Written answers

Wednesday, 27 September 2006

  • Department of Health and Children
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children in view of the recent tragic death of a young mother and her two little girls, her views on the fact that there were no after hours...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on recommendations from the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland to introduce a nationwide, 24 hour,...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the background of companies involved in public private partnerships; if she is satisfied on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cancelled operations in hospitals last year; her views on the fact that the majority of these operations are cancelled...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland on its report into breaches of food labelling laws; and if she...
    • Health Service Inquiries
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the delays in the Health Service Executive Western area inquiry into the alleged abuse at the Brother of Charity...
    • National Cancer Strategy
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children to give details of the implementation programme for the national cancer strategy. [29593/06]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the numbers and locations of beds yet to be opened around the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29548/06]
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cases of MRSA in each of the past four years and to date in 2006; the number of fatalities attributable to MRSA; the...
    • Health Services
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to improve the diagnostic services available to general practitioners. [29595/06]
    • Health Service Management
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has completed work on its code of governance; when this code is intended to be published; the role her...
    • Eating Disorders
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an update on the implementation of recommendations from the Department's own report, A Vision For Change, in...
    • Health Services
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures taken to enforce the recommendations as set out by the report of the Task Force on Sudden Cardiac Death to roll-out the...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a recent Health Service Executive report which showed a 16.3 per cent increase in antibiotic consumption; the steps she...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on reports that an employment ceiling and a lack of funds prevented the Health Service Executive from establishing a triage...
    • Organ Retention
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish in full the report of the Dunne inquiry into organ retention in view of the release of the executive summary under...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the new vaccine for the prevention of the human papilloma virus will be available nationally. [29591/06]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of procedures for both elective and day surgery that have been cancelled so far this year; and if she will make a statement...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the resources that she has made available to increase the numbers of counsellors and psychologists in the Mental Health service; and if...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of paramedics trained; the total number of ambulance personnel fully covered to work as paramedics; where they are based; and...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the Health Service Executive and others in relation to the future of Roscommon County Hospital; and if...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason no new hospital consultants have been appointed in 2006; if this is the result of her failure to deal with the ongoing...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when funding for the neurosurgical facilities in Beaumont Hospital will be made available. [29592/06]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether executives of the Health Service Executive deserve their reported bonuses; and the improvements in patient care...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when funding for Ely Hospital day surgery ward will be made available so that this ward can be made available to the patients of County...
    • Medical Inquiries
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she intends to take to implement the recommendations following publication of the report into the death of Pat Joe Walsh at...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects that nurses prescribing will be implemented in the Irish health care system; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the Health Service Executive regarding the future of Tallaght Hospital; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the length waiting and numbers on waiting lists for children to receive appointments for eye problems in Temple Street Hospital and...
    • Medical Inquiries
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children to provide an update into the Health Service Executive investigation into the death of a patient on 22 June 2006 at Heatherside Hospital...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the legislation that is prepared for a specific scheme of statutory regulations on assisted human reproduction; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person has been appointed to co-ordinate the audit of all clinical activity in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, as...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a national cervical screening programme will be implemented. [29590/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the Service Level Agreement with the Irish Osteoporosis Society; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29571/06]
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if qualified paramedics are covered to administer cardiac and other life-saving drugs while on duty with the ambulance service; and if...
    • Health Service Reform
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the intended policy to be pursued by her Department in regard to the upgrading or otherwise of various hospitals throughout the country;...
    • Health Services
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to implement a national policy of having access numbers to emergency medical services available in all Health Service...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the Health Service Executive in relation to the development of acute hospital services in the north...
    • General Practitioner Co-operatives
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to reports of threats and harassment faced by general practitioners during house calls or at their...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 218 of 6 July 2006, if the new training strategy for child care workers has been completed; if...
    • Health Services
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when national standards for disability services will be published and implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children to provide the most up to date numbers of people that have received a GP only card; her views on the low uptake on these cards and...
    • Health Service Systems
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the PPARS project, the cost to date, what has been delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29556/06]
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the transfer of considerable sums of money from Irish prospective adoptive parents, as part of the Irish Vietnamese...
