Written answers

Thursday, 6 July 2006

  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Semi-State Bodies
      Question 10: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the efforts he is making to ensure that the valuable assets, paintings, fixtures and fittings of the Great Southern Hotels chain are...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the expenditure review of the current swimming pool programme will be completed at the end of July 2006, as expected; and if so,...
    • Countryside Access
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to a recent High Court ruling against walkers on a route in Enniskerry County Wicklow; his views on...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the submission from the Irish Tourist Industry Confederation to the National Development Plan that...
    • Greyhound Industry
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department received a copy of the PricewaterhouseCooper report, commissioned by Bord na gCon in August 2002, into alleged...
    • National Aquatic Centre
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the management of the National Aquatic Centre; if a date for the hearing of the appeal by Campus Stadium...
    • Campus and Stadium Ireland
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in regard to the development of the Abbotstown sports campus; if he has received the inter-agency study for the site that...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received applications for grant aid for swimming pool developments since the current scheme closed prior to 2001; the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans to carry out a review of the tax exemption scheme for artists following the changes introduced under the Finance Bill 2006;...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of publicly available reports commissioned by his Department since 2002; the key recommendations arising out of each; if...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 27: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has had meetings with the Gaelic Players Association regarding their proposed Government-funded grant scheme; if he has received...
    • Performing Arts
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the academy for the performing arts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26674/06]
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the measures that he intends to put in place to address the growing imbalance in regional distribution of tourism demand which has...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the expected impact of the decentralisation of his Department to Killarney in 2007 in terms of the numbers of persons...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of applications for sports capital grants in 2005 and 2006 by county; the amount applied for in 2005 and 2006 by county;...
    • Tourist Accommodation
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on whether it is acceptable that hotels in Dublin, Kildare and counties surrounding the K Club in Kildare should increase...
    • National Museum
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the proposed extension to the National Museum at Collins Barracks; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will appoint a successor body to the Tourism Action Plan Implementation Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Theatre
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if, prior to the decision to locate the new Abbey Theatre on George's Dock, the acquisition of Eden House was considered as part of a...
    • Policy Directives
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department lays down policy priorities or guidelines to the Arts Council or other bodies or agencies which receive funding from...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the timeframe for the merging of Regional Tourism Authorities with Fáilte Ireland in view of the refusal by the northwest RTA to wind...
    • National Conference Centre
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the provisional preferred tenderer has been appointed as preferred tenderer for the provision of the National Conference Centre;...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the criteria by which capital sports funding is allocated to local sports clubs and facilities around the country; if the geographic...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • General Register Office
      Question 49: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the implementation of the Civil Registration Act 2004, with particular reference to the creation of...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 50: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of primary medical certificates applications received in each of the past five years for the disabled driver...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 51: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to make changes to the adoption laws or procedures for both Irish adoptions and foreign adoptions; and if...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 52: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of places being provided under the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme in June 2006 compared to the number in...
    • Health Services
      Question 54: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to establish a National Diabetes Register. [27275/06]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she accepts that persons with mental health problems and their families have the right to participate in all of the...
    • Youth Services
      Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will support the Tramore Youth and Family Project, Tramore, County Waterford in their efforts to employ another...
    • Health Services
      Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a general practitioner (details supplied) in County Mayo will be replaced; and the position in this recruitment...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 28 February 2006, in relation to the death by suicide of a person (details...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick was refused application for work to be completed to their house...
    • Health Services
      Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of home helps employed in County Sligo and north Leitrim for the years 2003 to 2006; the directive she has issued...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an action plan has been put in place to progress the issues identified in the Report of the Working Group on the Role of...
    • Health Services
      Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the details of continuing care guidelines in respect of consideration by the department of medicine for the elderly in their...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a schedule of works promised to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo under the special housing aid for the...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding adjournment debate of 6 April 2006 in relation to community child care groups funding in West...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [27300/06]
    • Suicide Incidence
      Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of suicides by gender per 100,000 in the Health Service Executive regional areas and county for each of the years...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the application in full of the Mental Health Act 2001; and if she will make a statement on a delay in...
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide information on the incidence of tuberculosis in each of the past 10 years; the number of isolation beds...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an application for grant aid for Montessori preschool by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a service (details supplied) was discontinued in County Mayo; when this service was last provided; the plans of...
    • Health Services
      Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will carry out an audit into the way that children are assessed and deemed eligible or otherwise by the Health...
    • Non-Governmental Agencies
      Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the non-governmental agencies or organisations her Department has provided funding to in 2004, 2005, and 2006; the amount of...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the Health Service Executive do everything possible to bring forward the date for the invitation of...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in providing the information sought under Parliamentary Question No. 241 of 8 November 2005. [27396/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing a response to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 11 May 2006. [27397/06]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the primary, community and continuing care directorate of the Health Service Executive have concluded their assessment of...
    • Health Services
      Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children awaiting orthodontic treatment in County Kildare as of 30 June 2006. [27430/06]
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there has been progress in identifying a site for the new ambulance base in Maynooth, County Kildare, funding for which...
    • Health Services
      Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the estimated number of children who suffered irreversible damage to their teeth, gums and faces following the cessation of...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will encourage BreastCheck to outsource this essential service in order to save women's lives in view of the fact...
    • Health Services.
      Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department will release €400,000 necessary funds to advance a nursing home in Ballinrobe, County Mayo to the design...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department will evaluate the need for a wet hostel in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a rheumatology department will be established at Mayo General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cancer Incidence
      Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the type of cancers that people have in each of the district electoral divisions in the city of Dublin; the incidence of...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 28 June 2006, if she has fixed a date to visit Wexford; if not, if she will be...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action which is proposed to reinstate the home heating works undertaken under the aegis of the Health Service Executive...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the process in the selection of a site for the new acute hospital in the north east; the timetable proposed; if submissions...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals for improving acute hospital services in the North Tipperary area; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals for improving community health services in the North Tipperary area; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of general medical practitioners there are per head of population for Counties Carlow, Wicklow, Kildare and...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of beds and staff in St. Vincent's, St. Colmcille's Loughlinstown, Naas, Tallaght and Letterkenny Hospitals; and...
    • Health Services
      Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if essential regular permanent services will be provided by the Health Service Executive for a person (details supplied) in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 in obtaining an appointment with a consultant; the...
    • Clinical Drugs Trials
      Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of participants who take part in clinical or drug trials each year here; the percentage of this number who are...
    • Community Care
      Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive pays subcontractors in Portarlington to care for disabled and handicapped people; her views...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delays in issuing or responding to medical card applications; the further reason the required...
