Written answers

Wednesday, 28 June 2006

  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Incentive Schemes
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of the tax relief for each year from 2000 to date in 2006 under capital allowances for the construction of private hospitals; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who claim to be non-resident for tax purposes. [24836/06]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the reforms to the value for money and policy review process that he recently announced, the decentralisation policy will be undergoing...
    • Tax Code
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied regarding the tax treatment of families with children to support. [24906/06]
    • National Development Plan
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress of the consultation process promised in advance of the introduction of a new National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Code
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide information on the taxation arrangements of landlords, in particular details on the number of landlords who receive their income...
    • Ethical Investment Guidelines
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Finance the ethical investment guidelines which are being adopted in respect of investments and investment vehicles such as the National Pensions Reserve Fund...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has prepared proposals in respect of pension reform in the context of the social partnership talks; and if he will make a statement...
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated value of the National Pensions Reserve Fund investments as at close of business on 31 May and 21 June 2006; the comparative figures for...
    • Tax Compliance
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the recent settlement made between the Revenue Commissioners and property developers (details supplied) reportedly to the sum of...
    • Housing Market Regulation
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on recent observations by the president of the ECB on the role of the Government in the housing market here; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social Partnership Agreements
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Finance the added cost in terms of public service pay in 2006, 2007 and 2008, and in terms of additional programme expenditures in these years of the agreed...
    • State Bodies
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and type of State body positions which will be affected by the increase in chairperson's salaries recently approved by Cabinet; and if he...
    • Home Reversion Products
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether there should be regulation of home reversion products whereby older people sell part of the house to release equity. [24909/06]
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the prospect that first time buyers will be excluded from the housing market if interest rates increase as forecasted to 3.5 percent in...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Finance if arrangements will be made that the Information Commissioner is consulted in assessing the merits of extending the Freedom of Information Act 1997...
    • Tax Code
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage in 2005, or the latest available figures, of persons who avail of tax relief in respect of pension contributions who are from the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance the negotiations which have taken place regarding the placement of persons who do not opt to decentralise with their units or agencies; and the...
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of women and men in each category or grade of public service appointment of principal officer level and above for his Department, the...
    • Economic Growth
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has conducted an assessment on the potential effects of a stock market slump on the economy here in view of recent turbulence in the...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had discussions with the Central Bank and Financial Regulator regarding indebtedness and the criteria for lending products; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the work of the Revenue Commissioners in monitoring the use of Section 50 Finance Act 1999 that provides tax relief to developers...
    • Illegal Imports
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied in regard to the level of supervision exercised by the Revenue Commissioners at points of entry, in particular in regard to the...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised by each stamp duty on credit or cash card facilities and on bank transactions; and if he will undertake a review of these duties....
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance when the contract will be signed with the owner of the property in Listowel that will facilitate the decentralisation of 50 Revenue staff to Listowel,...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has collated data on the performance of the National Development Plan against target in terms of physical project delivery, outcomes...
    • Revenue Investigations
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of investigations which have been carried out by Revenue as to the veracity of declarations by persons claiming to be non-resident for tax...
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce legislation allowing the National Pensions Reserve Fund to avoid investing in unethical industries, such as the arms and...
    • Tax Code
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to meet targets set in the Programme for Government and Sustaining Progress that 80 percent of all taxpayers would pay at the standard...
    • Public Expenditure
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance if he expects public spending to remain on target for the remainder of 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24859/06]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of stamp duty receipts received by the Exchequer for each year from 2000 to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Stations
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the provision of a new Garda station at Castleisland, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24815/06]
    • Public Service Employment
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the addition of 40,000 employees to the public sector in the last Quarterly National Household Survey; and the details, including...
    • Interest Rates
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the report by the OECD, and echoed by the European Central Bank, that another interest rate increase will place Ireland in the high risk...
    • Tax Code
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance the median income of those who availed of tax breaks in respect of private pension contributions in each of the past five years. [24834/06]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the possibility of extending the guidelines for regulatory impact analysis of new regulations to the Financial Regulator as it has...
