Written answers

Tuesday, 4 July 2006

  • Department of Education and Science
    • School Curriculum
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties encountered in schools in implementing the junior certificate science course for...
    • School Placement
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied that there are sufficient schools places in the Dublin west area to cater for primary school entry requirement for...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if additional psychologists will be employed by the National Educational Psychological Service during the remainder of 2006; and if she...
    • Bullying in Schools
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to combat alleged increased incidents of school bullying and the use of modern communication technology in the course thereof;...
    • State Examinations
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of junior certificate students who undertake an oral examination in Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount to be allocated to schools for book loan schemes in 2006 and 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25770/06]
    • Youth Services
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress regarding the implementation of the Youth Work Act 2001; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25801/06]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will bring forward legislative amendments to the Education Act 1998 beforethe end of 2006; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Bullying in Schools
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools against which the courts have made a ruling in relation to a bullying related problem; and if she will make a...
    • Adult Education
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the National Adult Learning Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25799/06]
    • School Evaluations
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of whole school evaluation reports she expects her Department to publish in 2006 and in a full school year; and if she will...
    • School Transport
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans which are in place to ensure that a repeat of the 2005 school bus ticketing crisis will not occur in 2006; the further plans...
    • Early Childhood Education
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if expansion of the early start programme is under consideration for the remainder of 2006; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will provide for training for boards of management of schools on disability issues and inclusion; and if she will make...
    • School Evaluations
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of subject evaluations completed at post-primary level to date in 2006; the projected number to be completed over the course...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools covered by the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Curriculum
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures which are proposed for supporting and encouraging learning of science subjects in both primary and second-level schools in...
    • Inquiry into Child Abuse
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the recent evidence given by her Department to the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse revealed information on file that had not...
    • Voluntary Contributions
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will clarify the right of parents to send their children to school without having to pay a voluntary contribution where the level...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for vocational educational committees to take over fully the administration of the higher education grants scheme; if she...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the most recent figures regarding the number of children in primary classes of 35 to 39 children inclusive; and if she will make a...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will commit to a timetable for the implementation of the McIver Report on the further education sector; and if she will make a...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools with a sports hall; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25734/06]
    • School Enrolments
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the appeals committee operating under section 29 of the Education Act 1998, has...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding plans to provide a school site for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [25981/06]
    • School Evaluations
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of whole school evaluations completed since February 2006, and issued to schools for comment; and if she will make a...
    • Disruptive Students
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the National Educational Welfare Board will complete the guidelines for schools on codes of behaviour; when this work was...
    • Career Guidance Service
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Joint Committee on Education and Science was told recently that approximately 50%...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the most recent figures regarding the number of children in primary classes of 40 or more children; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Youth Services
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposed timeframe for fully implementing the Youth Work Act 2001; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25937/06]
    • Irish Language
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the main findings of the recently published report by a person (details supplied) regarding Irish language proficiency at primary level;...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the nature and extent of the inquiry being carried out by her Department into the disbursement of significant funds by a deceased former...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the decision of the Equality Authority in a recent case which held a school responsible for not providing a psychological...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review her intention to only reduce pupil teacher ratio by one point in 2007 in the context of the increase in the number of...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an audit has been carried out into the number of primary schools which, for practical reasons, are unable to provide regular swimming...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has issued guidelines to schools on including children with disabilities in all school activities including...
    • Postgraduate Education
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects to make a decision on the provision of postgraduate medical courses in universities here; and if she will make a...
    • State Examinations
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of leaving certificate students taking Irish, French, German, Spanish and Italian who attempt the higher level paper; and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of speech therapists who graduated here in 2005; her views on whether the number of places are adequate to the need for the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the most recent figures regarding the number of children in primary classes of 20 to 24 children inclusive; and if she will make a...
    • School Evaluations
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of subject evaluations completed at primary level to date in 2006; the projected number to be completed over the course of...
    • University Recognition
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures which are in place to protect the reputation of the university sector here by controlling the activities of bogus...
    • School Placement
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children by county who were provided with home tuition in lieu of school places in 2005; the expected numbers in 2006 by...
    • Youthreach Programme
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number and location of Youthreach projects throughout the country; the number of teachers and the number of young people enrolled in...
    • Irish Language
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are supports for non-Irish nationals in the Gaeltacht and elsewhere here if they choose to learn the Irish language; and if...
    • School Transport
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will commit to a review of school bus catchment areas and boundaries as part of the last year's programme of work. [25982/06]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the most recent figures regarding the number of children in primary classes of 25 to 29 children inclusive; and if she will make a...
    • School Evaluations
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of whole school evaluations at post primary level to be undertaken in 2006; the number of post-primary schools here; the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the maximum amount of funding available to an individual school under the summer works programme; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has considered the report carried out for her Department's inspectorate entitled An Evaluation of Educational Provision for...
    • Early School Leavers
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children who fail to make the transition from primary to secondary education; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • State Examinations
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has had discussions with the State Examinations Commission regarding the distress of students who sat the higher level leaving...
    • School Evaluations
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of whole school evaluations of primary schools published to date in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Enrolments
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the teaching and support staff resources which will be made available at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the...
    • Disruptive Behaviour
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timeframe for the implementation of the Task Force on Student Behaviour; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25802/06]
    • Literacy Levels
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on criticism by NALA of the conservative target of 6% growth in participation of students in adult literacy in the draft...
    • Education Centres
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reconsider her decision not to grant full-time status to a centre (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the case of a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; if she will ensure that the fundamental...
    • School Transport
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of safety incidents on school buses which have occurred in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25765/06]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she is taking to upgrade science facilities in second level schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25553/06]
    • Early School Leavers
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures she proposes to introduce to achieve the goal in the draft social partnership agreement of reducing early school leaving...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the most recent figures regarding the number of children in primary classes of 30 to 34 children inclusive; and if she will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will introduce legislation to provide land for schools in developing areas at reasonable costs and in good time to deal with the...
    • Literacy Levels
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the fact that literacy and numeracy difficulties among pupils are still a matter of concern; and the way in which she...
    • Higher Education Sector
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of recommendations of the OECD report on higher education implemented to date; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the resources which are made available by her Department to support summer activities programmes for schoolchildren, especially in...
    • School Transport
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to improve school bus safety; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25554/06]
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the substantial financial shortfall that has arisen in a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Learning Initiatives
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the efforts which are being made to ensure the wider roll-out of work based learning initiatives; and if she plans to address the need...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of funding allocated to the National College of Art and Design; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25798/06]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on introducing regulations under section 29 of the Education Act 1998 to address the problem of certain schools cherry...