    • Health Services
      Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to reports that the Health Service Executive office for the north west Dublin region is...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the issues raised in recent correspondence from a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when her Department will make the refunds to patients who had unfair deductions from their pensions and social welfare...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of wards which are closed at present in Health Service Executive run hospitals and other facilities in South...
    • Health Services
      Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will provide immediate improvement of essential early intervention services for a person...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to ensure the renegotiation of the consultants' common contract to deliver equity of access for...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number and location of public hospital sites where it is proposed to construct private hospital facilities; and if she...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost, the capacity, the specialties and the time scale of the proposed new Children's Hospital at the Mater site; the...
    • Community Care
      Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the urgent care centres planned for three locations in Dublin will open at each centre; the staff to be appointed to...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the new MRI scanner promised for Beaumont Hospital will be available to the public; the expected annual usage of the...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the plans she envisages for the development of facilities at St. Joseph's Hospital in Raheny and if they were included in...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the proportion of patients treated within one hour, within four hours and so on, in different categories of urgency at each...
    • Health Services
      Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if additional speech therapy services will be provided for victims of stroke in Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Community Care
      Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of the community nursing unit on the grounds of Kerry General Hospital, Tralee, County...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which a couple with two children earning approximately €63,400 a year can as suggested in her statement of 26...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress which has been made by the Working Group on Cystic Fibrosis since its inception; when its recommendations will...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 1 June 2006. [27740/06]
    • General Practitioner Co-operatives
      Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the retirement policy for general practitioners; if the retirement date can be extended for general practitioners in areas...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that fewer than fifty percent of parliamentary questions from this office...
    • Health Services
      Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the waiting time for orthodontic assessment and the waiting time for orthodontic treatment for persons in need...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of the services for a full-time senior consultant cardiologist at Kerry General...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason medical card patients travelling to Dublin for angiograms are being obliged to stay in bed and breakfast...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the long promised extension to Bandon Community Hospital, west Cork and if a design team has...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will issue giving retrospective cover in respect of hospital treatment to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Health Services
      Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if speech and language services will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in relation to the employment for physiotherapists; if...
    • Medical Research
      Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an inspector from her Department last made a visit to a register user establishment licensed for animal experiment; the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she expects radiotherapy services to be made available at Waterford Regional Hospital; if the Government will provide...
    • Hospital Hygiene
      Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the arrangements being made at Waterford Regional Hospital to prevent people from being infected by MRSA; and if she will...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has been informed of the progress to date on a Garda investigation regarding missing files from Our Lady of Lourdes...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount paid to a company (details supplied) to date; the amount paid for each of the past three years; and if she will...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of positions in State bodies under the aegis of her Department which are affected by the increase in...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of taskforces which have been created by her Department and their function, size, membership, reporting...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost of private nursing home subventions granted in each year since 2002; and the number of beds in each year since...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if defibrillators are available in every fire station in County Waterford; if not, if she intends to make this possible;...
    • Health Services
      Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is a universal newborn hearing screening programme available in the paediatric and maternity department at...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of general practitioner only medical cards that have been granted to people in Waterford City and County; and if...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of home help hours allocated in County Waterford for each year since 2000; the number of persons benefiting in...
    • Health Services
      Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of first responder schemes in the City and County of Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the levels of funding that are being allocated to Health Service Executive South for the development of Waterford Regional...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced where nursing home subvention does not match charges...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in processing inter-country adoption applications in here; the further reason there is little...
    • Community Care
      Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 can be moved permanently from Peamount Hospital to an apartment in order that...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the financial supports available from her Department directly or indirectly to assist a physically disabled person to build...
    • Health Services
      Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties in schools due to the long delays in accessing speech and language...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the stage projects (details supplied) are at; if funding has been allocated; if funding is contingent upon revenue...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funds available to elderly day care centres to provide transport to day patients; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of parliamentary questions referred to health boards or other agencies for direct answer to Deputies for each...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if consultants were employed to develop the Health Service Executive logo; if as part of this work, a policy document on...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding allocated to the Health Service Executive Mid-western and South Eastern region towards the homecare...
    • Health Services
      Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of people waiting for orthodontic treatment in each area of the Health Service Executive mid-western area; the...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the proposal put forward by Irish Rural Link that a rural health strategy is urgently needed; her views on...
    • Health Services
      Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the recent report completed on proposed changes to Shannon-doc; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Suicide Prevention
      Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an additional €60 million for suicide prevention will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the threshold in the drug payment refund scheme each year since 2002; the reason for such increases in the qualifying...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the proposed VHI rate increase; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the proposed additional 12...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the reports by a company (details supplied) on the operation of individual hospitals' accident and emergency...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position on the provision of medical cover for Alzheimer's patients and the unit provided for them and for families at...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount which was spent in her Department for the years 2005 and from January 2006 to date for media purposes or...
    • Health Services
      Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she intends to take to address the patient transport crisis in the western region; if she believes that it...
    • Departmental Business Plans
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 192 of 20 June 2006, when she intends to publish her Department's 2006 business plan;...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding is approved under the national purchase scheme for the supply of digital hearing aids to clients in the west of...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will be issued with a pension from the Health Service Executive west; the reason for the...
    • Health Services
      Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the GMS list in Strokestown, County Roscommon is frozen; if patients have a right to choose their general...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to ensure that there is a legal basis to the labelling terms non GM and GM free; the discussions she has...
    • Unaccompanied Minors
      Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of unaccompanied minors referred to the Health Service Executive between the years 2000 and 2006; the number...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number and percentages of general practitioner only cards that have been issued since the introduction of these cards;...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position of the proposed dialysis unit at Beaumont; the cost of this unit; the proposed date for completion of this...
    • Sports Sponsorship
      Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on reports from the European Commission that believe that sponsorship of sporting contests by drinks companies...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the date for the publication of the report into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the State's only obesity clinic at St Colmcille's Hospital in...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the ambulance control centre in Townsend Street, Dublin; when the report into this situation...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital consultants appointed each year since 1997; the specialities and regions these consultants have been...
    • Health Services
      Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a review will take place of the current agreement with the Society of Chiropody Ireland in relation to payment for...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding given to a group (details supplied) in County Dublin in the past 12 months; if it is intended to continue with...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the assistance and supports available to parents and to childcare providers respectively from her Department to improve the...
    • Health Services
      Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the additional funding available to shorten the length of time parents are waiting for provision under the community school...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if it is possible to employ extra speech therapists. [28058/06]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to address the inadequate number of long term facilities for young adults with severe neurological disorders; if...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of medical card holders in the state in 1997; the number of 2002 and the number in 2006. [28079/06]
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to tackle the A & E crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28096/06]
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has to pay a hospital for medical attention; and if she will make...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of inspectors within the Food Safety Authority of Ireland that enforce the food labelling legislation; the other...
