aid to ensure that post offices that serve local communities are viable; and if he...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if it is anticipated that a town (details supplied) in County Galway will be included in the next roll-out of...
    • Coastal Erosion
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will approve funding to carry out coastal erosion protection works at a location (details supplied) in...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he had contact with Eircom regarding the inadequacies of sub-exchanges to provide a broadband service...
    • Foreshore Protection
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will confirm that enforcement proceedings will be issued with a view to enforcing the terms of the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the third round of the group broadband scheme will be announced; the operational timescale to have regional...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the targeted percentage of employment of people with a disability by his Department; if the 3 per cent target be...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is satisfied with on-going progress in relation to provision of broadband facilities throughout the...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the mobile telephone costs here in comparison to other EU Member States; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • An Post
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the latest report which he has from An Post regarding its financial position; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the level of charges incurred by some subscribers in County Donegal through...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Flight Incident
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if photographs and details taken with respect to passengers on board a recently diverted flight (details supplied) will be destroyed; and if...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason a person from Limerick who required assistance in Bangkok on 4 May 2006 was unable to make contact with Irish Consulate or Embassy...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts he is making to seek the immediate and unconditional release of Aung San Suu Kyi; the further efforts he is making to oppose the...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the lack of progress on the restoration of the Northern Ireland Assembly. [24657/06]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if assistance will be given to persons (details supplied). [24672/06]
    • International Agreements
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of meetings of the EU 133 Committee which have discussed issues relating to the ACP-EU Economic Partnership agreements since...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the targeted percentage of employment of people with a disability by his Department; if the 3 per cent target be surpassed or is his...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if examinations will be made into the existing situation whereby an applicant for a passport wishing to use the Irish version of their name...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the call made by the Irish Commission for Justice and Social Affairs of the Irish Bishops Conference for...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the regulations which have been enacted by his Minister of State with responsibility for overseas development and human rights at his...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the targeted percentage of employment of people with a disability by his Department; if the 3 per cent target be surpassed or is his...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Work Permits
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in relation to a work permit for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the mechanism involved in such a...
    • Grocery Industry
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has examined the supermarket chains to ensure that they are passing the benefits of the abolition of the...
    • Work Permits
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if plasterers from non EU countries are eligible for new work permits as indicated on his Department's web site; and if he...
    • Employment Action Plan
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of foreign investors which have been brought to visit each of the counties of Cavan and Monaghan in each of the...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if all employers have to abide by the new regulations in relation to carer's leave. [24733/06]
    • Capital Funding
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if seed capital promised of several hundred million euro will be made available to help the lack of regional development by...
    • Company Closures
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if all the rules have been adhered to in relation to payment in a receivership issue (details supplied); and if the...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of retained firefighters in regard to the Protection of Employees (Part Time Work) Act 2001. [24796/06]
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the targeted percentage of employment of people with a disability by his Department; if the 3 per cent target be surpassed...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Employment Rights
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the circumstances in which a written observation was presented by Ireland in the defence of the British Government in a legal case...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person on a non-contributory old age pension who has their farm leased and is therefore in receipt of income from the lease...
    • Housing Supports
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the plans under consideration within his Department for the creation of a new mortgage support scheme; when he expects the scheme...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of recipients in each county in receipt of farm assist payment; the measures being taken by his Department to promote...
    • Child Support
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if all children who reside here are entitled to the early childcare supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the rationale behind counting as means the first €95 maintenance payment for the purposes of providing rent support and...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the targeted percentage of employment of people with a disability by his Department; if the 3 per cent target be surpassed or is...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 40 of 15 June 2006, the amount of money that was recovered by claimants by his Department...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of applications which are on hand presently for the respite care grant; when these applications are expected to be...
  • Department of Transport
    • National Car Test
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will work with the Department of Social and Family Affairs to implement a scheme to allow old age pensioners to have their cars tested at no...