    • Third Level Institutions
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects to publish the report which is close to being finalised on Access Programmes in Higher Education Institutions; and if...
    • State Examinations
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made in the aim to alter the timetabling of the leaving certificate from 2007; and if she will make a...
    • Legal Proceedings
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of cases before the courts, or pending, against her Department; the reason for such cases; the number of cases settled since...
    • Irish Language
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the recent report which indicated that the standard of spoken Irish has deteriorated in schools; her plans to put more...
    • Early School Leavers
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will introduce a primary school database in order to assist with tracking and combating early school leaving. [25804/06]
    • Physical Sciences
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of recommendations of the Task Force on Physical Sciences which have to be progressed; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Literacy Levels
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure the creation of a separate sufficient budget dedicated to the provision of ESOL in order that the budget for adult...
    • Stay Safe Programme
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the most recent and accurate statistics with regard to the take up of the stay safe programme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to address the issue of higher than average pupil/teacher ratios with particular reference to the needs of the commuter...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of the school building programme funding allocated for 2006 that has been spent; the amount that remains unspent; and if she...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of cases in which legal proceedings have been instigated by the National Educational Welfare Board; and if she will make a...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Farmer Numbers
      Question 141: To ask the Taoiseach the number of farmers in County Meath at 30 June for each of the years 2002 to 2006 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26355/06]
    • Employment Levels
      Question 142: To ask the Taoiseach the number of people residing here who are in employment in the Six Counties; and the number of people who reside in the Six Counties who are in employment...
    • State Funerals
      Question 143: To ask the Taoiseach the cost of the State Funeral for former Taoiseach Charles J. Haughey; if he will provide a breakdown of the cost; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Unemployment Levels
      Question 144: To ask the Taoiseach the unemployment figures for Clondalkin for each of the years 2002 to date in 2006. [25943/06]
    • Proposed Expenditure
      Question 145: To ask the Taoiseach the proposed spending envelopes approved and set out by his Department for the foreseeable future; the broad objectives to be achieved by spending of such...
    • Information Technology
      Question 146: To ask the Taoiseach the information technology purchasing requirements, for both hardware and software, in his Department for the second half of 2006; the requirements for which...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 150: To ask the Taoiseach the number of private rental properties and landlords in County Meath. [26356/06]
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Child Abuse
      Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the provisions which have been put in place to assist victims of abuse in residential institutions in relation to obtaining...
    • Health Services
      Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to ensure funding for services for rape victims, such as in the Rotunda Hospital, and other such services to...
    • Smoking Ban
      Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate complaints that a licensed premises (details supplied) in Dublin 1 is in breach of the smoking law...
    • Stem Cell Research
      Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the restrictions, legal and medical, that apply to embryonic stem cell research being carried out here; the Government's...
    • Health Services
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the plans in place, and the appropriate resources to operate a national freephone helpline as recommended in the report...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in the case of a group (details supplied) in County Tipperary which has applied for a staffing grant for their...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she expects to meet in full the required allocation of speech and language therapists as set out by the various school...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason an application by a company (details supplied) in County Roscommon was refused; if she will review the decision...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the way in which a person (details supplied) was taken into the accident and emergency department of Beaumont...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence from an alliance (details supplied) regarding recent studies of the health implications...
    • Complaints Procedures
      Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the complaints procedure under Section 49 (1) of the Health Act 2004 has been established; if not, the reason it has not...
    • Health Services
      Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the increasing emphasis and recognition of the importance of community care services within the health...
    • Nursing Education
      Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that An Bord Altranais have introduced a rule change, which will remove the...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding allocated to primary community and continuing care incorporates moneys allocated to nursing home subventions....
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of the national cervical cancer treatment programme; when it is intended to provide the service on a nationwide...
    • Health Services
      Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when diagnostic assessment of autistic spectrum disorder will be completed for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on changing the policy on medical card holders for the reason outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and...
    • Health Services
      Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is unable to receive home help at weekends; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the waiting list for a child to be assessed at the child sexual abuse treatment units in Temple Street Children's Hospital...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a medical card was not renewed for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; the action he intends to take...
    • Health Services
      Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a final long term care plan will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if the family will be...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of times a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been called for a procedure; the number of times this...
    • Health Services
      Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the details on the new health and education services national management structure established within the Health Service...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 25 October 2005, the number of children that could be residentially cared for...
    • Health Services
      Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 228 of 22 November 2005 and 180 of 4 April 2006, the locations of care; the reason...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the Thalidomide Assessment Tribunal was set up; when it concluded; if anyone new who went before the tribunal at the...
    • Complaints Procedures
      Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a complaint by persons (details supplied) in Dublin 3 was not dealt with in a sensible and professional manner;...
    • Health Services
      Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 was refused occupational therapy; and if she will support the family on...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has policy initiatives to increase the number of neurologists in order to reduce the waiting lists for these...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children on the waiting list for orthodontic treatment and the number on the assessment waiting list for...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to expand the pilot cervical screening programme which has operated in Clare since 2000; the number of County...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of MRSA cases which occurred in Ennis General Hospital for each of the past five years; and if she will make a...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when tendering for the €20 million upgrade project for Ennis General Hospital will commence; when it is expected that...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans regarding the maintenance and expansion of consultant led 24 hour accident and emergency care at Ennis General...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the plans for the upgrading of St Joseph's Hospital, Ennis; the funding available for same; the timetable for the achieving...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of patients referred for radiotherapy to St. Luke's Hospital, Dublin and the Regional Hospital, Galway from...
    • Health Services
      Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the measures which will be implemented by the Health Service Executive as a result of the EU decision on allowing EU...
    • Health Statistics
      Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the recent OECD Health Data Report 2006; the measures she intends to take to address the shortcomings...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary is waiting over four years for treatment; when an appointment...
    • Health Services
      Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has been involved in discussions in resolving the long running problems of chiropodists charging a top-up...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason public patients have to wait between 18 months and two and half years to receive an appointment to be assessed...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to the money which was announced for subvention (details supplied), where this money is being spent; and the way in...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to her press release of 26 June 2006, the amount she estimates that a couple with four children earning €1,580...
    • Health Services
      Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an appointment for surgery at Tallaght General Hospital for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive in County Mayo have ceased paying enhanced subventions for new applicants in view...