  • Department of Finance
    • Communications Masts
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself that the new mast erected at Coolock Garda station is safe; and if he will support the local residents in their efforts...
    • Tax Code
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary qualifies for the back to work tax allowance; the reason for the reduction in combined tax credits...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of compensation claims submitted following the River Nore flood relief scheme; the number of claims settled; the amounts involved; the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the acquisition of a site for a gaelscoil (details supplied) has not yet been finalised by the Office of Public Works; and if he will make...
    • Waterways Access
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) has infilled part of Gulladoo Lake, County Leitrim; if he will confirm...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the new public procurement contract gives appropriate recognition of and transfer and fair payment conditions; and if he will...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Finance the non-Governmental agencies or organisations his Department has provided funding to in 2004, 2005, and 2006; the amount of funding provided to each...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Finance if additional staff have being hired in the Office of Public Works; and when the catchment flood risk assessment and study report for the Rye River...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Finance if the contract has been awarded for the roof repairs to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the cost of the project; and the timeframe...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Finance if the contract documents for the purchase of a site for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare have been signed. [27414/06]
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of historical sites in County Clare maintained by the Office of Public Works; the annual number of visitors to each site for each of the...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Finance the stage of development the Leixlip Garda station; the length of time he anticipates it will be before construction will commence and is completed;...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Finance the stage the local catchment flood risk assessment and management plan for the Rye River, encompassing Leixlip, Maynooth, and Kilcock is at; if the...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that all back tax is paid to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27452/06]
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 28 June 2006 if he will name each property owned by the Office of Public Works that was rented to...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Finance the positions coming available or available in the Office of Public Works in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27454/06]
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for primary medical certificates under the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal that were granted on appeal over the...

    • Question 246: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to complete his review of the inter-Departmental review group of the disabled drivers passengers tax concession scheme; and if he...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the future conservation, restoration or re-use of a fort (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Savings Incentive Scheme
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Finance the approximate amount of the Government's SSIA top-up contribution which will have gone to each income decile of the population when all payout have...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that will pay tax at the 42% rate in 2006; the number that will pay at a maximum of the 20% rate; and the total number of...
    • Tax Code
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of the capital gains tax exemption; the changes that have been made in this limit in the course of the past five years; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Finance if it remains Government policy to establish a National Transformation Fund into which once off revenues accruing to the State would be placed. [27709/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that are earning the minimum wage or less who will be subjected to income tax in 2006. [27710/06]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures that are in place for the removal of a person who is employed by or under the State; if an outside body can terminate such employment...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Finance if flights home by Irish tax exiles though Dublin Airport's private aircraft terminal are being monitored by the Revenue Commissioners. [27713/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the introduction of a Tobin Tax on international currency speculation and similar unproductive transactions and the use of the...
    • State Airports
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Finance if the NDP/CSF evaluation unit located within his Department have or will carry out a cost-benefit analysis in relation to the proposed new runway at...
    • Tax Code
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Finance the situation in relation to start up and annual taxes, stamp duty on credit and debit cards; when these charges commenced; the number of cards which...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide funding for works to prevent annual flooding of the main Tramore to Waterford road; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has submitted both the credit union registrar's proposals for the new investment framework and the Irish League of Credit Union's proposals for...
    • Tax Code
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of making the home carer's tax credit refundable. [27776/06]
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Finance the budgetary allocation for each of the public bodies, executive agencies, advisory bodies and task forces operating under his Department. [27796/06]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Finance the new levels of fees payable to ordinary board members of State agencies as were recently agrees upon by the Government. [27811/06]
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of task forces which have been created by his Department and their function, size, membership, reporting mechanism and period of existence...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Finance the position with regard to the proposed decentralisation of Ordnance Survey Ireland to Dungarvan, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will comment on the estimated amount of moneys lent by credit unions to banks and other financial institutions in 2006; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of inheritance tax collected by the State in each of the past 10 years;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27910/06]
    • House Prices
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated value of housing stock at current market value in the country; if he can estimate the proportion of such properties owned by persons in...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the progress to date on the drafting of the National Development Plan 2007-2013; when the plan is expected to be complete; the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Finance the rate of stamp duty rates on cheques and laser cards with ATM function; the number of ATM cards and credit cards each year since 2002; the income...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the implementation of the National Development Plan 2000-2006; the number of projects which were earmarked for completion in the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount which was spent in his Department for the years 2005 and from January 2006 to date for media purposes or advertising; where the money was...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 23 May 2006, the number and location of temporary clerical posts filled to date; the plans to fill posts...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT collected to date under the WEEE scheme on a monthly basis since its introduction; the plans he has to review the charging of VAT on an...
    • Tax Code
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of student accommodation developments which have been granted section 23 type tax relief each year since the inception of this scheme; if...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department has conducted studies on potential financial and environmental benefit of increased insulation...
    • Coastal Protection
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to progress the draft Coastal Zone Management Plan from 1998; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Communications Masts
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he plans to draft legislation regarding telecommunications masts in accordance with the recommendations of...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason the State's renewable energy information centre in Bandon is operated by a company which is itself...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the house of tomorrow building scheme will be reviewed to introduce higher energy efficiency standards...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department has conducted studies on the costs and potential capacity of domestic renewable energy power...
    • Salmon Management Report
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 368 of 8 November 2005, the position regarding his examination of all...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the non-Governmental agencies or organisations his Department has provided funding to in 2004, 2005, and 2006;...
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will intervene and support the proposals of local mussel carriers in the Killary area; his views on...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if broadband is universally available in South Tipperary; if not, the reason for same; and when it will be...
    • Postal Services
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the precise nature of the technology used and the information obtainable to the holders and through the holders...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed in relation to yachts being restricted from berthing...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the budgetary allocation for each of the public bodies, executive agencies, advisory bodies and taskforces...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of positions in State bodies under the aegis of his Department which are affected by the increase in...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide funding for the redevelopment of Dunmore East Harbour which is expected to cost in the region...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of post offices that have been closed in the City and County of Waterford in each of the years from...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of applications for foreshore licences that are pending; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the major projects or programmes funded under the National Development Plan; the physical indicators of the...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the expenditure proposed by him for 2006 and 2007 on the development of piers and slipways in County Mayo; the...