    • Health Services
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the recent Irish Hospices report which highlighted the critical nedd for 42 specialist palliative care beds for communities...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the current status of the consultants' contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29576/06]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question 187 of 5 July 2006, if the new arrangements for City or County Childcare Committees for the...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the co-location of public and private hospitals on the grounds of public hospitals is dependent on the negotiation of a new...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the low uptake in the number of childminders applying for the €630 State grant available to them;...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date in providing step down beds in the Dublin area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29566/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the numbers of sex assault treatment units; the plans she has to extend the numbers of these units; her views on a recent case where a...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the alleged abuse or neglect of elderly patients suffering from dementia in our nursing homes is dealt with in any part of the 1945...
    • Sports Sponsorship
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her reaction to the belief from the European Commission that sponsorship of sports events by brewers and distillers encourages youth...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to her response to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 1 June 2006, if she is still confident that the Health Service Executive...
    • Health Services
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person has been appointed with overall responsibility for a system (details supplied) when this person was appointed; if elements...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on findings of the Mental Health Commission's recent survey of adult users of public sector mental health services; the plans...
    • Health Services
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the decision was taken by her Department to locate the proposed school of podiatry in a large centre of population; and if she will...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an update on the timeframe for a promised new Medical Practitioners Act; her views on the concerns raised by the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will sanction the installation of a digital x-ray computer system for Mayo General Hospital; her views on whether having a...
    • Health Services
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the long delays for occupational therapist services in the Health Service Executive; and if she will...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is confident that we will see a marked improvement in accident and emergency services in winter 2006; and if she will make a...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in publishing the report of the Review of the Ambulance Command and Control Centre in central Dublin which...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the person that is accountable for the implementation of the Mental Health Report, A Vision for Change; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the findings of the working group established by the Health Service Executive following publication of the Pollock Report into services...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on reports that funding has been withheld from healthcare projects in certain hospitals worth almost €4.5 million; her views...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a recent study commissioned by the Alzheimer Society which found that services for people with dementia are fragmented,...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the Health Service Executive practice of not routinely replacing a number of health professional grade staff who are on...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her view on whether the equal opportunities child care programme was successful in improving quality in the child care sector; and if...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the major hospital building projects that are in the planning pipeline; the stage that each has reached; and if she will make a...
    • National Emergency Plan
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children as she informed Dáil Éireann on 1 June 2006 that the iodine tablets distributed to each household here by her Department are useless...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that pneumococcal meningitis has a fatality rate of about 20 per cent and that it is...
    • Child Protection
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she approves or acquiesces to situations whereby 16 year old girls or younger leave home without parents' consent in the company of...
    • Health Services
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there have been calls for an improvement for allergy services for children here; her...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the catchment areas proposed for the mental health services are consistent with the organisation of the Health...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she intends to take to combat rogue websites selling medicines such as anti-depressants, valium and viagra to people without...
    • Hospital Support Group
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will explain her reference to a local hospital support group in Clare as an animal welfare lobby in a speech she gave in the...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Famine Commemoration
      Question 213: To ask the Taoiseach if plans are now in place to commemorate the 160th anniversary of Black 47 in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28784/06]
    • National Disability Survey
      Question 214: To ask the Taoiseach the reason the national disability survey 2006 has no box or section in relation to standards and quality of disability services particularly in relation to...
    • Live Register
      Question 215: To ask the Taoiseach the live register figures for each of the areas of Ennis, Shannon, Kilrush, Ennistymon and Tulla in 2004, 2005 and for the first six months of 2006; and if he...
    • State Bodies
      Question 216: To ask the Taoiseach 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 State...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 217: To ask the Taoiseach the number of task forces which have been created by his Department; and their function, size, membership, reporting mechanism and period of existence since...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 218: To ask the Taoiseach the budgetary allocation for each of the public bodies, executive agencies, advisory bodies and task forces operating under his Department. [28156/06]
    • Census of Population
      Question 219: To ask the Taoiseach the number of people living in the city and county of Waterford for each of the years from 1997 to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Statistics on Farming
      Question 220: To ask the Taoiseach the number of full-time farmers in Waterford in each of the years from 1995 to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27852/06]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 221: To ask the Taoiseach the number of people currently employed in the drafting section of the Attorney General's Office; the plans to recruit more staff; his views on whether more...
    • Commemorative Events
      Question 222: To ask the Taoiseach if the Government have plans to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the death of Daniel O'Connell on 15 May 2007, the Liberator and founder of the Repeal...
