Written answers
Thursday, 29 June 2006
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- United Nations Reform
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the position in relation to the proposed reforms of the United Nations Central Emergency Revolving Fund, aimed...
- Middle East Peace Process
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the recent Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians which have been increasing in intensity; the steps he is...
- EU Enlargement
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had discussions with his Turkish counterpart with regard to the issue of recognition of Cyprus by Turkey; and if he will make a...
- European Council Meetings
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the EU Foreign Ministers' meeting in June 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25207/06]
- Nuclear Disarmament Initiative
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps being taken to promote the updating of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty at international level; and if he will make a statement...
- Nuclear Programmes
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position with regard to the EU3 negotiations on behalf of the Union with Iran regarding nuclear development; and if he will make a...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the political and security situation in East Timor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25129/06]
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of projects currently funded by Irish Aid in Africa specifically directed towards combating HIV and AIDS; and if he will make a...
- Passport Applications
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the obligation placed on some Irish sports people to carry other than an Irish passport. [21215/06]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of principal development specialists, currently working with Irish Aid, volunteering to decentralise; and if he will make a...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the recent efforts he has made to request the release and restoration to liberty of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners, the return...
- Democratisation Initiatives
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on such progress as has been made by the Mozambique President Chissano in his task as mediator at the initiative of the...
- EU Enlargement
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of EU accession talks with Turkey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25171/06]
- International Agreements
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when Ireland will ratify the Optional Protocol of the United Nations Convention against Torture in view of the departure from equivalence as...
- Common Foreign and Security Policy
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the latest discussions he has held with his European counterparts with regard to the development of new EU battlegroup formations; and if he...
- International Agreements
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in relation to the draft United Nations proposal in relation to the rights of the disabled; and if he will make a statement on...
- United Nations Agencies
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the new UN Human Rights Council will begin its work; the composition of the new UN Human Rights Council; and if he will make a statement...
- Democratisation Initiatives
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the pro-democracy initiatives which are funded by his Department in different parts of the world; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress of efforts to deal with war, starvation, HIV and AIDS throughout Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25316/06]
- Human Rights Issues
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position of his Department with regarding to the recent Council of Europe report on rendition; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether Somalia has been neglected by the international community in the years following its famine; and his further views on...
- Debt Relief
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he or his EU and UN colleagues have monitored the impact and extent of debt write-off to developing countries; if...
- EU-US Summit
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the implications of the most recent EU-US summit text and in particular the declaration of an intention to intensify their...
- International Agreements
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs Ireland's position in relation to Agreement for the Application of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our America, and such...
- EU Constitution
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the timeframe for the extension of the EU Constitution period of reflection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25143/06]
- Naval Service Vessels
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the visit of the Royal Navy warship, the HMS Ocean to Dublin Port in June 2006; the purpose of this visit; and if he will...
- Debt and Development Coalition
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress which has been made in achieving the objectives of NEPAD; and his views on the capital flight from heavily-indebted countries in...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department will have a lead role in the Rapid Response Initiative to strengthen Ireland's ability to respond to emergency and disaster...
- European Council Meetings
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his attendance at the June 2006 EU Council meeting, in particular on developments with the EU Constitution; and if he...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a report in a newspaper (details supplied) is accurate. [25202/06]
- Departmental Programmes
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the educational initiatives which are funded by his Department; the location of such initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Human Trafficking
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he will take to cooperate with other countries in order to combat human trafficking and to support the victims of human trafficking;...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position with regard to a premises to accommodate the decentralisation of Irish Aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25167/06]
- Human Rights Issues
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the right of access to clean water is a fundamental human right; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25247/06]
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the latest timetable for the full re-establishment of the Assembly and the Executive in Northern Ireland; the latest meetings he has had with...
- Legislative Programme
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the human rights criteria taken into consideration when he designates countries for the purposes of legislative provisions contained in the...
- Nuclear Plants
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has raised the issue of the development of a network of nuclear facilities in the United Kingdom with his UK counterpart; and if he will...
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the latest report of the Policing Oversight Commissioner in Northern Ireland; if he shares the Commissioner's concern regarding...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the closure of Guantanamo Bay prison camp, which was called for at a recent meeting of European Union Foreign Ministers; and if...
- Democratisation Initiatives
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if it proposed to send observers to the forthcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Recruitment
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the date of the last open competition for recruitment into his Department; the arrangements being made for recruitment to Irish Aid; and the...
- Development Aid Principles
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the European Union cotton regime is consistent with good development aid principles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25242/06]
- Common Foreign and Security Policy
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position with regard to security and defence cooperation at European Union level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25135/06]
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on recent developments in relation to the incarceration and trial of opposition members in Ethiopia. [25235/06]
- Arms Trade
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has raised with the Chinese Government the Amnesty Report suggesting that China has sold weapons to conflicts in Sudan, Burma and Nepal;...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the political and security situation in Iraq; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25169/06]
- Human Trafficking
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the meetings he has held with his counterparts from EU and non EU Member States to discuss tackling human trafficking; and if he will make a...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government's views on whether the British and American Governments' interpretation of UN resolutions which both Governments assert gave UN...