    • Coastal Protection
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent of moneys provided in 2006 either directly from his Department or through Mayo County Council for...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the areas in County Mayo in which broadband is now available; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount which was spent in his Department for the years 2005 and from January 2006 to date for media purposes...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to conserve the hibernation areas of eels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28002/06]
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding the foreshore licence for the proposed sewerage scheme at Cheelepoint, County Waterford;...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when a person (details supplied) will be transferred to Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise the new evidence on the Loughin Island massacre in the North with the British Government; and if he will support the...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the resolution passed by the Cortes in March 2006, calling for the release of a person (details supplied); and his further views...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are plans to open an Irish Embassy in Cuba. [27272/06]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will focus the attention of the UN and EU on the tragedy taking place among the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo; if he will...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action he will take regarding Israeli troops in the occupied territories; and if he will raise this issue with the EU, UN and the Israeli...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the non-governmental agencies or organisations his Department has provided funding to in 2004, 2005, and 2006; the funding provided to each...
    • International Agreements
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when he expects the ratification of the optional protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on this Deputy's concerns regarding the activities of MI5 and the peace process; the position regarding the case of a person...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the issues the Government raised with the Israeli authorities; the response it has received; the action the Government has taken to ensure...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the budgetary allocation for each of the public bodies, executive agencies, advisory bodies and task forces operating under his Department....
    • Illegal Emigrants
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish citizens who are awaiting deportation from the US; the circumstances of each case; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the progress that has been made in the African Union initiative in encouraging political dialogue in Zimbabwe; the...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has received representations from a person (details supplied) with regard to their application for a visa; the status of this...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount spent by his Department in 2005 and from January 2006 to date for media purposes or advertising; where the money was spent, that...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made on the case of an individual (details supplied) who has been on hunger strike and his complaints regarding mistreatment in...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will support the application from a club (details supplied) in Dublin 3 for lottery funding; and if he will give them the...
    • Sports Facilities
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if there is co-operation between his Department and the Department of Education and Science to provide or enhance indoor sports...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department is willing to grant aid the construction or running of community-based theatres; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of national lottery funding awarded by his Department and drawn down by recipient groups in 2005; the expected allocation...
    • Film Industry Development
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of films being filmed on location here in 1996; the number being filmed or are expected to be filmed in 2006; and if he...
    • National Stadium
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in regard to the cost to date and the expected costs of the campus stadium Ireland complex; the full or expected cost of...
    • Arts Policy
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the way in which policy on the arts is formulated; if it is directly by his Department or through subsidiary agencies; and if he will...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he is satisfied that sufficient steps have been taken to market this country as a tourist destination; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the budgetary allocation for each of the public bodies, executive agencies, advisory bodies and task forces operating under his...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount which was spent in his Department for the years 2005 and from January 2006 to date for media purposes or advertising;...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Employment Conditions
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of cases involving exploitation of foreign workers that have been taken in 2003, 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006;...
    • Foreign Trade Links
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to the recent visit of his Minister of State to the Ukraine, the short term intentions and steps to be taken to...
    • Work Permits
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reasons for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin being refused a work permit; and if he will support their...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the non-Governmental agencies or organisations his Department has provided funding to in 2004, 2005, and 2006; the amount of...
    • Construction Industry
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people who are employed in the construction industry according to work category; the number of inspectors...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the annual cost in 2005 for Shannon Development to maintain its vacant factories and industrial units in County Clare; the...
    • Job Creation
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress to date in the provision of employment in the North Tipperary area by location for each year since 2002; and if...
    • Labour Inspectorate
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of labour inspectors who are currently employed by the State; his plans to increase their number; and if he will...
    • Work Permits
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 21 June 2006, if officials in his Department have reviewed a case and contacted...
    • Pay Differentials
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to address gender pay inequality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27550/06]
    • Industrial Development
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures which are in place within the IDA to promote the products and services of indigenous Irish companies to foreign...
    • Work Permits
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in relation to work permits in respect of two persons (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the establishment of a training fund which will be at the personal disposal of individuals experiencing...
    • Job Creation
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to bring new industry into Dungarvan in view of the fact that since the closure of the Waterford Crystal's factory...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of positions in State bodies under the aegis of his Department which are affected by the increase in...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of factories in the City and County of Waterford, on which the IDA have long term lease agreements, which are...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount which was spent in his Department for the years 2005 and from January 2006 to date for media purposes or...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding given to a group (details supplied) in County Dublin in the past 12 months; if it is intended to continue with...
    • Job Creation
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created in Laois and Offaly in the enterprise sector during the years 2000 to 2005; and if he will make a...
    • Employment Appeals Tribunal
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has ever been requested by the Employment Appeals Tribunal to refer a matter on a point of law to the High...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if subvention for free travel is provided to both Bus Éireann and private bus operators on the same route; if so, if equal payment...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will confirm his Department's computer records include all social welfare contributions made by married women who had a PRSI...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in receipt of rent allowance in Waterford City and County for each year since 2000; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the percentage of the social welfare contributions paid by both the employer and employee during the years 1954 to 1974 on an...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people processing applications for the respite care grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27342/06]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved retrospectively for fuel allowance. [27370/06]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the non-Governmental agencies or organisations his Department has provided funding to in 2004, 2005, and 2006; the amount of...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an appeal was heard for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in relation to unemployment assistance; and if so, the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of self employed people who failed to qualify for a contributory pension who would have paid PRSI for a few years after...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of revenue which would be raised if the PRSI cut-off ceiling was removed. [27593/06]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will consider allowing persons who are in receipt of both the disability benefit and the blind pension continued payment of...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of PPS numbers allocated to migrants from the 10 new EU accession countries up to June 2006; the breakdown of the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the budgetary allocation for each of the public bodies, executive agencies, advisory bodies and taskforces operating under his...
    • Departmental Task Forces
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of taskforces which have been created by his Department and their function, size, membership, reporting mechanism and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person in receipt of widow's pension must forfeit that payment in order to claim carer's allowance; if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount which was spent in his Department for the years 2005 and from January 2006 to date for media purposes or advertising;...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the plans he has to put measures in place to assist the elderly with the cost of bin charges; if it is acceptable that those who...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details of the input individual lone parents have had in the development of the lone parent proposals and their input since the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of applications his Department has received to date for the early childcare supplement in respect of children who are...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will consider extending the third level grant scheme to enable students who have used the back to education scheme where they...
  • Department of Transport
    • Road Safety
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make financial provision for the appointment of road safety officers in each county council; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • State Airports
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Transport if the proposed new runway at Dublin Airport will form part of the next National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Port Development
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Transport when the proposals for the development of ports on the east coast have been received by his Department; the capacity expansion envisaged by each;...
    • Noise Pollution
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he proposes to deal with noise pollution emanating from private vehicles with modified engines and exhaust systems; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of times since 1997 Section 25 of the Transport Act 1958 has been utilised by him to give direction on the licensing of passenger road...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress he has made on the provision of a new building for the Doolin Coastguard and Rescue Service; if he expects negotiations for the...