    • Disability Employment Statistics
      Question 223: To ask the Taoiseach if he has established national data for employment for people with disabilities. [27683/06]
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      Question 224: To ask the Taoiseach if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the British authorities had the Dublin Monaghan bombers in custody but failed to bring them to justice. [28459/06]
    • Census Statistics
      Question 225: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons at work aged 15 years and over, usually resident in the State, as recorded by each census from 1981 to present who travelled to work by...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      Question 226: To ask the Taoiseach if he will confirm that a meeting took place in September 1974 between the then British Prime Minister, the Northern Ireland Secretary of State and Irish...
    • Census Statistics
      Question 227: To ask the Taoiseach if figures released by the Central Statistics Office in July 2006 via the Census 2006 Preliminary Report will be used by his Department for any reason; if so,...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Road Fatality Statistics
      Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons killed on Irish roads in 2005 by road user type, that is pedestrians, pedal cyclists,...
    • Internet Banking Fraud
      Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact some people in the State have been victims of an on-line banking...
    • Travel Documents
      Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the consideration which has been given to adding biometric features to travel documents issued to persons...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 1055 of 29 September 2004, if he will report on the issue; and if he...
    • Censorship of Publications
      Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on a system of censorship for magazines and a rating system similar to that in place for films in...
    • Private Security Industry
      Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he will take to assist small security firms with the cost of a new licence; and if a person...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he will take in relation to anti-social activity at an area (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if...
    • Courts Service
      Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is evidence of corruption or cover-up in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he has...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a safety and security plan will be put in place in areas (details supplied) in Dublin 9 to deal with...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has investigated the evidence of a person (details supplied) in relation to the Dublin Monaghan...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 239: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will put in a safety and security plan for residents at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the total number of instances of headline crime in homicide, assault, sexual assault, arson, drugs, theft,...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on a visa application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Prison Medical Service
      Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the assistance given to prisoners who have suffered sexual abuse as young children; and if he will make this...
    • Prison Education Service
      Question 244: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for closing down educational and therapeutic facilities for prisoners. [28356/06]
    • Treatment of Prisoners
      Question 245: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a prisoner with major psychiatric problems was sharing a cell with other prisoners (details...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on applications for citizenship for persons (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 247: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if allegations in relation to persons (details supplied) in County Cork will be investigated; and if an...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 248: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a proper traffic and safety plan will be put in place for the residents of an area (details supplied) in...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 249: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for a visa will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for refugee status will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 251: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Clare; if same will...
    • Family Reunification
      Question 252: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the family reunification case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if they...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 253: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 was treated in a bad and unprofessional manner by the...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 254: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will put in a safety and security plan for an area (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and to stop the use...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      Question 255: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) will be given the maximum support and expenses for their medical treatments...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 256: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the application by a person (details supplied) in County Wexford to the Land Registry;...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 257: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the opening hours of the Garda Station at Glanmire, County Cork; and his views on opening the station on a...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 258: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he will take regarding the regular vandalising of phone boxes and a bus shelter (details supplied)...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 259: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is expected that the application of a person (details supplied) for naturalisation will be decided;...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 260: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant a holiday visa to a person (details supplied) from Turkey; and if he will make a statement...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ensure that the rights of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 are protected; and to work with...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take in relation to complaints regarding full litter bins being taken from their standards...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 263: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a citizenship application form will be completed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 264: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a waiver will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 265: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant permission to remain to a person (details supplied) living in County Mayo. [28644/06]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 266: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant a visa on appeal to a person (details supplied) to enable them to visit here. [28645/06]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 267: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo....
    • Private Security Authority
      Question 268: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of licences which have been issued by the Private Security Authority per month to contractors...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 269: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take immediate steps to ensure adequate manning of an adequate number of immigration booths at...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 270: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the guidelines issued to the Gardaí in relation to the operation of mandatory alcohol testing. [28716/06]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 271: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the basis for the decision not to allow a holiday visa in the case of persons (details supplied); the way...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 272: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the Garda Ombudsman's Office will be decentralised to Roscrea; if this is dependent on achieving start...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 273: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1055 of 29 September 2004, if he will report on the issue; and if he...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 274: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a persons (details supplied) in County Sligo Land Registry application will be processed; and if he will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 277: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a speedy decision on a certificate of naturalisation application from a person (details...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 278: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will put in place a safety and security plan to deal with the anti-social activities in an area...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 279: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person was not arrested following their admission to having committed a serious offence (details...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 284: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí working in each of the different Garda stations throughout Counties Carlow and...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 285: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an extension of a holiday visa will be granted to a Bulgarian national (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 288: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will put a safety and security plan in place at a venue (details supplied) on Thursday, Friday and...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 289: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will issue in the case of a person (details supplied). [28870/06]
    • Child Custody and Access
      Question 290: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the unprecedented levels of difficulty being experienced by fathers who...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      Question 291: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take following publication of the Report of the Commission of Investigation into the Dean...