    • Health Services
      Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the outcome of an assessment committee meeting in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [25945/06]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the proposed spending envelopes approved and set out by her Department for the foreseeable future; the broad objectives to...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, arising from payments made under the proposed PPARS system, she can confirm the directors and beneficial recipients of...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide this Deputy with a copy of her Department's submission to the EU consultative document on Labelling,...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called to University College Hospital Galway for an MRI scan. [26007/06]
    • Food Labelling
      Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce strict regulations to require country of origin to be printed beside ingredients of dishes listed on...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 23 May 2006. [26018/06]
    • Information Technology
      Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the information technology purchasing requirements, for both hardware and software, in her Department for the second half...
    • Health Services
      Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the review of orthopaedic services in the mid-west will be completed; and when it will be published. [26139/06]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a consultant from Croom Orthopaedic Hospital rarely attends a clinic at Nenagh General Hospital; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that circumstances outlined in correspondence (details supplied) will be fully investigated by the...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she received a letter in relation to Southern Health Board recommendation to Comhairle na nOspidéal in 2002 regarding...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a letter dated 21 December 2000 from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; the reason...
    • Health Services
      Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the reason for the delay by the Health Service Executive in recognising a company (details...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will be renewed for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [26243/06]
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when work will be completed to a house under special housing aid for the elderly for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons on waiting lists to see consultants at Our Lady's Hospital Navan; the length of time each of the...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 245: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the stage of development of phase 2b of the Midland Regional Hospital at Mullingar; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes
      Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the new 50 bed nursing home unit (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [26272/06]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 247: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of people in County Meath with a medical card as of 30 June for each of the years 2001 to 2006 inclusive; and if...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 253: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to sell off land owned by her Department or the Health Service Executive in County Meath; and if she will...
    • Autism Services
      Question 254: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will increase funding available to the Health Service Executive North Eastern Region in order to prioritise autism...
    • Hospice Care
      Question 255: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a hospice (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the Health Service Executive made a decision on...
    • Nursing Homes
      Question 256: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay regarding a nursing home (details supplied) in County Mayo; her views on this essential service...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 257: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has reviewed the report by the working group on haemochromatosis; if she will act urgently to implement its...
    • Home Help Service
      Question 258: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the waiting list for home help in Counties Roscommon and Leitrim; the time delay in processing applications in each county;...
    • Hospice Care
      Question 259: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will increase the funding available to the Roscommon/Mayo Hospice; the plans she has to improve palliative care...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 260: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will appoint a palliative care consultant to the County Hospital, Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of the development health centres in Ballaghaderreen, Strokestown and Keadue in County Roscommon; the plans...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 265: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of the development project for a community hospital and health centre in Ballinamore, County Leitrim; the...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 266: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a decision has been made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in relation to their application...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 267: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm the timeframe for repayment of nursing home charges; the number of assessments completed; the type of...
    • Health Services
      Question 268: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress in awarding a contract for the provision of a dialysis service in Kilkenny City; the timeframe involved for a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 269: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the undertakings which have been given with regard to the economic status of persons (details supplied); if undertakings...
    • General Practitioner Co-operatives
      Question 270: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to provide a general practitioner service at Glenmore, County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 271: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if progress has been made in the appointment of a consultant neurologist and support team for the mid-west region; if...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 272: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a source of funding has been arranged in order to open the additional residential units that have been built at a site...
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 273: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an operation will be scheduled for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement...
    • Labour Court Awards
      Question 274: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason perfusionists are awaiting the Health Service Executive's implementation of the Labour Court recommendation on...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 275: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on making strips for the co-agucheck S system available through either the GMS or DPS schemes. [26435/06]
    • Suicide Incidence
      Question 276: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of deaths registered as suicides in each of the past five years and to date in 2006; if she has satisfied...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 277: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with persons (details supplied) regarding the Teamwork Management Services report into the...
    • Health Services
      Question 279: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when services for the elderly will be provided in a health centre (details supplied) in County Cavan; if her attention has...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 280: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will furnish a reply to Parliamentary Question No. 389 of 25 January 2006; when she intends to furnish the...
    • Health Services
      Question 281: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of the community chiropody service in County Roscommon; the plans she has to address the deficit in the service;...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 282: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the financial, staffing or other resources her Department provides to support the Responding to Bullying First Steps for...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Finance the distribution by income bracket of income tax relief on pension contributions distinguishing that for retirement annuities and for employer...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the imposition of vehicle registration tax is an anti-competitive practice, which runs counter to free trade and the Treaty of...
    • EU Directives
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that if EU Regulation 2064/97 was not confirmed to the EU Commission as having been complied with, the cost to the Irish...
    • Gaelscoileanna agus Naíonraí
      Question 289: To ask the Aire Airgeadais cén réiteach atá á dhéanamh aige maidir le fadhbanna maidir le Gaelscoil (sonraí tugtha) i gContae Luimnigh. [26233/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of farmers over 40 years of age who lease out land for a period of seven years or more who benefitted from the rental income tax exemption...
    • Cross-Border Funding
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Finance if further steps have been taken to support the Castle Sanderson's scouting project; his views on the fact that this is one of the few projects that...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Finance when a CA clearance certificate will be issued to a property for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [25562/06]
    • National Development Plan
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Finance the all-Ireland elements contained in submissions which his Department has received in relation to the next National Development Plan 2007 to 2013....
    • Tax Collection
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consult with the Revenue Commissioners regarding the payment of outstanding taxes by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on developing the old Daingean reformatory as a combined tourist and leisure centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25707/06]
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make arrangements to designate animal welfare as one of the purposes which will receive benefit from the proceeds of the National Lottery;...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Finance the stage of development of the Leixlip Garda Station; the estimated timeframe for commencement of works; the estimated timeframe for conclusion of...
    • Tax Code
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax incentives which are in place to assist on-farm investment; the annual cost of these incentives; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the provision of offices to facilitate the decentralisation of Ordinance Survey Ireland to Dungarvan, County Waterford; and if...
    • Semi-State Sector
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Finance if all semi-state companies, prior to the development of large scale infrastructure in pursuance of their statutory remit, must submit a cost benefit...
    • Channel Maintenance
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Finance the maintenance programme of channels selected for action in the Moy drainage scheme area and the Robe Mask catchment area for the next two years by...
    • Motor Vehicle Registration
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue accrued and collected by way of vehicle registration tax for each of the past 10 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Development Plan
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Finance the shortfall, as of 1 June 2006, on nearest applicable date in spending under all headings in the Government National Development Plan in so far as...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Finance the proposed spending envelopes approved and set out by his Department for the foreseeable future; the broad objectives to be achieved by spending of...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Finance the average size of information technology procurement contracts in his Department; the median size of such contracts; and if he will make a...