    • State Airports
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Transport if arrangements are being made to extend the INS service at Shannon Airport with the US authorities to include customs and agriculture to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Transport the non-governmental agencies or organisations his Department has provided funding to in 2004, 2005, and 2006; the amount of funding provided to...
    • Railway Stations
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Transport if a tender has been awarded for the construction of the new Docklands rail station; and the details of same. [27404/06]
    • Road Network
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will introduce shadow tolling on the M50 until open road tolling is introduced in view of the fact that the State received over €190...
    • Rail Services
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 346 of 27 June 2006, his views on whether the continued removal of rail freight infrastructure throughout the...
    • Railway Stations
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Transport the position on the provision of additional car parking facilities at Hazelhatch Rail Station, Celbridge, County Kildare; if funding for the...
    • Air Services
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the guarantee of 400,000 transatlantic passengers made by Aer Lingus through Shannon Airport post open skies, he has received this...
    • Road Network
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department will make arrangements for the anticipated increase in traffic on and around the M50 due to the imminent opening of the Dublin...
    • Public Transport
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is envisaged that the policy of operating buses that are not wheelchair accessible on Bus Éireann's inter-urban and long distance commuter...
    • Rail Network
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Transport the discussions he has had with Irish Rail on a project (details supplied) in County Galway; the progress which has been made on the project; if...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of drivers currently holding a provisional licence; the number currently waiting for a driving test; the average weekly wait for a...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Transport if failure to obey a traffic sign indicating a three tonne limit restriction on a road will incur penalty points. [27598/06]
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress which has been made in implementing Transport 21 in South Tipperary since the plan's official launch. [27599/06]
    • Road Safety
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Transport if schools outside designated CLÁR areas are automatically entitled to flashing amber warning lights outside primary schools; and if not, the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Transport the budgetary allocation for each of the public bodies, executive agencies, advisory bodies and taskforces operating under his Department. [27784/06]
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of positions in State bodies under the aegis of his Department which are affected by the increase in non-executive chairpersons' fees of...
    • Haulage Industry
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has made a decision on the use of supercubes within the canal cordon in Dublin; the number of supercubes in operation here; and the impact of...
    • Public Transport
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of buses currently in the Dublin Bus fleet. [27828/06]
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of fatal road accidents recorded in the City and County of Waterford for each of the years 1995 to 2005; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Transport if a rural transport initiative has been established in all counties; and the counties where this is operating and the latest passenger numbers...
    • Public Transport
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Transport his timetable for the introduction of integrated ticketing and if this will include Luas, DART, Dublin Bus, and Bus Éireann in a single system....
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Transport his position on the establishment of a greater Dublin land use and transport authority, indicating the reasons the land use appears no longer to be...
    • Road Network
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Dublin Port Tunnel will only be permitted to function at 20% of capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27876/06]
    • EU Directives
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself that all of the conditions of Directive 2000/56/EC are being met by Ireland in particular in relation to heavy goods...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has made undertakings or issued advice to Aer Lingus in respect of the pension cover of employees who transferred from the...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Transport the major projects or programmes funded under the National Development Plan; the physical indicators of the output of these projects and...
    • Road Safety
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to a safety device compulsory in other jurisdictions for motor-cyclists; his views on the device; if he has plans...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount which was spent in his Department for the years 2005 and from January 2006 to date for media purposes or advertising; where the money...
    • Heavy Goods Vehicles
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for the banning of supersize trucks and the rules that will apply during the transition period to a full ban. [27998/06]
    • Road Safety
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to ensure the availability of child restraints in taxis and hackneys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28031/06]
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Transport the timescales for the rollout of a LUAS to Lucan and Clondalkin. [28046/06]
    • Road Network
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Transport the policy direction given to the National Roads Authority to ensure that there is connectivity between the gateway towns of Athlone, Mullingar and...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Road Safety
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount allocated in CLÁR areas for the provision of flashing amber safety lights outside of schools each year to...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if top up grants for third level education will be available to all students in County Laois under funding provided...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of people who are currently employed on the rural social scheme on a county basis; the costs involved; if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the non-governmental agencies or organisations his Department has provided funding to in 2004, 2005, and 2006; the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the budgetary allocation for each of the public bodies, executive agencies, advisory bodies and taskforces operating...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount which was spent in his Department for the years 2005 and from January 2006 to date for media purposes or...
    • Community Development
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding which exists for community radio stations inside and outside of RAPID areas. [28039/06]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding given to a group (details supplied) in County Dublin in the past 12 months; and if it is intended to...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Milk Quota
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the arrangements she proposes to put in place to deal with the future sale or lease of milk quota; when the new regime will apply; the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be approved and awarded the installation aid grant. [27239/06]
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a decision will be made in the Galway Regional Office of her Department as to whether an estate (details supplied) in County Mayo...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the non-governmental agencies or organisations her Department has provided funding to in 2004, 2005, and 2006; the amount of funding...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the criteria and details of the advisory service which farmers are to receive when they are in receipt of €15,000 plus on single farm...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will consider a person (details supplied) in County Cork as a new entrant for calculation of entitlements and national reserve;...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action her Department has taken in relation to a reported outbreak of botulism in cattle (details supplied); the tests which have...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will qualify under the early retirement pension scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the first payments under the reform package agreed in November 2005 will be made to beet farmers; if it is guaranteed to go out...
    • Sugar Beet Sector
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she expects that her Department will have finalised the agreement with beet growers and contractors with regard to the capital...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has not been paid farm entitlements to date; and if it is the position that...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the stage on an application for early retirement scheme 2000 for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when the first payment...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the budgetary allocation for each of the public bodies, executive agencies, advisory bodies and taskforces operating under his...

    • Question 508: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of taskforces which have been created by her Department and their function, size, membership, reporting mechanism and period...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the level of compensation available to sheep farmers in the Nephin Beg area, Newport, Co. Mayo as a consequence of having to take sheep...
    • Live Exports
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the levels of live exports of cattle for each of the past five years; the value to the Irish economy of such exports; the markets that...
    • Farm Household Incomes
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the supporting measures she intends to bring forward in view of the fact that almost 80 percent of farmers are part-time farmers; her...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the increasing level of grant assistance under the farm waste management grants where steel structures will form a major...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures she is taking to ensure the back-log of farm plastics is collected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27896/06]
    • World Trade Talks
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the state of the World Trade Talks; if she has an assessment of the potential impact that any agreement will have on the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the number of farmers awaiting payment under the 2005 single farm payment scheme in each county; the most common reason for...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of temporary meat inspectors employed by her Department in factories throughout the country; if it is proposed to fill...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount which was spent in her Department for the years 2005 and from January 2006 to date for media purposes or advertising; where...