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of its procedures in relation to the review of all major capital projects, his Department has conducted a cost-benefit analysis of the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of local authorities which have commenced or completed a speed limit review. [24448/06]
    • Road Network
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Transport the breakdown of expenditure on national road projects for each year of the current National Development Plan for each separate county within the...
    • Rail Services
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Transport the Government policy on the future of the rail freight business in view of the fact that the removal of the points from a location (details...
    • Public Transport
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount spent on the delivery of quality bus corridors in the greater Dublin area since their inception; the breakdown of allocations to QBCs...
    • Road Traffic Regulations
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will allow limousine mourning cars to drive in bus lanes when engaged in official duties without the funeral cortege; and if he will make a...
    • Air Services
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in relation to the renegotiation of the bilateral agreement between Ireland and the US on transatlantic air traffic; the plans in...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Transport the breakdown of the number of persons waiting for a driving test at each test centre nationally; the average and longest waiting time at each...
    • Public Transport
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Transport the details of subsidies received by State public transport providers, specifically Irish Rail, Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus and the RPA in 2004, 2005...
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Transport if, before further public money is spent on the provision of cycle paths, he will request that the review promised in 2002 of the existing guidance...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Transport the targeted percentage of employment of people with a disability by his Department; if the 3 per cent target be surpassed or is his Department...
    • Aer Lingus Staff
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Transport the contents of the heads of agreement and the letters of comfort issued to Aer Lingus staff involved in the transfer to TEAM Aer Lingus; and if he...
    • Public Transport
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the journey time for Dublin Bus from Blanchardstown shopping centre is exceeding 85 minutes for a...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Transport the regulations which have been enacted by his Minister of State at his Department since his appointment; the statutory instruments under which he...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Community Development
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if moneys promised of several hundred million euro will be made available to help the lack of regional development by...
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the main problems along the Longford branch of the Royal Canal are...
    • Community Development
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to promote rural-tourism and agri-tourism in North Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Designated Areas
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of DEDs covered by the CLÁR programme prior to expansion and afterwards; the number of the population...
    • Community Development
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made to date in the cohesion programme between LDSIP, Partnership companies and LEADER companies; the...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the targeted percentage of employment of people with a disability by his Department; if the 3 per cent target be...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the changes to the rural social scheme will be implemented (details supplied). [25010/06]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the regulations which have been enacted by his Minister of State at his Department since his appointment; the...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has received their full payment for 2005 under the single payment scheme in view of the...
    • Food Industry
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of mushroom growers who are in production at the present time; the number who were in production on 1 January 2000; if she...
    • Farm Household Statistics
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of full-time farmers in County Tipperary in each year from 1990 to date in 2006; the number of part-time farmers during the...
    • Installation Aid Scheme
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of new entrants to farming each year since 1990; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24410/06]
    • Sugar Beet Industry
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the plans her Department has for the sugar beet contracts in south Kildare; if interested parties have shown an interest in setting up...
    • Cereal Sector
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the plans her Department has for the barley growers of south Kildare following the recent downsizing of a manufacturing facility in that...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when persons (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a 2005 single payment scheme payment on the entitlements attached to land...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the investigations which have taken place into the contamination of equine serum with equine infectious anemia virus; the manufacturer...
    • Commonage Division
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason payment did not issue in 2005 for commonage to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the single payment...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when an appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be made under the national reserve element of the single farm...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reasons for non payment of a farm retirement pension to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary, for the period from the...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the targeted percentage of employment of people with a disability by her Department; if the 3 per cent target be surpassed or is her...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the communication she has had with any company wishing to conduct genetically modified crop trials here. [24843/06]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on progress to review the Forestry Act 1946 ; if this review will increase the number of tree protection orders as...
    • Poultry Industry
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the most humane way of killing poultry in the event of culling becoming necessary. [24972/06]
    • Agrifood Sector
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the extent to which she has monitored the development of the agri-food sector in the aftermath of CAP reform; the most recent indicators...