    • Channel Maintenance
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has responsibility for the maintenance of streams adjoining the Mulcair and Bilboa Rivers at Cappamore, County...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Finance if the governors of the Central Bank had been informed, or had agreed, to a CIA monitoring system on Bank transfers here; his views on whether such...
    • Tax Code
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason seafarers allowance is not awarded to all merchant fishermen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26148/06]
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the issues arising regarding the proposed new forms of public procurement contracts; and his views on...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a letter dated 5 July 1995 to the Public Accounts Committee of Dáil Éireann regarding a former member of staff...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a letter from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16 dated 28 June 2006; and the way in which he will respond to the issues...
    • Tax Code
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a tax break scheme that would encourage the provision of community facilities, by individuals or business entities for...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans the Office of Public Works has to refurbish and renovate the Garda Station at Castlepollard, County Westmeath; the potential costs...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding investigations by agencies under his control into a bogus internet investment scheme, known as PIPS scheme; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans he has to introduce a public information campaign to inform the PAYE worker of their entitlements for tax relief on medical expenses,...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Finance further to a previous parliamentary question if he will confirm the plans to complete the landscaping proposals at a site (details supplied) in...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an updated reply to Parliamentary Question No. 269 of 30 May 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26400/06]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the purchase of a site for a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26401/06]
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of individuals who have benefited from the use of primary certificates for the purchase of cars for the disabled in each of the past seven...
    • Tax Code
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the tax code as it relates to stamp duty in order to relieve the burden on families who wish to provide for a disabled person in the...
    • Motor Fuels
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT collected on diesel and petrol in each of the past five years; his views on reducing the level of VAT in view of the increasing...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans to maintain or refurbish the Garda station at Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny; if immediate action will be taken to prevent the further...
    • Court Accommodation
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Finance the position of the renovation and refurbishment of the old courthouse in Oughterard, County Galway; if the moneys promised for this project remain...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Housing Grants
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if there is grant assistance available from his Department or any other body or organisation to householders who...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if there is compensation in relation to a fishing issue (details supplied) in County Mayo. [25541/06]
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent of broadband coverage in County Laois; the towns and villages where this is available and planned;...
    • Port Development
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the information Shannon Foynes Port Company has provided to his Department regarding its proposal for the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he intends to roll-out the metropolitan area network to a town (details supplied) in County Cork. [25944/06]
    • Natural Gas Grid
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the criteria that apply for extensions of gas pipelines from the Corrib field to the towns of Belmullet,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the proposed spending envelopes approved and set out by his Department for the foreseeable future; the broad...
    • Coastal Protection
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will protect and care for the health and management of the greater coastal area of Dublin Bay by including...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount which was claimed in expenses by the chief executive officer and members of the Central Fisheries...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the information technology purchasing requirements, for both hardware and software, in his Department for the...
    • Common Fisheries Policy
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he proposes to introduce a scheme of administrative fines for minor indiscretions as promised; and if he...
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the implementation and monitoring of the evidence of sea lice affecting salmon and white trout...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding the provision of a second interconnector for the provision of natural gas to ensure...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the forms of green energy used in the production of electricity other than wind farms; if he has satisfied...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason he has protected our natural resource and managed it in a sustainable fashion for the benefit of the...
    • Coastal Protection
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the EU Directives regarding the quality of waste water issued to seas in...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • International Agreements
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the Commonwealth Secretariat assessment of the adjustment costs relating to the implementation of the...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he has taken to recognise the newly declared sovereign State of Montenegro; when an Irish Embassy will be opened there; and if he...
    • Military Neutrality
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of times that Israeli Air Force planes have utilised airport facilities here to date in 2006; the date or dates such facilities...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the proposed spending envelopes approved and set out by his Department for the foreseeable future; the broad objectives to be achieved by...
    • Information Technology
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the information technology purchasing requirements, for both hardware and software, in his Department for the second half of 2006; the...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Facilities
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the committee that he has committed to form under the aegis of his Department to coordinate the various agencies that will...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on including Lucan in the July 2006 review of the local authority swimming pool programme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the plans for cultural and sporting exchanges to the newly declared sovereign State of Montenegro; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the proposed spending envelopes approved and set out by his Department for the foreseeable future; the broad objectives to be...
    • Sports Facilities
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the vital importance of the Morton Stadium, Santry to the promotion of track and field athletics...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the details of submissions, requests or proposals made to him in relation to the provision of financial support from public funds to...
    • Information Technology
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the information technology purchasing requirements, for both hardware and software, in his Department for the second half of 2006;...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the steps he is taking to support the development of the indigenous software industry through his Department's public procurement...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position of the Dalton Report; when will it be placed in the Library of the Houses of the Oireachtas or published; and if he will...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the funding he is providing for the promotion of tourism in the Border region; if he has satisfied himself that there is sufficient...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Work Permits
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the work visa application of a person (details supplied). [25994/06]
    • Property Management Companies
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the situation with respect to home owners who signed up to a management company and where the builders who were originally...
    • EU Regulations
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if previous replies to Dáil Éireann questions in relation to EU Regulation 2064/97 should be corrected; and if he will...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of portfolios of potential industrial sites, businesses or potential entrepreneurial opportunities from the...
    • Job Losses
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the job losses which have been successfully identified in advance by his Department's internal warning system; the actions...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in relation to students whose parents have long term residency visas and have been here for over five years and...
    • Inward Investment Strategy
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress that has been made to date in respect of negotiations with the Northern Ireland Office regarding the...
    • Work Permits
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has received a work permit application for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; when same will be approved;...
    • Trade Issues
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on plans for an official trade delegation to travel to Montenegro to support them as a newly declared...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the proposed spending envelopes approved and set out by his Department for the foreseeable future; the broad objectives to...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent and nature of the facilities available in Castlebar, County Mayo, and owned and available to the IDA for use by...
    • Job Protection
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he will take regarding companies moving out of Ireland to low wage economies; and the impact on employment here....
    • Information Technology
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the information technology purchasing requirements, for both hardware and software, in his Department for the second half of...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason after almost one year since he announced a new mandate for Shannon Development, it has not been implemented; the...
    • Work Permits
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Galway for a work permit; and if he will make...