    • Food Safety Standards
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the plans she has to upgrade her Department's facilities at Dublin Airport; the volume of product collected and seized by her officials...
    • Forestry Sector
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the high level steering group has completed its consideration of recommendations on the future development of the forestry sector;...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she intends to establish a scheme for the planting of willow and other biomass crops; if she will include a facility to assist with...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the plans she has to ensure that there is a legal basis to the labelling terms non GM and GM free; the discussions she has had at...
    • Sugar Beet Sector
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has plans to support the efforts of beet growers to diversify into other areas of agriculture; if the necessary funding will be...
    • Nitrates Directive
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the Nitrates Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28089/06]
    • Beef Exports
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the controls to be put in place in order to support the Irish beef industry against the threat of imports from developing countries; and...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact that only approximately 3 percent of the Border, Midlands and Western Regions is not...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of speed cameras which are presently functioning in South Tipperary; the number of vehicles the cameras have...
    • Employment Quotas
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has plans to legislate for an employment quota in the Civil and Public Service for persons with a disability. [27682/06]
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has established a national centre for universal design to improve access for people with disabilities. [27684/06]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the number of summonses issued and convictions obtained in relation to the illegal use of Kennelsfort...
    • Courts Service
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the threshold for claims that can be taken to the Small Claims Court; his views on whether this is a suitable level; and if...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is a problem in proceeding with the recruiting of Garda trainees, in particular a person (details supplied); if the...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to previous parliamentary questions the position in relation to a project (details supplied) in County Galway; if...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an investigation into the death of a person (details supplied) launched following a petition opened by the deceased...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when permission to remain in the State on the basis of being part of a family unit where the adult of the family unit has...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the non-governmental agencies or organisations his Department has provided funding to in 2004, 2005, and 2006; the amount of...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of successful closure orders obtained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2003 in 2006 in...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí in the Carlow and Kildare division on 30 June 2006. [27428/06]
    • Crime Levels
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of arrests made for drunk and disorderly, common assault and public order offences in 2003, 2004, 2005 and the...
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the allegations that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 was assaulted in a Garda...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a Garda helicopter is employed regularly in the north inner city; if his attention has been drawn to the fact...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant an extension to a holiday visa for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he will be taking in relation to correspondence received from a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite a decision in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí based in each Garda station in the North Tipperary area for the years 2002 to date in 2006; if he...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the continuing refusal of the British Government to initiate a public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when legislation will be brought in regarding the categorisation of attacks on emergency personnel, an increase in penalties...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a definitive, cross-Departmental strategy is being developed to address and combat the increasing numbers and severity of...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí who are stationed in South Tipperary towns (details supplied); the number of extra gardaí who have...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations in South Tipperary which are without a full-time Garda presence; and the stations where this is...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress which has been made on the decentralisation of sections of his Department to Tipperary town. [27588/06]
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an accommodation transfer request will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the decision to refuse an application by a person (details supplied) to have their Irish born child named...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in this country or throughout the EU, efforts are being made to deter the use of the internet for the pursuit of child...
    • Private Security Services
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the high costs involved in obtaining certification under the I.S. EN 50131 Part 1997...
    • Retirement Age
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has given due consideration to extending the retirement age for members of An Garda Síochána to 60; if he accepts...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position or expected residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of armed robberies that have taken place in the city and county of Waterford every year from 2000 to 2005; and if...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí stationed in the Dungarvan district every year from 2000 to 2005 and to date in 2006; and if he will...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to a Garda investigation into missing files at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; if...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum seekers housed in the city and county of Waterford in each year from 2000 to 2005 and to date in 2006;...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the budgetary allocation for each of the public bodies, executive agencies, advisory bodies and taskforces operating under...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases handled by the Probation Service from 2000 to date in 2006; and the number of staff employed by the...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of hand-held devices to record penalty points offences held by Gardaí in County Waterford; and if he will make a...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the proposed closed circuit television systems for Waterford City and Dungarvan are to be installed and operational;...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the level of active support for Neighbourhood Watch initiatives across Waterford City; the number of active committees which...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amounts and estimated value of drug seizures in the City and County of Waterford in each of the past five years to 2005....
    • Crime Levels
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics in each area (details supplied) for each years since 2000 under each headline, including the total...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received representations from a person (details supplied) with regard to their application for a visa; the status...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to allocate cycle equipment to Shankill Garda Station; if he will give details of such an application; and if he...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider the funding application submitted by the Missing in Ireland Support Service for €71,000 to...
    • Garda Ombudsman
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the timeframe in which the Garda Ombudsman Commission will commence its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the number of recommendations of the Inspector of Prisons (details supplied) in his report on St Patrick's...
    • Stardust Disaster
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made on investigating the new evidence presented by the Stardust relatives and in meeting their other requests....
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he intends to provide closed circuit television for Castlebar town; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount which was spent in his Department for the years 2005 and from January 2006 to date for media purposes or...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 9 February 2006, if he will provide an update on the application; if he will...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant residency to persons (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Visa Applications
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the data requested by the Immigrant Council of Ireland in a letter dated 14 September 2005 regarding family...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Tullamore area of County Offaly for the years 2000 to 2005 under each headline including the...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application to remain here by a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons who have been arrested or convicted in the Dublin area in the past three years for providing or paying...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Government policy or policies which are referred to or affected when a visa application for a family member's visit is...
    • Family Law Cases
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a report on trends in decisions in family law cases has been presented to him; and if he will provide details of the...
    • Court Sittings
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the present network of night and weekend Courts that are in place; if he is of the opinion that they are adequate to the...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost, additional to normal expenditure of Operation Anvil for the first six months of 2006. [28116/06]
    • Neighbourhood Watch Scheme
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 18 May 2006 if he will ask the Garda Authorities to review this matter as local...
    • Community Service Orders
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community service projects that were in operation in 2005; the number of supervisors operating these projects;...
    • Data Protection Act
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if provision was made for the registration of the Houses of the Oireachtas for the purposes to meeting the requirements...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a green card will issue to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Refugee Status
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the decision to refuse refugee status or grant extended residency status in the case of a person (details...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to an application to remain here by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant permission for renewal of application for naturalisation in the care of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reopen the application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 in view...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason he considers it is inappropriate to have a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 claim for refugee status made...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress in the application for residency in the case of persons (details suppled) in Dublin 6 in view of the medical...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • School Placement
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children, who having failed to obtain a school place for the next school year, have been approved for home tuition...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of schools, both primary and post-primary, in Laois and Offaly that do not have sports hall facilities; and if she will...