    • Revenue Commissioners' Audits
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the work of the high-wealth unit of the Revenue Commissioners; the number of audits conducted each year from 2000 to date in...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the speech of the Information Commissioner Ms Emily O'Reilly to the Institute of Public Administration on 20 June 2006 in particular on...
    • Public Expenditure
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of programme reviews completed under the Expenditure Review Initiative in 2005; the value of the programmes reviewed; and if there is a...
    • Private Sector Debt
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on changes in public policy in the context of rising interest rates and the pressures that this will cause a household's finances. [24919/06]
    • Social Finance
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the recent study by the Trinity College Dublin School of Business Studies which showed that voluntary...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance the anticipated costs, in terms of acquiring, and equipping premises and other related costs at the latest date for which figures are available of the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the latest negotiation with the European Commission on the issue of the stallion tax exemption scheme; if he has received a final...
    • Revenue Investigations
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm reports that 15 other major developers are being examined by the Revenue Commissioners following from the settlement between a...
    • Tax Incentive Schemes
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has sought a review of the evaluation of tax relief for private hospital investment in view of the decision to permit these hospitals to use...
    • Tax Code
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the high proportion of Government revenue which is raised through VAT, places an unfair burden on low income families; and if he...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the heavy reliance on revenue from VAT leaves the State unduly vulnerable to a sharp contraction in Government revenue in the...
    • Special Savings Incentive Scheme
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a new product to encourage people to continue saving after the special savings incentive accounts begin to mature in 2006; and if he will...
    • Housing Market Regulation
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the findings of the ten year review of the housing market based on data from ESRI and Permanent TSB house price index which highlights...
    • Social Partnership Agreements
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the outcome of the recent partnership negotiations. [24962/06]
    • Price Inflation
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent increase in the consumer price index; if his Department has carried out an assessment of the expected implications for the...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the Exchequer returns for the first five months of 2006. [24965/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recommendation contained in the NESC report on housing that consideration should be given to a separate tax on second homes; if the...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date with regard to the implementation of the 12 point programme to improve value for money in public spending, announced by him...
    • State Property
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the planned sale of State property announced by the Minister of State; the property sold to date and the amount raised; the way...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the work of the Decentralisation Implementation Group; when they last met with his Minister of State; when they last reported on...
    • Budgetary Process
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on progress in reforming the budgetary process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24813/06]
    • State Agencies
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance if his officials, together with other Departments, have assessed the implications of the Institute of Public Administration report on the management...
    • Special Savings Incentive Scheme
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the exclusion of SSIAs from the terms of the DIRT refund scheme whereby pensioners or persons with a disability are entitled to a...
    • Policy Proposal Costings
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance the persons to whom information regarding political party policy costing requests are made available; the persons to whom they should not be...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of tax relief for private pensions in each of the past 10 years; and the average number of people who availed of such tax relief in each of...
    • Economic Growth
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the implications for the economy here of the recent quarter point increase in interest rates announced by the European Central Bank; and...
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance the numbers of staff in the Department of Finance, the Office of Public Works and the Revenue Commissioners in the general service grades of...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance if the amount of revenue which the State raises from the housing sector by way of VAT on building materials and stamp duties has influenced his...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance the position with regard to the acquisition of new premises, under the Government decentralisation programme, as it impacts on the Department of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance the evaluations of public spending programmes which his Department has undertaken during the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance the rate of stamp duty applicable on the sale or leasing of farms; the cost to the Exchequer of applying stamp duty relief to farmers under fifty;...
    • Revenue Commissioners' Audits
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of random audits carried out by the Revenue Commissioners in each year from 2000 to date in 2006; the number of tax defaulters that were...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Marriage Registrations
      Question 116: To ask the Taoiseach the marriage rate per 100,000 in 2005. [25321/06]
    • Birth Registrations
      Question 117: To ask the Taoiseach the number of children born to single mothers in 2005. [25323/06]
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Foreign Adoptions
      Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the procedures persons (details supplied) must take to adopt a child from the United Kingdom; the guidelines or conventions...