    • Job Creation
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made by his Department for a replacement company to take over the NEC factory plant in Ballivor, County Meath;...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the uptake in the farm assist programme; the cost to the Exchequer of each participant in the programme; and the financial...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the proportion of people with pension cover in different sectors of the economy. [25999/06]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether the means test for carers allowance in its present form discriminates against families totally dependent on...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal will be heard on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [25702/06]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25878/06]
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the proposed spending envelopes approved and set out by his Department for the foreseeable future; the broad objectives to be...
    • Information Technology
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the information technology purchasing requirements, for both hardware and software, in his Department for the second half of 2006;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons who are eligible for the family income supplement but are not availing of the scheme; the number of persons...
    • School Meals Programme
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the proportion of schools in Meath that provide food to their pupils; the way in which this compares nationally; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reasons for allowing non-contributory pensioners to earn up to €100 in a PAYE job and still receive their full pension in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people who received the respite grant in June 2006; the number of those who were in receipt of the carers allowance;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the schemes currently not covered by the Social Welfare Appeals Office; his plans to extend the remit of the Social Welfare Appeals...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the research or if he has received submissions on the need to introduce a cost of disability...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of community welfare officers and superintendent community welfare officers who will be transferred to his Department as...
  • Department of Transport
    • Driving Licences
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of people over the age of 65 driving on a long term provisional licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25596/06]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Transport if the National Drivers File automatically transmits information to the Gardaí PULSE system in relation to the penalty point system; if it is not...
    • Water Sports Vehicles
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a progress report on the use of jet skis at Lough Lene and Lough Derravaragh in County Westmeath; and if he will make a...
    • Road Safety
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Transport if there are arrangements in place with National Car Test centres to check the roadworthiness of taxis formerly carried out by the Garda Carriage...
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Transport the minimum permitted width for a combined bus and cycle lane; and the regulations regarding a bus having to overtake a cyclist in such a bus lane....
    • Traffic Management
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Transport the arrangements which will be put in place for staff in the Dublin Transport Office following the establishment of the Greater Dublin Transport...
    • Rail Network
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects to report to Government on the Iarnród Éireann business plans relating to phase 1 and phase 2 of the western rail corridor...
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans for Weston Airport; his views on plans to expand activities there; the outcome of his meeting with a group (details supplied); and if he...
    • Traffic Management
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the proposals for the management of traffic, drawn up by an association (details supplied), for match days and...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made on establishing a reciprocal arrangement with Northern Ireland for the awarding of penalty points; when a workable regime is...
    • Public Transport
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount allocated in 2006 to each county under the rural transport initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25701/06]
    • Road Safety
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether, following a lapse of 14 years since the last publication of the rules of the road, it is appropriate to give 28 days for...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason the LUAS bridge on Davitt Road, Dublin is not wheelchair accessible; if there are plans to make it wheelchair accessible; and if he will...
    • Rail Services
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on the proposals for a new Irish Rail translink high speed rail service from Belfast to Dublin with departures every...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Transport if details of the contract for the second phase of the LUAS have been drafted and agreed; if so, the way in which the plans differ from the...
    • Regional Airports
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Transport the level of funding provided by his Department under all headings to Knock Airport in the past five years; the allocation proposed for 2006 and...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Transport the proposed spending envelopes approved and set out by his Department for the foreseeable future; the broad objectives to be achieved by spending...
    • Information Technology
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Transport the information technology purchasing requirements, for both hardware and software, in his Department for the second half of 2006; the requirements...
    • Road Network
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Transport the Department that has responsibility for bridges over the river Shannon in view of the Foynes Port Company's plans in this regard. [26211/06]
    • Public Transport
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Transport the average subvention per journey for each DART passenger in the year 2004 and to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Airports
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will commit to funding the €53 million economic plan drawn up by the Mid West Regional Authority in consultation with others in response to...
    • Regional Airports
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received a proposal from the board of Waterford Regional Airport to extend the runway at that airport; when that proposal was submitted...
    • Public Transport
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Transport the powers enjoyed by him under Section 25(1) and (2) of the Transport Act 1958; the number of times this provision has been exercised by him for...
    • Rail Services
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Transport when an application in respect of the provision of a high frequency commuter service serving the Donacarney, Laytown and Bettystown area of east...
    • Railway Stations
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans his Department has to provide a new train station at Rathwire, County Westmeath on the Dublin to Sligo line; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Transport if Bus Éireann has applied to his Department for licences to extend their services in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Network
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on upgrading the R395 from Delvin to Edgeworthstown to a national route as a continuation of the N51; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rail Services
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a more regular train service from Enfield to Dublin; if he will investigate the possibility of extending the Arrow service from...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on funding a feasibility study for light rail in Galway, its regions and other such regions as appropriate. [26486/06]
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Rural Development
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the membership of the National Rural Development Forum; their qualifications; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the uptake in the rural social scheme programme; the cost to the Exchequer of each participant in the programme; and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the proposed spending envelopes approved and set out by his Department for the foreseeable future; the broad...
    • Information Technology
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the information technology purchasing requirements, for both hardware and software, in his Department for the second...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the action he will take regarding correspondence of 13 June, 2006 from a group (details supplied) in County Offaly; if...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way in which a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 12 can best fund the position of co-ordinator of services....
    • Community Services
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide more staff to a company (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason this company had three...
    • Ulster Canal
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the situation regarding the Ulster Canal; the meetings he or his senior personnel have had with their opposite numbers...
    • Rural Development
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals to bring together the different organisations such as LEADER, Partnership and so on under one...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the sources of funding his Department have to provide support to an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in the event of her Department withholding payments from a farmer due to a disputed claim over area aid or REP scheme dating back to...
    • EU Regulations
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of applications she has received from a society (details supplied) to have its licence renewed since 1998; her response to...
    • Sugar Beet Sector
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position of the discussions on the compensation payments for the sugar beet growers; when the final decision will be made in regard...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [25578/06]
    • Poultry Industry
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if compensation will be paid to poultry farmers who destroyed stock on the advice of her Department; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the guidelines surrounding the free advisory service to farmers who are in receipt of €15,000 plus on their single farm payment; the...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on a recent article (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25822/06]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if an application for entitlements has been received by her Department for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if an...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25826/06]
    • Women in Agriculture
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of recommendations of the advisory group on the role of women in agriculture which have been implemented; the outstanding...
    • Food Industry
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of third country markets opened in the past four years for Irish food products; the products and tonnage involved; and if she...
    • On-Farm Investment Schemes
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the tax incentives which are in place to assist on-farm investment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25860/06]
    • Food Labelling
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she intends to introduce a distinct green label for Irish food; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25861/06]
    • Organic Farming
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the growth in the level of production in organic produce in the past four years; the corresponding figure for the consumption of organic...