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has paid court-imposed bond for an Irish citizen in 2006; the number of Irish people for whom his Department has paid a...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the level of contact between the Government and the regime in Cuba; if he has communicated his concern at human rights abuses in Cuba to the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason the decentralisation of Irish Aid will take place on a phased basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25170/06]
- Human Rights Issues
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in relation to the continuing struggles for independence of the Sahara Arab people; the assistance Ireland has offered or will...
- International Criminal Court
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of signatories to the charter of the International Criminal Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25165/06]
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); his views on the incarceration of this person; and if he will ask...
- Emigrant Support Services
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts being undertaken to support legislative proposals in the United States which would benefit the undocumented Irish; and if he will...
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the new embassies it is proposed to open during the lifetime of this Government. [25250/06]
- Arms Trade
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the issue of supply and sale of arms by European Union Members to conflict zones in Africa has been discussed at the General Council of...
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had meetings with authorities in Northern Ireland and political parties regarding the security situation surrounding the 2006...
- International Agreements
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason the Government has rejected the advice of the Irish Commissioner for Human Rights in relation to the ratification of the United...
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position pertaining to the ongoing incarceration of a person (details supplied); and the Government's views on this ongoing situation....
- Middle East Peace Process
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position of the three year plan presented by former chairman of the World Bank (details supplied) for the revitalisation of Gaza. [25261/06]
- Diplomatic Relations
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has made contact with Prime Minister, Milo Djukanovic, following Montenegro's recent vote for independence; and if he will make a...
- International Agreements
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland will ratify and implement the United Nations Convention Against Corruption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25119/06]
- Department of Health and Children
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has to provide primary school children requiring speech therapy with the same entitlements to supports as...
- Private Hospitals Provision
Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she will announce the terms for private investors in regard to public private partnerships to co-locate private...
- Cancer Incidence
Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the high occurrence of cancers in a small community (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if she will...
- Hospital Services
Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene with the rehabilitation unit in St. Michael's Hospital, Dún Laoghaire on behalf of a person (details...
- Health Service Staff
Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the positions that remain unfilled within the Health Service Executive in County Meath; the length of time each position...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if subvention will be increased for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the case of a person (details supplied) is an acceptable level of care from a private hospital. [25395/06]
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the repayment of the unlawfully deducted charges in nursing homes will commence; and the length of time it will take...
- Drug Treatment Programme
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number and percentage of identified drug addicts living in the Clondalkin, Lucan, Palmerstown, Rathcoole, Newcastle,...
- Family Planning Services
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the alleged comments of the founder of an organisation (details supplied); if she will ensure that...
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Properties
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to a building (details supplied) in Dublin 15 acquired by his Department some years ago; his proposals to use this building;...
- Information Technology
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a scheme (details supplied) in an effort to boost the number of home computer users; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the legislative and other restrictions on the growth and development of the credit union movement should be removed and in particular...
- Tax Code
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is special exemption from stamp duty for persons (details supplied) in County Cork who originally purchased their local authority house and...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when funding can or will be offered by his Department or through the Dormant Accounts Fund to an organisation...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when decisions will be made in regard to the applications for foreshore licences in relation to waste water...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the projected cost of construction of the six new MANs announced in June 2006; the persons to whom the principal...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether the compliance issues relating to the existing licensed areas within Ardgroom Harbour have...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Visa Applications
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of humanitarian work carried out by many Irish groups in providing respite visits to nationals from Belarus since Chernobyl, he...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the applicant countries currently deemed to have the most serious human rights violations in the past five years; the degree to which the...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the EU and UN will accelerate a programme to combat HIV and AIDS in the African countries most severely affected; and if he will make a...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which the situation in Darfur is being resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25475/06]
- Democratisation Initiatives
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25476/06]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Unfair Dismissals
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position of a person who has been employed for a period of one year and is being dismissed on the basis that the person...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if all community employment participants who were made redundant as a result of the three year cap have been reinstated to...
- Departmental Reports
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress to date in the implementation of the Enterprise Strategy Group report of 28 July 2005; the actions which have...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the restrictions that apply to recipients of supplementary welfare allowance regarding their access to training courses for the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of estate cases for each of the years 2000 to 2005 where the Pensions Office raised overpayments and where the next of...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the unemployment benefit of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was discontinued in view of the fact that they...
- Department of Transport
- Public Transport
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Transport the level of funding provided for bus corridors in 2006, particularly for those serving Dublin 15 and the Blanchardstown area; the way in which...
- Driving Tests
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to provide a driving test centre in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25372/06]
- Rail Network
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Transport if the new Metro system will be running under schools; and if there are safety concerns in relation to same. [25376/06]
- Public Transport
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funding provided to date by his Department to plan, design or develop quality bus corridors in Galway city; when such facilities will...