    • Centre for the Visually Impaired
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has established a national centre for excellence for visually impaired persons. [27685/06]
    • Early Childhood Education
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date in testing and evaluating the CECDE framework document relating to standards and quality of early childcare and...
    • English Language Teaching
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the regulations which apply to the accommodation arrangements for young foreign students coming to and staying in Ireland for and other...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will make available the statistics on a county basis of the parental occupation or classes of occupation of third level grant...
    • School Names
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the proposals to name a new college in Seán McDermott street after a person (details supplied). [27248/06]
    • Education Schemes
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in which home school community liaison is offered; the number of persons employed as home school liaison...

    • Question 639: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in which early start is offered; the number of persons employed as part of the early start scheme; the budget...
    • State Examinations
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the most recent statistics on school retention and leaving certificate completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Curriculum
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when standardised testing will be introduced at primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27253/06]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the educational services which will be provided for a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; if funding will be made to the school...
    • School Staffing
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if teachers employed under a contract of indefinite duration are entitled to a career break. [27255/06]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received a submission from an association (details supplied) in Dublin 24, requesting a detailed school numbers projection...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied that proper procedures are in place within her Department with regard to monitoring population growth in rapidly...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the procedures which are in place to assist primary schools in dealing with substantial numbers of new Irish pupils for whom English...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in developing a new school for a school (details supplied); the number of students enrolled in the school; the age of the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 has been deemed ineligible for a grant for a course; and if she will make a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a second teacher will be granted to a school (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when sanction will be given for a new college building (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for the delay to date; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the input a parents association are invited to make in the design of the new public private partnership schools; and if she will make a...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has been deemed ineligible for a higher education grant in respect of their...
    • Summer Works Scheme
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in County Clare that have qualified for the summer job scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the non-governmental agencies or organisations her Department has provided funding to in 2004, 2005, and 2006; the amount of funding...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 655: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if additional finance which will be required by schools is the reason for her delay in commencing the relevant sections of the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of under nines included in the 17, 319 national school pupils being taught in County Kildare national schools in the class...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the date of signing of the contract for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the value of the contract; and the timeframe for...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 212 of 1 June 2006, if additional educational psychologists are being assigned to schools in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the school building project for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will be allowed to proceed through architectural...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether a school (details supplied) in County Mayo is within the accordance of the published prioritisation criteria and...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason rural areas of County Mayo have not been included in the current DEIS programme in view of the continuing deprivation there;...
    • School Placement
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children who will have reached or exceeded the age of six by September 2006 and who have not been allocated a school...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a building (details supplied) in Dublin 9, available to the local Educate Together school in Glasnevin; and if she...
    • School Transport
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reinstate the funding for the operation of a minibus for the preschool in a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 11 in order...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 671: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will allow a project (details supplied) in County Galway to proceed as a separate project; if the site has been acquired from...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 672: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a project (details supplied) in County Galway; the progress which is being made in acquiring a site; if it...
    • School Placement
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is possible to maintain home support hours for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has had a request from a college (details supplied) or Wicklow Vocational Educational Committee seeking additional land at a...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 676: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of the 55 temporary teachers at primary level who are affected by the four year rule enabling them to obtain long term...
    • Irish Language Teaching
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way in which the €6 million funding allocated to assist students in attending the Gaeltacht in 2006 is being dispersed; to whom...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date in the provision of primary education in the North Tipperary area by location; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 680: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the standard and essential work at a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath which has been...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has formally requested support therapies for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare under Section 40 of the Education for...
    • Speech Therapy Services
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of graduates in speech and language and occupational therapy for the years 2004 and 2005; the number of third level places...
    • School Staffing
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the directive she has issued in relation to the appointment of a concessionary teacher in a school (details supplied) in County Sligo...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received a request for a meeting from the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Laois; if she is in a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will support the provision of an ABA unit for autistic children in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Early Childhood Education
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of State funded early education places; and the way these have increased in the past five years. [27624/06]
    • School Curriculum
      Question 689: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has introduced a programme on enterprise for all pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27625/06]
    • Third Level Education
      Question 690: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a common science degree as an entry route to medical, veterinary and so on, will be put in place. [27626/06]
    • School Staffing
      Question 691: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the registered number of pupils and staffing level in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if the school has received additional...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation in relation to pensions for caretakers in primary schools particularly with regard to a person (details supplied) in...
    • School Catchment Areas
      Question 694: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of the catchment boundary review that took place on the establishment of a school (details supplied) in West Cork; the...
    • Third Level Education
      Question 695: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proportion of people in the 18 to 25 age group participating in full-time third level education in each local authority area in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 696: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the budgetary allocation for each of the public bodies, executive agencies, advisory bodies and taskforces operating under her...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 697: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of positions in State bodies under the aegis of her Department which are affected by the increase in non-executive...
    • Departmental Task Forces
      Question 698: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of taskforces which have been created by her Department and their function, size, membership, reporting mechanism and period...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 699: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she intends to take to upgrade primary schools in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27836/06]
    • Third Level Grants
      Question 701: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount allocated to her Department for the third level maintenance grants scheme in County Waterford for 2004, 2005 and 2006; the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 702: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs teachers and assistants that have been recruited nationally since 1998; the number that have been placed in...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 703: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students in each class in primary schools (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the number of main stream teachers in...
    • Speech Therapy Services
      Question 704: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties in schools due to the long delays in accessing speech and language therapy for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 705: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the problems in accessing support services for post-primary pupils such as speech and language...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 706: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of assessments carried out in each county each year by the National Education Psychological Service since its establishment;...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 707: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the intervention she proposes to make in a school dispute where due to particular circumstances enrolment for September 2006 has...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 708: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount which was spent in her Department for the years 2005 and from January 2006 to date for media purposes or advertising; where...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 709: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review a determination by her Department in relation to the post-primary teaching qualifications of a person (details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 710: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 8 June 2006, the status of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 712: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a schedule of works has been decided for the refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; when the works will be...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 714: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to make the sports facilities at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20 available to the community. [28041/06]
    • School Enrolments
      Question 715: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she intends to take to ensure that there will be sufficient primary school places for children in Carrigtwohill, County Cork...
    • After School Care
      Question 716: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she has taken to facilitate making school facilities available for after-school care of school-going children; the action she...
    • Early School Leavers
      Question 717: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the funding crisis in a programme (details supplied) in Dublin 9 in view of the considerable success...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 719: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9, for fencing to protect neighbours from anti-social activity in...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 720: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 has been excluded from the DEIS Programme, in view of the fact that all other 11...