    • EU Proposals
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her proposals to deal with red tape; when she presented these proposals to the EU Commission; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to extend disadvantaged area classification to the whole of the Border Midland Western region; when this proposal was put to...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has sought and received the approval of the EU Commission to increase the rate of pension awarded to ERS participants under both...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has accepted proposals from the Irish Farmers Association hen harrier working group suggesting an alternative to the NPWS...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the proposed spending envelopes approved and set out by her Department for the foreseeable future; the broad objectives to be achieved...
    • Meat Imports
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of cattle meat, lamb meat and poultry imported from outside the EU directly into Ireland during each of the past five years;...
    • Information Technology
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the information technology purchasing requirements, for both hardware and software, in her Department for the second half of 2006; the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will review the application for single payment by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the medical evidence...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if permission will be granted to a person (details supplied) to allocate milk quota to a portion of their farm which they intend...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will review the application for single payment national reserve 2005 for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farmers who have benefited from the early retirement scheme in 2005; the number of young trained farmers who benefitted...
    • School Milk Scheme
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of children who benefited from the school milk scheme in 2005; and if she will provide the Deputy with a detailed break-down...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on continuing tax breaks for commercially managed woodlands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26364/06]
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if participants in REP schemes can take advantage of more than one supplementary measure simultaneously; if in REPS4 this will be...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 24 May 2006, if she will ensure that her Department complies with the prompt payment...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in issuing approvals for forestry planting applications; the waiting time to process applications; if she will...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive the 2004 special beef premium; the reason for the delay; the steps which...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Forensic Examinations
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will fund the costs of undertaking DNA testing on five unidentified bodies following the Stardust fire tragedy; and if...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of penalty point offences committed in the first three months of 2006; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Internet Gambling
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the extent of internet gambling here; his assessment of the impact of the extent of this increasing trend; and...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are Garda motorcyclists attached to the Garda district of Bandon, County Cork; and if not, if arrangements will be...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a family reunification application for a person (details supplied); if it has not reached a conclusion, the...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of unprovoked attacks reported and detected in each of the Garda stations in the Dublin metropolitan area for...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if additional resources will be allocated to the Community Garda Section in response to the increased levels of vandalism,...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason members of An Garda Síochána have not been issued with stab proof vests; and when it is intended that same will...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [25642/06]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application for a three month visa for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if the visa will be...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to develop youth diversion programmes in the near future in view of the good work carried out to date and the need...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his Department's budget specifically allocated to high support units, special care units and detention schools respectively...
    • Human Trafficking
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 22 June 2006, if he will clarify whether the offences for which the ten...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug seizures in each Garda division in County Clare for each of the past five years; and if he will make a...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions that have been issued to motorists in County Clare for uninsured and untaxed vehicles for each of...
    • World Refugee Day
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures the Government has taken to celebrate world refugee day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25779/06]
    • Refugee Status
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason Ireland voted for inclusion on the European Union's list of safe countries of origin countries (details supplied)...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí allocated to the Dublin west district; the breakdown by rank and area of activity; the number of...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to deal with the number of unsolved murders, gangland killings and other serious crimes committed in recent...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is a two way exchange of information between the National Driver File and the Gardaí's PULSE system; if so, the...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the legislation or Ministerial Order, or section thereof, which conferred authority on Gardaí to prohibit the release of...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of the application for naturalisation for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if, in view of the...
    • Irish Prisoners Abroad
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress which has been made in securing the repatriation of a person (details supplied) who is in prison in Ecuador;...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will request the Gardaí to investigate complaints that a licensed premises(details supplied) in Dublin 1 is a...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding closed circuit television for Dungarvan, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the proposed spending envelopes approved and set out by his Department for the foreseeable future; the broad objectives to...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 21 June 2006, the reason for the dearth of reference to an allegation or...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that a visa application has been received in his office from a person (details supplied) under the family...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to have an application for mapping by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath expedited, as...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation with regard to applications by a person (details supplied) for naturalisation that have been with his...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans he has to provide a full time Garda in Dunlavin Garda Station, County Wicklow; the plans he has to make additional...
    • Information Technology
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the information technology purchasing requirements, for both hardware and software, in his Department for the second half of...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the name and location of each Garda station in County Mayo currently providing a green man service to the public; the...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for permission to remain in the State for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if...
    • Parental Leave Provisions
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the present and prospective positions in relation to paid paternal leave for fathers at the time of the birth of their child...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will process an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Dublin despite the fact that...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the information promised in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 16 May, 2006 will be available; and if he...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the website of the British Home Office which states that the processing time for...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to what an organisation (details supplied) does; if his further attention has been drawn to...
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the dates of correspondence between An Garda Síochána and the Department of Education from 1992 to date in 2006 regarding...
    • EU Regulations
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that Government decision S 29721 of 18 June 2002, to which he was party, authorised and instructed...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to a person (details supplied); the criteria they need to follow in order to be allowed visit...
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans in place to implement Garda policy in relation to domestic violence, rape and sexual assault, as recommended in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has to wait until 2008 before their application will be examined; and...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Gardaí will increase patrols in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the personnel strength of the Garda stations at Navan, Kells, Trim, Athboy, Longwood, Ballivor, Crossakeel, Oldcastle,...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the grant programmes available from his Department and from agencies under his responsibility; and the deadlines for each...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding investigations by agencies under his control into a bogus internet investment scheme, known as PIPS...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to any fund to which an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 10 might apply for funding...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda inquiries carried out in relation to allegations of Garda misconduct in Donegal; the names of the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for post nuptial citizenship for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for funding to the gender equality unit of his Department by a group (details supplied) in County Limerick...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí in the Cavan and Monaghan division currently engaged in duties that could be undertaken by civilians;...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department or An Garda Síochána were in contact with their northern counterparts following the murder of a person...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • School Transport
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to a submission regarding an accident (details supplied); the orders she will issue in relation to the...
    • Detention Centres
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names of all detention schools in operation; the number of children in each location; and the capacity for each location. [25685/06]
    • Property Transfers
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 560 of 30 May 2006 if the site transfer has been completed; the status of the project; and if she...
    • Commercial Research
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has carried out or will carry out a full investigation into revelations that a publicly-funded third level institution has been...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 490 of 23 May 2006, her Department contacted a school (details supplied) in County Clare...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to assist in the setting up of a school for autistic children in Waterford (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make school transport provision for 26 students from the Dunbeacon area, west Cork to a school (details supplied); and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of the application for an extension and refurbishment at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
    • Further Education
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the changes made to the format of a course (details supplied) in County Mayo; if it is possible for the students who have completed...