- Park and Ride Facilities
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Transport the funding allocated by his Department to local authorities in Galway to develop park and ride facilities for the city; the amount allocated for...
- Rural Transport Services
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Transport the number, location and destination of origin of, stage-carriage and rural bus services currently provided by Bus Éireann in County Galway; and...
- CIE Property
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Transport the acreage of sites held by CIE in Dublin; the figures as regards the sizes of Connolly, Heuston and Pearse Stations and Busaras; the number of...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when funding can or will be offered by his Department or through the Dormant Accounts Fund to an organisation (details...
- Inland Waterways
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of money Waterways Ireland receives for the purpose of cleaning the canals; if he is satisfied that the...
- Community Development
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the community development projects which have operated in disadvantaged areas under recent community support...
- Grant Payments
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason for delays in payment of a grant to a group (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when payment will...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Honey Production
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the proposals she has to provide grant aid for honey production, in view of the fact that substantial amounts of honey are being...
- Grant Payments
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has received all the payments they are due for the years 2001, 2002 and 2005, including...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Illicit Drugs Market
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will estimate the value of the black market trade in methadone here. [25461/06]
- Visa Applications
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is intended to remove or reform the visa requirements for Romanian citizens seeking entry to Ireland prior to...
- Garda Operations
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the anti-social behaviour referred to in correspondence (details supplied) and the concerns of residents, the...
- Garda Investigations
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 21 June 2006 the person who sent the report requested by his Department. [25366/06]
- Deportation Orders
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of on-the-spot fines issued for speeding offences in 2005, giving details for each of the different types of...
- Garda Review
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the internal Garda review of the witness security programme was completed; and the steps he now proposes by way of...
- Garda Deployment
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that the Gardaí allocated to a person's home (details supplied) have been freed to resume ordinary...
- Visa Applications
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the changes in holiday visa requirements for citizens from Belarus since January 2006; the reason for any changes; and if he...
- Deportation Orders
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the decision to deport will be deferred in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the full extent of residency here in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if self-catering accommodation in the Dublin area will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if residency to date will suffice in an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
- Residency Permits
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant extended residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
- Visa Applications
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a temporary or holiday visa will be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Residency Permits
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a green card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Education and Science
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the work to refurbish a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will include a school hall. [25334/06]
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 216: 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...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when capital funding will be available for additional accommodation that is necessary at a primary school (details supplied) in County...
- School Transport
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the outcome of the review of the closed school rule; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25353/06]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made regarding the application for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal since 4...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that a special home tutor approved in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Cork under the special...
- School Management
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a secondary school (details supplied) in County Kildare is demanding that parents pay...
- School Accommodation
Question 227: 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 in which the two prefabs have been found...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the location of the proposed new second level school for Castaheany, Ongar and Littlepace; the specification of the site; the number of...
- School Enrolments
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the figures for the enrolment for each of the past three years for second level schools (details supplied) in the Dublin 15 area; the...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will instruct vocational educational committees to increase the child care grants to VTOS participants to a more realistic...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the application for a gymnasium from a school (details supplied) is in eighth position on the gym school building list. [25414/06]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on correspondence (details supplied); if her officials will provide the school with direction as requested in respect of an...
- School Transport
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a final response will issue from the school transport section to a person (details supplied). [25416/06]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction the commencement of work on a gaelscoil (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Psychological Service
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposals she has to provide 10 hours' special needs assistant support and four hours' resource teaching as recommended by the...
- Cross-Border Education
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children living here who attend primary school in the Six Counties, both overall and by county of residence; and the...
- School Accommodation
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that consideration is being afforded to the application for additional accommodation at schools (details supplied)...
- Schools Provision
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are proposals to review catchment boundaries taking into account the anomalies arising in the provision of school transport...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Special Protection Areas
Question 241: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce special protection areas for hen harriers; the activities he intends to ban or regulate...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 242: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the supports which are available to a local authority to enable communities in rural and urban settings to...
- Litter Pollution
Question 243: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of litter prosecutions which have been made in a county (details supplied). [25341/06]
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 244: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to progress the waste water treatment scheme for seven towns and villages in County Waterford...
- Animal Welfare
Question 248: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the conditions that circuses are required to meet before being given permission to open here, with special...
- National Parks
Question 252: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the stage of a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; when the construction phase will commence; and when...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 253: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will reconsider his decision not to provide North and South Tipperary County Councils with additional...
- Planning Issues
Question 254: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of third party planning submissions or observations made in each planning authority for each year...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 255: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make funding available for a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [25407/06]
- Telecommunications Services
Question 256: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the guidelines or regulations that he has issued or intends to issue regarding erection of mobile...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 257: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will contact the individual local authorities in relation to Question No. 524 of 20 June 2006 in order...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 258: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
- Planning Issues
Question 260: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of applications with his Department (details supplied); when he expects the project to begin; if...
- Rental Accommodation Scheme
Question 261: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applicants accommodated under the long-term accommodation initiative for rent supplement tenants...