    • School Staffing
      Question 722: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of males entering primary level teaching; the numbers entering primary teaching; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 723: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans for the rebuilding of a secondary school (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 724: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria used by her Department for the sanction of new primary schools; if her attention has been drawn to the need for a new...
    • Youthreach Programme
      Question 725: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has any plans to review her decision not to approve funding for a new Youthreach Centre in Birr; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 726: To ask the Minister for Defence the non-Governmental agencies or organisations his Department has provided funding to in 2004, 2005, and 2006; the amount of funding provided to each...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 727: To ask the Minister for Defence the budgetary allocation for each of the public bodies, executive agencies, advisory bodies and taskforces operating under his Department. [27793/06]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 730: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount which was spent in his Department for the years 2005 and from January 2006 to date for media purposes or advertising; where the money was...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Road Network
      Question 731: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress on rolling out a high standard sign posting system for the network of non-national roads; and the...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 732: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the financial supports available from his Department directly or indirectly to assist a physically disabled...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 733: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the directive he has made on the proposal submitted by Sligo County Council for the regeneration of an estate...
    • Regional Road Network
      Question 737: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding allocated to the low cost safety improvement works scheme of grants for non-national roads for...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 738: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the non-governmental agencies or organisations his Department has provided funding to in 2004, 2005, and 2006;...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 739: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has approved the contract documents for the Lower Liffey Valley sewerage scheme; and the details of the...
    • Town Councils
      Question 741: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the timeframe for the conclusion of consultations with local government interests regarding the creation of...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 742: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the serious anomaly in the ratio of local authority staff to population in...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 743: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects the review of the disabled persons grant scheme to be concluded. [27426/06]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 744: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps being taken by his Department to ensure a sewerage scheme is installed in the Achill Sound area of...
    • Women's Refuges
      Question 754: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of women's refuges which have received funding from his Department; if he will provide funding for...
    • Noise Regulations
      Question 756: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce regulations which incorporate environmental noise resulting from movements into and out...
    • Social Inclusion
      Question 757: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the local authorities which have signed the Barcelona Declaration and which have action plans in place to...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 758: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to a project (details supplied) in County Galway; if documentation has been received...
    • Development Plans
      Question 760: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the submission made by his Department to variation number three of the Wicklow County Development Plan in...
    • Election Management System
      Question 761: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the security and risk assessment of all aspects of the electronic voting system; the additional...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 763: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the Waterford grouped towns and villages sewerage scheme; when the sewage scheme in each of the...
    • Recreational Facilities
      Question 764: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of playgrounds here; and his plans to increase their number; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 765: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will bring forward amending legislation to change the provisions of Part V of the Planning and...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 766: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he is undertaking to redress the predicament whereby single persons, in particular single men,...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 767: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he intends to take in view of the alarmingly high levels of radon in homes here; and if he will...
    • House Prices
      Question 768: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the assessment his Department has undertaken of the potential impact on house prices as a result of the...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 771: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce a grant scheme to encourage the upgrading of septic tanks in areas in which it has been...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 772: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of units of social housing which have been built on State land since 2002; and if he will make a...
    • Waste Management
      Question 773: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to establish a national waiver scheme for low income households to coincide with the increased...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 774: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action plan he has to increase the output of local authority social and affordable housing; and if he will...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 777: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the numbers employed by the Private Residential Tenancies Board; its annual budget; and if he will make a...
    • Land Registry
      Question 778: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date in compiling a comprehensive register of land owned by local authorities as recommended...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 779: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authority units which do not have either hot water or central heating; and the funding...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 780: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the numbers employed by each local authority for the years 2002 to 2005; the category under which they were...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 781: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to introduce legislation to ensure that a fairer system is available to all planning...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 783: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of households in the rental accommodation scheme; the cost of the project to date; and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 785: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of consultants or public relations personnel appointed by his Department in each of the past three...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 786: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of dwellings delivered to date under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000; the number of...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 787: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of sewerage schemes in Milltown and Boolteens, County Kerry; and if he...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 788: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will permit a golf course to be developed at Inch, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Property Register
      Question 789: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of lands entered on the national public property register as property suitable for housing...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 790: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has issued a directive to local authorities to stop the practice of establishing management companies in...
    • Waste Management
      Question 791: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the areas to which the producer responsibility initiative for waste recovery has been put in place. [27659/06]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 793: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a waste water plan for all towns and population over 1,000 has been put in place. [27661/06]
    • Animal Breeding Regulations
      Question 795: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reasons he ignored the minority report submitted by the Irish Kennel Club on breeding establishments; the...
    • Animal Identification Scheme
      Question 797: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to introduce universal micro-chipping for all dogs as most local authorities and veterinary...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 798: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department's submission in respect of the new National Development Plan 2007-2013, which is currently...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 799: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he appointed no women to the working group which he established to examine breeding establishments...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 800: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the preparations in hand to correct and update the voters register; when he expects the process to be...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 801: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people on housing waiting lists in each local authority area in each of the years 1997 to date...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 802: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the budgetary allocation for each of the public bodies, executive agencies, advisory bodies and task forces...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 803: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of positions in State bodies under the aegis of his Department which are affected by the increase...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 805: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects the waste treatment works to be completed in Tramore, County Waterford; when the new sewage...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 806: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of essential repair grants supplied to people in Waterford city and county for every year since...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 808: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and names of applications in his Department for sewage schemes in the city and county of Waterford;...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 810: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the major projects or programmes funded under the national development plan; the physical indicators of the...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 811: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he is taking to ensure the back-log of farm plastics is collected; and if he will make a...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 813: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the incentives he will introduce to promote the use of refill packaging for consumer goods; the level of...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 814: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the value of subsidies towards repayments paid to persons on shared ownership and on affordable housing; and...
    • Litter Pollution
      Question 816: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the system in place for receiving reports from local authorities on litter blackspots in their areas; the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 817: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 5 April 2006, the status of these regional water schemes; when he...
    • Community Development
      Question 818: 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 the project in County Roscommon...
    • Waste Management
      Question 819: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to put measures in place to assist the elderly with the cost of bin charges; if it is...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 820: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the specific funding allocated to Roscommon County Council for the Creagh sewerage scheme; the reason it is...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 821: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 31 May 2006, if a survey has been carried out on plots; when the...
    • EU Directives
      Question 823: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funds collected to date under the WEEE scheme on a monthly basis since its introduction; and if he will...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 825: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to provide for the mandatory or discretionary use of solar water heaters on new homes; and if he...
    • EU Directives
      Question 827: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which he will calculate the rating system required for homes and other buildings under the European...
    • Local Authority Meetings
      Question 828: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of formal meetings held with Oireachtas Members, as indicated in the Statutes, following the...

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