    • School Staffing
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a teacher (details supplied) in County Laois has never been made permanent; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Dublin was unable to provide places in their...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will qualify for a higher education grant to study for a full-time masters programme; and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 803 of 21 March 2006, the progress which has been made in finding a suitable placement for a...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take regarding the discrimination and victimisation of the Travellers in the educational system here; and the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide funding for a sapling ABA school in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25579/06]
    • Primary Teacher Training
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the specific measures she proposes to introduce to attract more male students into primary teacher training; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are plans to build a national school in Newcastle, County Dublin; if resources allocated to a school (details supplied)in...
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to increase the child care grant awarded to VTOS students in view of the increasing childcare and crèche costs and the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she proposes to take with regard to a school (details supplied) in County Galway; her views on whether the provision of four...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take regarding the absence of basic education infrastructure in east Meath; and if she will support an association...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received correspondence from an association (details supplied) in County Leitrim regarding the review of the DEIS programme;...
    • School Staffing
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the incremental point of teachers absent on additional unpaid maternity leave of up to eight weeks will be paid retrospective to...
    • School Discipline
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of section 29 appeals received in 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006; the number concluded successfully for those making the...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 655: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of places available at secondary level for the 2006 and 2007 school year for pupils transferring from primary outreach...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 469 of 20 June 2006, the number of the classes operated within secondary schools; and if she will...
    • Prison Education Service
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when her Department will publish a strategy for the provision of educational services in the new youth justice structure as recommended...
    • School Staffing
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs teachers and special needs assistants in schools in County Laois for the years from 1997 to date in 2006....
    • Third Level Education
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of participation on a county basis in third level education both on a numbers and a percentage basis for the years 2006, 2000...
    • School Transport
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress she has made regarding the submission sent in relation to an accident (details supplied); the orders she has issued to her...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children with autism in County Clare and nationwide for whom the home tuition grant has been withdrawn; the alternative...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a persons application for a higher education grant will be affected or if the persons means test for such a payment will be affected...
    • Prison Education Service
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her Department's budget that is specifically allocated to detention schools from 1998 to date in 2006; and the capital expenditure...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in publishing her Department's 2005 to 2007 statement of strategy; when it will be published; and if her...
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if in view of the Government's commitment of encouraging...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed extension to a school (details supplied) in Donegal; the possible start date; and if she will make...
    • School Staffing
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will put all primary school secretaries employed on a 40 week basis to a 52 week basis; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the negotiations which have taken place regarding a site for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22; if she has identified a suitable...
    • School Staffing
      Question 671: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants in primary schools in County Clare and nationwide; the number to be allocated in September 2006;...
    • Third Level Education
      Question 672: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a person from Kosovo (details supplied); if they can attend college here to complete their final year; the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children under nine years who are in classes of over 20 pupils in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 700: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if discussions have taken place between the board of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 and her Department regarding their...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 702: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a decision has been made as to when the case of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 for permanent accommodation will be...
    • Third Level Education
      Question 703: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 522 of 27 June 2006, the number of students expected to graduate from each of the courses listed...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 704: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes in primary schools in County Mayo where classes of over 25 to 30 pupils and in excess of 30 pupils apply; and if...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 705: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposed spending envelopes approved and set out by her Department for the foreseeable future; the broad objectives to be achieved...
    • Information Technology
      Question 706: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the information technology purchasing requirements, for both hardware and software, in her Department for the second half of 2006; the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 711: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the name and location of each primary and secondary school in County Mayo that currently has broadband provided; the name and location...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 712: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application for incremental credit for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited and approved; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 713: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will request the allocation of 80 square meters of accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, rather than...
    • School Staffing
      Question 714: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure an early and favourable adjudication on appeals by persons (details supplied) in County Limerick to the terms of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 715: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the efforts being made by the board of management and parents' association of a school (details supplied) in County...
    • School Transport
      Question 716: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 24 May, 2006, the action she intends to take to accommodate the children of 11 families...
    • School Staffing
      Question 718: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the request by the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for the retention of a teacher in...
    • Inquiry into Child Abuse
      Question 720: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to evidence which the Secretary General of her Department gave to the Commission on Child Abuse on 13...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 722: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the annual cost of the July provision scheme since it was introduced in 2001; the number of people benefiting from this scheme on an...
    • School Transport
      Question 724: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a decision has been made in relation to an application for transport to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [26164/06]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 725: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary with hearing difficulties, will have their resource hours cut by half to...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 726: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will resolve the fact that 98 children in the Laytown and Bettystown area in County Meath, due to start school in September 2006...
    • Higher Education Institutions
      Question 727: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that the transfer of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo is approved; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Discipline
      Question 728: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when will she commence implementation of the recommendations of the report School Matters; if she intends to identify priority areas;...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 729: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a site for the permanent accommodation of a school (details supplied) has been identified and purchased by the Department; and if...
    • Schools Survey
      Question 731: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a copy of the ERC survey in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim is available for public inspection. [26235/06]
    • School Transport
      Question 732: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of additional school buses that her Department plans to provide for the fleet in County Meath for September 2006; the number...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 733: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to ensure that school sites are provided in line with the development and expansion of residential areas in County...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 734: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proportion of primary and post-primary schools in Meath that have physical education facilities; the way in which this compares...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 735: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average class size for primary and post-primary schools in County Meath; the way in which this compares nationally; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 736: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 454 of 6 December 2005, the progress which has been made by her Department in the provision of...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 741: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will approve funding for physical education halls in VEC schools in Drumshanbo, Carrigallen and Drumkeerin, County Leitrim in...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 742: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the new community school (details supplied) in County Leitrim; the reason for the delays; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 744: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will examine, in co-operation with local management, the standard of accommodation and the need for the development of the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 746: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be funded by her Department to complete a two-year air pilot course in view of...
    • School Transport
      Question 747: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the school transport service will continue to operate in all parts of the country until the end of the national school year 2006;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 748: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if information in the socio-economic background, in tabular form, of recipients of education grants for 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2004-05 is...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 749: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of psychologists on the National Education Psychological Service panel established following the recruitment competition of...
    • School Staffing
      Question 750: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a review of one teacher schools will be completed; her views on appointing a second teacher to all one teacher schools on the...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 751: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary school children awaiting an assessment from the National Educational Psychological Service; the average waiting...