    • Traffic Fines
      Question 292: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of parking fines issued in Dublin in each of the past five years for which figures are available;...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 294: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures in place to ensure that serious road traffic offences committed by non-residents are fully...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 296: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite the processing of the naturalisation application of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 297: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will locate the official records of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 299: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, as part of the provision of a new Garda station in Ballymun, planning for closed circuit television is...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 301: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason no gardaí were sent to a recent disturbance (details supplied); if he will organise more Garda...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 302: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people from County Clare who have applied for positions in An Garda Síochána and the Garda...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 303: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the processing times for naturalisation applications and post-nuptial citizenship applications. [29020/06]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 305: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the new 24 hour station for north Inishowen will be operational in view of the fact that the concept was...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 306: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if Garda numbers will be increased in County Clare in view of the significant increase in vandalism,...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 308: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the asylum application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 309: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if full and fair examination of the application for refugee status has been undertaken in the case of a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 310: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will allow extended residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath to facilitate...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 312: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the basis for his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 429 of 20 June 2006 wherein he stated that a person...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 313: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the asylum application in the name of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 314: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to the position in relation to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied)...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 315: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to refugee application in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 316: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will allow the reinstatement of the family reunification application in the case of the two children of...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 317: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will exercise his discretionary powers not to refer the application for refugee status to the UK in the...
    • Residency Status
      Question 318: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 319: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to a deportation matter in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath;...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 320: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to be in a position to authorise family reunification in the case of a person (details...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 321: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will be prepared to accept a new application for naturalisation in the case of persons (details...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 322: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the residency application in the case of persons (details supplied) in County...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 324: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for leave to remain in Ireland in the case of a person (details...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 325: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to a reunification or residency application in the case of a person (details...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 326: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if due regard has been had for the life, safety and well being of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2 in...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 327: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when residency status will be determined in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 328: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the summons was issued for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20 to appear in court on 30 May 2006 on...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 329: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 330: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider with a degree of leniency an application to review the asylum application in the case of...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 331: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure to be followed to facilitate a holiday visa for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin to...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 332: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review his decision to deport persons (details supplied) on the grounds of the existence of a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 334: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who has worked and studied...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 336: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the application for revocation of a deportation order in the case of a person...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 337: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; when he expected a decision to...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 343: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when naturalisation will be concluded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 345: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date in respect of residency and reunification status in the case of a person (details...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 360: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the determination of refugee status in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 362: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a decision to deport will be deferred in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 367: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if permission will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to do an apprenticeship; and if...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 369: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) is now eligible to apply for naturalisation; and the way in which they...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      Question 370: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for repatriation has been made to his Department in respect of a person (details supplied);...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 371: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the mechanism available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to take custody of their sister and...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 373: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Waterford will have their appeal heard in relation to their...
    • Census of Population
      Question 374: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if figures released by the Central Statistics Office in July 2006 via the Census 2006 Preliminary Report will...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 375: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the inconsistencies which were being referred to in the refusal to grant a visitor's visa to a person...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 376: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, further to the recently conducted evaluation at Weston Aerodrome by the Garda National Immigration...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 377: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding the granting of citizenship to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 378: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the detection rate for the various categories of serious crime in Counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 379: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of convictions for speeding offences in Kildare for each of the past three years; and if he will...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 380: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of illegal substances confiscated by the Garda in Kildare for each of the past three years; the...
    • Drug Related Offences
      Question 382: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of convictions for the use of illegal substances by persons in Kildare for each of the past three...
    • Garda Lectures and Seminars
      Question 383: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of lectures and seminars held in Kildare by the Garda in relation to the mis-use of drugs in the...
    • Suicide Incidence
      Question 384: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of suicides recorded by the County Kildare Coroner's Office for each of the past five years; and...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      Question 385: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of fatal accidents in Kildare for each of the past five years; the number of such accidents that...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 386: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí per station in the Carlow/Kildare division; the status of the gardaí; the number of...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 387: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in...