    • Mucoepithelial Dysplasia Incidence
      Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of people in Ireland who suffer from Mucoepithelial Dysplasia; the support services and entitlements which are...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the policy in place in her Department for meeting the needs of Kildare's rapidly growing elderly population and in...
    • Private Health Care
      Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has received proposals from private companies to build private medical care units on lands (details...
    • Hospital Visits
      Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to visit Wexford General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25084/06]
    • Health Practitioners Regulation
      Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has to regulate medical herbalists (details supplied) via the Health and Social Care Professionals Act...
    • Drug Treatment Services
      Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the number of residential detoxification beds for recovering drug misusers in the various Health...
    • Health Services
      Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo and ensure that their treatment is carried...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) cannot be given an appointment for a necessary knee replacement operation in...
    • Health Services
      Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when provision will be made for occupational therapy to be provided on a regular basis to enable a person (details...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she proposes to deal with the shortage of public health nurses which is affecting the delivery of services to...
    • Food Safety
      Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the person who has responsibility for food hygiene in butcher shops; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25094/06]
    • Nursing Home Standards
      Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the composition of the team that has been formed by the Health Service Executive to assess...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the arrangements she is making to ensure that the 700 persons suffering from Parkinson's disease in the mid-west region...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of physiotherapists who qualify here each year; the number of sanctioned posts here for qualified...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the medical card scheme providing payment to general practitioners who employ a full or part-time...
    • Survivors of Symphysiotomy
      Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to help the victims of symphisiotomy; if she has met the victims; and the action she intends to...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason no new funding has been received by Waterford Regional Hospital in 2006 to support further development of...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the directives she has issued with regard to the additional funding totalling €100 million which is to be included for...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to ensure the establishment of a warfarin clinic at University College Hospital, Galway, in view of...
    • Suicide Incidence
      Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of deaths and rates per 100,000 for suicide in the Health Service Executive regional areas and county for each...
  • Department of Finance
    • Offshore Islands
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the State plans to purchase the Blasket Islands. [25076/06]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has made a final decision with regard to a site for the proposed offices, for those members of the Revenue staff who are to...
    • State Property
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue raised through private companies using Office of Public Works property for events in each of the years 2000 to date in 2006;...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance if examinations will be made into the further charge of €40, if a credit card account is closing which applies from 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the receipts from stamp duty in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25303/06]
    • Public Expenditure
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his Department has monitored public spending throughout all Government Departments in each of the past two years; the expected...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which stamp duty receipts in 2006 to date compare with the corresponding period in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Economic Growth
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his Department have monitored the expected impact of recent interest rate increases on the economy and the consumer; the way in...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which income tax returns to date in 2006 compare with previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25310/06]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance if banking charges here are in line with, ahead of or lower than other European Countries or within the Eurozone; and if he will make a statement on...
    • European Council Meetings
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance if discussions have taken place with a view to extending the Eurozone in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25313/06]
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to correspondence received (details supplied) regarding works to be carried out to a sculpture. [25324/06]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to Leixlip Garda Station; if tenders are or have been invited; if contracts have been entered into or are pending; if it...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the directive he has issued to Donegal County Council with regard to Buncrana Marina for the construction of a...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the outstanding issues in relation to persons (details supplied) in the whitefish decommissioning scheme; and...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is providing advice and assistance to pilgrims wishing to travel to the Holy Land; the contacts he has had with the authorities in...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if funding is available from his Department to assist a person (details supplied) in County Mayo to establish a sports facility to...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the timeframe for the proposed announcement regarding a successor to his Department's access scheme; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Office for Employment Rights Compliance
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of the Office for Employment Rights Compliance; the number of staff to be assigned to this...
    • Corporate Law Enforcement
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the times that information has been shared in relation to potential tax or corporate law transgressions between the Office...
    • Work Permits
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a work permit will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason there is a long delay in...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in view of increased rents in the private sector, there are plans to review the income limits for applicants to qualify for...
  • Department of Transport
    • Road Safety
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Transport if Ireland has signed the European Charter of Pedestrian Rights; the means he foresees for its implementation; the progress in drawing up...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Transport his intention for the use of the €2.3 million subvention, which the Railway Procurement Agency, the developers of the LUAS, say they do not need...