    • School Closures
      Question 753: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, further to previous parliamentary questions, discussions have taken place between the trustees of a school (details supplied) in...
    • Pre-School Services
      Question 754: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the role of Montessori in developing early childhood education; if her Department has recognised the system for funding and recognised...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 755: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding the needs of a school (details supplied) where pupils and teachers are using prefabs up to 30 years old; the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 757: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the opening of the special autism unit at a project (details supplied) in County Kildare; the reason for the...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 758: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if health and safety regulations are achieved by all schools throughout the country with particular reference to accommodation...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 760: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects the school building programme to reflect the needs of areas experiencing a rapid increase in population; and if she...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 761: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which her Department engages in dialogue with the relevant section of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 762: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to increase the number of special needs teachers, particularly in schools with high pupil/teacher ratios; and if she will...
    • Bullying in Schools
      Question 764: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which her attention has been drawn to reports of school bullying and the use of modern communication methods in the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 765: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects to provide adequate school building as a step towards reducing class sizes and consequently pupil/teacher ratios; and...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 767: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when adequate resources will be provided to the Educational Welfare Board with a view to ensuring that the Board can proactively pursue...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 768: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of assessments carried out under the National Educational Psychological Service in 2005; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 773: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the provision of extra facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 774: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the provision of extra facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 784: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she expects to increase teaching staff numbers at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 786: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date in regard to the provision of permanent facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 802: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she proposes to take to improve the pupil/teacher ratio in the most seriously affected schools in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 806: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the mechanisms available to enable dual enrolment to occur to assist special needs students to make the transition from special needs...
    • School Staffing
      Question 807: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the situation in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare arising from the loss of a teacher;...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 808: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date in regard to meeting the requirements at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the schedule of...
  • Department of Defence
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 809: To ask the Minister for Defence the nature of the interface between serving Irish officers and the Afghan intelligence services; and if the Irish are facilitating the US Afghan...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 810: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received the review of height requirements for the Defence Forces; if he will change the height requirements for females who wish to join...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 811: To ask the Minister for Defence the proposed spending envelopes approved and set out by his Department for the foreseeable future; the broad objectives to be achieved by spending of...
    • Information Technology
      Question 812: To ask the Minister for Defence the information technology purchasing requirements, for both hardware and software, in his Department for the second half of 2006; the requirements...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 817: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on this Deputy's concerns regarding Ireland's neutrality position in relation to integrating the Army into EU battle groups as a part of...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 818: To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 on 14 June 2006, if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties arising for RDF officers assigned on 1...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Water Pollution
      Question 819: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the processes that are in place to stop water pollution in Meath's rivers and lakes; the new measures that...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 820: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the proposal for the introduction of a sale of flats scheme submitted to his office in February...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 822: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the sound proofing requirements for new homes in high density developments; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 823: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will announce the amounts available for central heating grants in 2006; and when he will notify the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 824: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the fact that people who buy houses under the affordable housing scheme, sometimes under Part 5...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 826: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding allocated in 2006 to each community and voluntary forum broken down by each local...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 827: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the additional resources which are being given to local authorities to ensure the electoral registers are up...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 828: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many couples who cannot afford to buy a home on the open...
    • Vehicle Registration
      Question 832: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of vehicles under licence in 2005 with a breakdown for the number of private cars, motor cycles and...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 833: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authorities can make applications to his Department for funding for skate board facilities; if not,...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 834: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received an update on the smell emanating from the sewage works in Dublin South-East; and if he will...
    • Factory Closures
      Question 835: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has been notified of environmental difficulties arising from the closure of Mallow and Carlow sugar...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 836: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the decentralisation of a section of his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      Question 837: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if proper car parking will be provided for in Kilcock in the context of the urban renewal works having...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 838: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposed spending envelopes approved and set out by his Department for the foreseeable future; the broad...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 839: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason Ballina Urban District Council has encroached upon a special area of conservation (details...
    • Coastal Protection
      Question 840: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will protect and care for the health and management of the greater coastal area of Dublin Bay by...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 841: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation regarding an application by Wicklow County Council for funding for a new water sewage scheme at...
    • Information Technology
      Question 842: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the information technology purchasing requirements, for both hardware and software, in his Department for the...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 847: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 245 of 14 June, 2006, if his Department has the correct folio and file...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      Question 848: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in regard to communications between the parks and wildlife section and persons (details supplied)...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 849: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that the decision has been taken to build a new waste treatment plant for the counties of...
    • Local Government Elections
      Question 850: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has or guidelines available regarding the increase in membership of various town and city...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 851: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the treatment plants for two schemes in County Galway which were allowed to proceed to tender can proceed...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 852: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the revenue collected to date from charges levied as a result of his implementation of the Waste Electronic...
    • European Council Meetings
      Question 857: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the conclusions on waste regulations (details supplied) which were adopted at the EU Environment...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 858: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when construction work will start on the new reservoir at Castlepollard, County Westmeath; the planned...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 862: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will allocate Meath County Council additional funding to reduce the current spending deficit, especially...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 863: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grant programmes available from his Department and from agencies under his responsibility; and the...
    • Waste Management
      Question 864: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to introduce additional recycling bring centres to the Johnstown, Beechmount, Windtown,...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 865: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of affordable housing units and affordable sites that will be made available in County Meath within...
    • Disabled Persons Grant Scheme
      Question 866: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding made available to Meath County Council in each of the years 2002 to date in 2006 for the...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 868: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide additional funding to Meath County Council for road speed reduction measures on regional...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 883: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received a request or communication from the Dublin Docklands Development Authority...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 884: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the budget he allocates annually by county for the implementation of the European Charter of Pedestrian Rights...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 885: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if sufficient funds will be available to Monaghan County Council to provide or upgrade the sewerage facilities...
    • Non-National Roads
      Question 887: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the discussions he has had in recent times with his counterpart in Northern Ireland regarding the cross-Border...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 888: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the application for funding to upgrade the north-east Roscommon regional water supply; and if he...
    • Community Development
      Question 889: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 8 June 2006, if he will approve funding for the project; and if...
    • Fire Service
      Question 890: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of incidents necessitating a call-out by the full-time or retained fire service at Dublin Airport...
    • Water Pollution
      Question 892: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which the assimilative capacities or rivers are to be determined in relation to new developments...
    • EU Regulations
      Question 893: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the proposals for amendments to Part (3) of the Regulations dealing with nutrient management sent to the...