    • Implementation of Legislation
      Question 388: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the sections and subsections of the Children's Act 2001 coming under the remit of his Department that have...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 390: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the Garda numbers for a village (details supplied) in County Donegal including...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 391: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 498 of 30 May 2006, when he intends to publish the Sale of Alcohol...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 392: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the naturalisation process will be completed in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1;...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 393: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 394: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of children born to asylum seekers here after 5 January 2005; if such children have entitlement...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 396: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on a person's (details supplied) application for a visa; and if he will make a...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 397: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person's (details supplied) land registry application will be processed; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 398: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 401: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of his recent comments that the Government does not need all the money it is raising, he will...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 402: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to support the visa applications from persons (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and to assist the family on...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 403: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the application for naturalisation of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford;...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 406: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people arrested for drink driving between 15 December 2005 and 15 January 2006 and the number...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 407: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to have the report from the Garda authorities as requested in Parliamentary Question No. 335...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 408: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has made a decision regarding the application for naturalisation of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 409: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí deployed in Clane, County Kildare, on each day between 18 to 24 September 2006; and the...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 410: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the poor condition of part of Santry Garda station, Dublin 11 (details...
    • Road Safety
      Question 411: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when new speed cameras will be fully operational and the progress made in awarding and acting upon a contract...
    • Private Security Industry
      Question 412: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the fee structure for the licensing of security employees under the Private Security...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 413: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a final decision has been made to close Mountjoy Garda station, Dublin 7; if so, the timescale for its...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 414: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amounts awarded by the Croke Park authorities for Garda cover for the 2006 All Ireland football...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 415: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 25 May 2005 and the assurance of the Garda authorities that...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 416: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 10 May 2006, the number of vehicles owned by the proprietors...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 417: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and rank of community gardaí in the Cabra Garda station; and the specific areas to which each...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 420: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for the regulation of casinos; if his announcement that the casinos would be banned still...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 421: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to report on his further efforts to increase Garda numbers in Tallaght; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 422: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has revisited the issue of the clear need for a new Garda station in Tallaght West; the discussions he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 423: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a residency application for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if extended...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 426: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the provision of closed circuit television cameras in an area and town (details...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 427: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his reasons for withdrawing funding from the victim support organisation; if the matter will be reviewed with...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 428: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has received a request for closed circuit television cover for the shopping area including...
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      Question 429: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the complaint by residents (details supplied) in Dublin 7 against members of the Garda has been...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 430: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a further report from the Garda authorities regarding the ongoing problems arising from...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 431: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the detailed information sought in Parliamentary Question No. 410 of 16 May 2006 will be made available....
    • Garda Operations
      Question 432: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of additional Garda hours provided in Clondalkin and Ronanstown under Operation Anvil; and the...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 434: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 to remain...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 435: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the population per Garda division using the most up-to-date figures; and the number of gardaí assigned to...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 436: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quarterly headline crime statistics in the Carlow-Kildare division for each quarter in 2005 and the first...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 437: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in supplying information requested under Parliamentary Question No. 544 of 6 July...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 438: To ask the Tánaiste and 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...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 441: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which information regarding disqualified drivers is relayed to the Garda from the national driver...
    • Prison Visits
      Question 442: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will facilitate persons (details supplied) on their visits; and if he will support them on this matter....
    • Official Engagements
      Question 443: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will meet a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Strength
      Question 444: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí based in Ardee from the year 2000 to date in 2006; if he will increase the number of...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 445: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the hours of opening of Ardee Garda station to the public; if he will commence a review of these hours and...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 446: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a study visa appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 447: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure for prosecution of a drug driving offence; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 448: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the family reunification status of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [30108/06]
    • Refugee Status
      Question 449: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the family reunification status of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [30109/06]
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 450: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [30110/06]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 451: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the naturalisation status of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [30111/06]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 454: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people who are awaiting a decision on leave to remain here as per 31 August 2006. [30122/06]
  • Department of Finance
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of the deliberations of the interdepartmental group who considered the working of the disabled drivers and passengers scheme; if changes...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Finance when Crusheen Garda Station in County Clare will be re-opened as a Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28493/06]
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to improve the length of waiting time for assessment of an appeal for certification for the purpose of the Finance Act 1989 and the...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Finance if certain Eircom League football clubs have reached negotiated and reduced settlements with the Revenue Commissioners Office where outstanding...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans which have been made for the Department of Defence offices in Parkgate Street, Dublin 8, following decentralisation. [28166/06]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend Section 35 of the Credit Union Act 1997 to enable credit unions to lend a greater percentage of new loan books. [28174/06]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of disposable income of the poorest 10 per cent of the population taken as indirect tax and the percentage of disposable income of...