    • Air Services
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Transport if there have been developments regarding a diverted flight (details supplied) in terms of an explanation from the corresponding English...
    • Postal Services
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which the courier industry and persons operating as couriers are regulated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25278/06]
    • Rail Network
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Transport the studies planned in regard to a possible link between metro north and west and the Dart line at Howth Junction, Kilbarrack or Baldoyle; and the...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Transport the Acts, or sections or other provisions of Acts, coming wholly or partly under the auspices of his Department, or for the commencement of which...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures which will be introduced to carry out driver blood sample testing in regard to the widespread use of cocaine and other drugs; and if...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Irish Language
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 346 of 20 June 2006, the 27 public bodies with which he has agreed a language...
    • Drug Treatment Services
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the drug treatment and rehabilitation programmes that are currently available for teenagers under the age of 18; and...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when CLÁR funding will be provided to Mayo County Council in order that a group water scheme (details supplied) can...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the criteria which has to be met to qualify for a farm grant (details supplied) for new farmers starting up. [25057/06]
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Guardianship Agreements
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has plans to establish a national register for joint guardianship agreements; if this will require legislation; and if...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will assist persons (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will work with the Department of Foreign Affairs on this...
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Garda clearance process; and the reason for the delays and discommoding this causes. [25072/06]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to a person (details supplied) who are on their fifth work permit; if they can apply for residency...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the existing speed cameras in use are analogue or digital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25186/06]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant residency to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow or allow the person permission to leave the State...
    • Garda Remuneration
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that the arrangements for payment of Garda gaeltacht allowance as approved in 1934 are still relevant...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the numbers currently employed in the PULSE system located at Davitt House, Castlebar; the breakdown of grade and skill...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the receipt of tenders on 21 June 2006 for the supply of 11,000 anti stab ballistic vests;...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí in Waterford Garda Station currently engaged in duties that could be undertaken by civilians. [25231/06]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow who is here with their spouse who has a work permit until 27...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí attached to Coolock Garda station; the population and the area covered by the station; and the number...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide details of the investigation by a Garda superintendent from outside the relevant Garda district into the...
    • Treatment of Persons in Custody
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures he has or intends to put in place to prevent the death of a person in Garda custody; and if he will make a...
    • Prison Suicides
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of attempted suicides and deliberate self-harm in prison custody which were attributed to suicide for each of the...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of homicides registered in 2005 by gender. [25318/06]
    • Prison Suicides
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of deaths in prison custody which were attributed to suicide for each of the years 2000 to 2004. [25320/06]
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if permission to go to tender will be given for a project involving three schools (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason special education services are being denied to Youthreach; the plans she has to introduce such services; and if she will...
    • Youth Services
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding provided to Youthreach on a yearly basis over the term of this Government to date; the number of people employed on a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the accommodation problems being experienced by students and teachers at a school (details supplied)...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of places available at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20 for September 2006; if there is spare capacity at this...
    • School Closures
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the future of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13; if she will ensure plans for the closure of this...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Mayo will be included in Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools on consideration of...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made in providing a permanent school for a school (details supplied) which is in temporary premises since...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the situation in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; her views on whether parents are entitled...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when school placement will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason sufficient investment has not been made to have accommodation at the military barracks, Castlebar brought up to standard for the conduct...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Defence the person who was in command of SFOR in Camp Butmir in January 2002. [25279/06]
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures which are in place to regulate the keeping of exotic animals, their living conditions and methods...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason one of his building inspectors refused to give a floor area certificate for houses (details...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will name the local authorities which insist on attaching claw-back provisions to disabled persons...
    • Air Pollution
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the agency which is responsible for monitoring the fumes and pollution arising from jets taking off over...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if in relation to Parliamentary Question No. 437 of 13 June 2006, he will submit the information requested to...
    • Waste Management
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the orders he will issue to Sligo County Council to address the issue of accumulated backlogs of farm plastics...