    • Food Exports
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the new export markets that have become available to Irish food exports in the past five years; the number of such markets that have...
    • Dairy Industry
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views for the future development of the dairy industry with particular reference to competition on both home and export markets; and...
    • Beef Industry
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the future development of the beef industry; the export markets where growth is expected; the locations where greater...
    • Farm Household Incomes
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way in which farm incomes will develop in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24978/06]
    • Food Industry
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of people employed in the food industry; the extent to which numbers have fluctuated in the past five years; and if she will...
    • Food Exports
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food this country's main competitors in European and global markets in the area of food exports; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Farm Household Incomes
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to improve farm incomes in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24982/06]
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position in regard to bovine tuberculosis eradication with particular reference to the number of incidents in the past five years;...
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has satisfied herself that the use of meat and bone meal in animal feed stuffs has been discontinued entirely; if there have been...
    • Cereal Sector
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the future of cereal growing here; her plans to develop and expand in this area; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Deer Farming
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of persons involved in deer farming; the extent to which the enterprise is expanding or otherwise; and if she will make a...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the degree to which animal disease eradication in this country compares with other EU States; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of applications received for assistance under the force majeure heading; the number that have been granted, refused or...
    • Fruit and Vegetable Sector
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the development and expansion of the fruit and vegetable industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24990/06]
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if all payments due to farmers under the various aid or headage payment schemes are up to date; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has satisfied herself that all food exports are fully labelled and traceable; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Food Industry
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way in which she proposes to enhance the marketing of Irish beef and lamb here and overseas; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Meat Imports
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied that all imports of meat and meat products into this country are compliant with husbandry production and...
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the volume of pet foods imported into the country; if she is satisfied that European traceability and husbandry requirements have been...
    • Pigmeat Industry
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position in regard to the pig meat industry with particular reference to the extent of imports as a percentage of national...
    • Fruit and Vegetable Sector
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the acreage of potatoes grown here in 2006; the most prominent varieties; the value of the crop; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Food Industry
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the extent to which the food industry here is keeping pace with international developments in the area of pre-cooked, frozen or oven...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of participants in the original REP scheme; the number currently in the scheme; the number of participants who are required...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the success or otherwise of her efforts to discourage misleading re-labelling of meat or meat products; and if she will make a statement...
    • Food Industry
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if Irish suppliers of meat, dairy and other food products are given an equal opportunity to tender to supply the major food chains; and...
    • Deer Farming
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the total production, home consumption and export of venison in each of the past five years; the extent to which markets have expanded...
    • Agricultural Development
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the role research and development is expected to play in the future of agriculture with particular reference to the need to expand and...
    • Food Industry
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the future development of the lamb and pig meat sectors, having regard for access to export markets; and if she will make a...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will ensure that a decision is made on the single payment application of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of dangerous driving cases causing death which have occurred in each of the past five years; the number which...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of speed cameras currently in operation; the number in operation in 2005; and the revenue raised from same. [24783/06]
    • Prison Drug Treatment Services
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when drug treatment and rehabilitation programmes will be made available to all drug misusers in prison. [25017/06]
    • Residency Applications
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the date of receipt by his Department of an application for permission to remain in the State on the basis of marriage to an...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to the Government's promise to increase Garda manpower levels from 12,000 to 14,000 fully trained Gardaí within...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount and estimated value of heroin seized in the Swords area in each of the past five years up to 2005; and the number...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason he is proposing to deport a person (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Romania...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the delay of formal notification from the Gardaí should cause a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow to...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be deported; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Visa Applications
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a visa has not been made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation will be completed for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [24392/06]
    • Work Permits
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied). [24422/06]
    • Missing Persons
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he proposes to take to fund a missing persons helpline in view of the acknowledged need for this service and the...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite an application for a visitors visa for a person (details supplied); the timeframe for such an...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the residency application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [24451/06]
    • Waste Management
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Gardaí will assist with the removal of a car (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [24493/06]
    • Garda Operations
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will request a report from the Garda authorities on their response to the issues in correspondence (details supplied)...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made by the EU Treaty Rights Section of his Department in relation to residency permission for a...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a visa will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to the people of Cobh, County Cork who have established a committee to save Spike Island heritage, by not...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) who owns a takeaway in Ballyfermot was recently told, when they asked a member of An...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from a person (details supplied); when a decision will...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for asylum for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of domestic violence which were reported to the Gardaí in County Laois each year for the past five...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will facilitate the repatriation of a person (details supplied) in England; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of non-nationals released from prison who were considered for deportation by him under Section 3 of the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of staff in his Department who avail of tele-working or e-working from either their homes or from sub-offices;...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the appeal of a person (details supplied) for permanent leave to remain here will be dealt with; and the reason his...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 432 of 16 May 2006, the number of additional Gardaí appointed to each of the stations...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a visa entry permit will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will expedite a response. [24753/06]
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application to the Garda vetting unit by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who is providing home support...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 412 of 20 June 2006, his plans to hold a public consultation on the proposed...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the targeted percentage of employment of people with a disability by his Department; if the 3% target will be surpassed or...
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the proposed means test limits for the civil legal aid scheme; when the draft regulations will be available; if they will be...
    • Sentencing Policy
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that consistency in sentencing for crimes of a similar nature is being achieved across the State; the way...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans in place for development and enhancement of the Garda Síochána in the north city area of Dublin, in view of the...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures adopted for the purpose of deporting a person from this State to their country of origin; the number of...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum applications made each year from 1990 to date in 2006; the number of applications that were not...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the regulations which have been enacted by his Minister of State since his appointment; the statutory instruments under...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools specifically for dealing with children with autism she has approved, since she became Minister for Education and...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when additional school accommodation will be provided for Clonmellon, County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made in purchasing a suitable site for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick, since her visit...
    • School Staffing
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she or her Department have received correspondence regarding a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will grant...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for her Department's probationary system for qualified primary school teachers which obliges teachers who have passed their...
    • Irish Language
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures she will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Clare can continue their education up to leaving...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the rules which apply to the retention of special needs assistants in schools where changing circumstances dictates a reduction in the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an additional teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Bullying in Schools
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department does not have a system to record the number of incidents of school bullying throughout the country; if her...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she is taking to provide full time education for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who has not attended school...
    • Home-School Liaison Scheme
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for a home liaison teacher for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will examine the application for a review of the decision not to include a school (details supplied) in County Donegal in the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on appointing an additional teacher to a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork where pupil numbers will increase...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an appeal by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the details of the Vocational Educational Committee scholarship, PLC scheme and TLT scheme will be issued to vocational...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if additional funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [24519/06]
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she or officials within the youth affairs section are developing a policy proposal to tackle anti-social behaviour amongst young...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of personnel in her Department specifically dealing with provision of second level places for children progressing to second...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding is available for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24533/06]
    • School Curriculum
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to introduce technology usage (details supplied) into the primary school curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Youth Services
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the assistance her Department has given or will give to Wicklow County Council to assist in the establishment of an outreach third...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the recommended spatial size of primary school classes for approximately 25 pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in County Mayo that have submitted an application for review in relation to the review mechanism put in place to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the building of a new primary school (details supplied) in County Mayo; if all the site issues have been...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 26 April 2006 the progress which has since been made on this case. [24663/06]
    • Third Level Education
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students enrolled on courses (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24664/06]
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made in improving facilities at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18 or in finding a new location for...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the third level grant conditions attaching to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; if such a person is entitled to the free...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin has been...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of resources, financial, staffing or otherwise allocated to NALA by her Department. [24680/06]
    • Adult Education
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of resources, financial, staffing or otherwise allocated to AONTAS by her Department. [24681/06]
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of resources, financial, staffing or otherwise allocated to the IVEA by her Department. [24682/06]
    • School Enrolments
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of gaelscoileanna; and the number of pupils currently attending such gaelscoileanna. [24694/06]
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of staff employed by the National Educational Welfare Board; the number employed in each county and the area which they...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount spent on travel expenses on a county basis by staff in the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is an overlap between the work of the National Educational Welfare Board and the home school liaison; where these overlaps...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in each strand of the new DEIS scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24726/06]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding which has been allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Laois for its building project; and if she will make a...
    • Early School Leavers
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children who were enrolled in school and who then left school prematurely for the past three years; the reason the...
    • Departmental Websites
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of times her Department's website has been offline and inaccessible to the public since 1 January 2006; the length of time...
    • School Staffing
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of additional primary teachers to be employed in Limerick in September 2006. [24766/06]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the basis for her Departments special education policies (details supplied); if she will formulate and implement a clear and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of purpose built special educational units built in each year since 2000; the number of those units being used for the...
    • Irish Language
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Education and Science to explain the consultative process followed prior to her announcement of the Irish Language support package to the INTO conference at...
    • Ionad Náisiúnta Oideachas Gaeilge
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the Ionad Náisiúnta Oideachas Gaeilge will be established in Baile Bhúirne; the role it will have; and the process which is...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review a decision to withdraw a special needs assistant from a child (details supplied) in County Laois in view of the fact...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason two schools (details supplied), in the same town in County Offaly, with children from the same homes are receiving such...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the issue of secondary supports for pupils with special needs such as psychology and so on has been brought to her attention; the...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the targeted percentage of employment of people with a disability by her Department; if the 3 per cent target be surpassed or is her...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of gaelscoileanna in the Cork region; the approximate number of pupils enrolled; the way in which this has changed over the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding a building project for a primary school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if plans have been submitted to...
    • School Staffing
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she will take to ensure that a school (details supplied) in County Longford is enabled to retain their third teacher due to...
    • State Examinations
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on changing the system whereby a school principal can refuse a pupil the opportunity to sit State examinations for reasons of...
    • School Staffing
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 is entitled to extra support teaching hours to assist in view of their problem of dyslexia;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 387 of 7 June 2006 if a process has been completed regarding a school (details supplied) in...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will grant formal recognition to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25029/06]
    • School Staffing
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students in each class in all primary schools in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25053/06]
  • Department of Defence
    • Fuel Prices
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Defence the effect the increases in fuel prices have had within his Department; the additional costs anticipated in 2006 as compared with 2005; the fuel...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Defence the targeted percentage of employment of people with a disability by his Department; if the 3 per cent target may be surpassed or is his Department...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Defence the Regulations which have been enacted by his Minister of State since his appointment; the Statutory Instruments under which he is carrying out his...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Public Services
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he will put in place to ensure correct accountability and transparency will apply with regard to...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of a sewerage scheme for Clonmellon Village, County Westmeath; when this...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 13 June 2006, if the 48 per cent increase in local authority...
    • Housing Management Companies
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the replies he has received from local authorities in relation to the...
    • Local Authority Grants
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the mechanisms available to a person to seek grant aid for the provision of toilet or bathroom facilities...
    • Housing Statistics
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department's attention has been drawn to the number of houses without toilet or bathroom facilities in...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if additional funding will be made available to local authorities to provide underground recycling systems;...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding provided each year since commencement of the special housing scheme for the elderly; and if he...
    • Wildlife Protection
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a company (details supplied) in County Wexford is in breach of the law by openly offering glue traps for...
    • Waste Management
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the technology developed by a company (details supplied) which allows...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the sewerage scheme at a location (details supplied) in County Kildare; the timeframe...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the targeted percentage of employment of people with a disability by his Department; if the 3 per cent target...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself with the level of recycling of household waste being achieved in the State; the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the assumption made in Parliamentary Question No. 241 of 20 June 2006 that the provision of a...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the regulations which have been enacted by his Minister of State with responsibility in the area of...

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