    • Tax Code
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out a review of the State's tax system to determine the extent to which vertical equity is achieved; and if he will...
    • Communications Masts
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details regarding the contract between the Commissioners of Public Works and mobile phone companies in relation to the use of...
    • Income Ratio
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Finance the ratio of the income of the top five per cent income earners to the average income per head. [28257/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals to allow cohabiting couples to claim one another's tax credits on the same basis as married couples; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to proposals for the stamp duty levied on credit cards to be donated to a charitable body or sporting organisation...
    • Commuter Ticket Schemes
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 9 February 2006, if he has now received information from all the main public transport operators in...
    • Tax Code
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to allow VAT to be refunded in respect of services such as the hire of home care workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has obtained a site for a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; if the purchase has been completed; and if he...
    • Compensation Schemes
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a compensation scheme for persons damaged by asbestos; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28402/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to the treatment here of public bodies as non-taxable persons; if that treatment is in accordance with the sixth VAT...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the future of Dundrum Garda Station; and if the Commissioners of Public Works have issued their report in relation to the...
    • Customs and Excise Service
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of sea patrols carried out by the customs and excise along the north west coast each month in 2005 and to date in 2006; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on abolishing or reducing vehicle registration tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28610/06]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue receipts for 2005 and to date in 2006 on fuel excise duty, vehicle registration tax, VAT on vehicles and road tax; and if he...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) is in receipt of the maximum tax credits. [28705/06]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Finance the average annual cost to the exchequer of reducing the VAT on wood fuel products from the present 21 per cent to 4.3 per cent. [28706/06]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will bring forward immediate legislative proposals to protect heritage sites and the users of these sites in view of the difficulties which he...
    • Tax Code
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the introduction of VAT on a product (details supplied); and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this product is mainly...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a case (details supplied); and if he will investigate the sale of a company (details supplied). [28950/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the position whereby a person receives an inheritance of agricultural land (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) will be furnished with a P21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28997/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason participants in defined contribution schemes are obliged to invest the residue in an annuity; the further reason a different option of...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Finance when the Office of Public Works will put the Garda station for Buncrana out to tender; the interim arrangements which will be put in place to...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application for a VAT refund in respect of a business (details supplied) in County Cork. [29069/06]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in implementing the flood relief measures project in Fermoy, County Cork. [29070/06]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for a P21 to issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [29071/06]
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received pre-Budget submissions from a company (details supplied) in County Dublin; if he will favourably consider same; and if he will...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have a policy of not taking cash payments in respect of vehicle registration tax payments; and if he will make a...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Finance when compensation will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in relation to the Kilkenny flood relief scheme; and if he will...
    • Departmental Meetings
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Finance when a meeting (details supplied) which was promised for a number of months will be held. [29285/06]
    • Census Statistics
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Finance if figures released by the Central Statistics Office in July 2006 via the Census 2006 Preliminary Report will be used by his Department for any...
    • Tax Code
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reducing or eliminating excise duty from all motor fuels produced from renewable energy crops; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Finance the position of his Department's decentralisation programme to Athy; if a site has been identified; if temporary accommodation has been secured; if...
    • Departmental Responsibilities
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Finance the quality proofing measures he has in place to ensure that he, his officials, agents and servants, in carrying out their responsibilities do so in...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recent reports that customers who deal directly with life assurance companies rather than dealing with a...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm reports that workers at the Office of Public Works who refuse to decentralise will be allowed to work from their homes in Dublin;...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the findings of the recent survey of the Revenue Commissioners (details supplied); his views on the universally...
    • Tax Code
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the homecarers tax credit is only available to married individuals and not available to those who...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue expected to accrue to the Exchequer in terms of excise duties and VAT over and above the estimates at Budget 2006,...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the Acts or sections or other provisions of Acts coming wholly or partly under the auspices of his Department, or for...
    • Non-Resident Taxation
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has undertaken a consultancy study or other review of persons who are non-resident here for tax purposes; if such a review was requested by...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of workers here affected by the change in the remittance basis of taxation for foreign workers as announced in Budget 2006; the number of...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected distribution of income earners for income tax payments for 2005 broken down in number and percentage terms into the categories of...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Finance the rate of income tax paid by persons earning in excess of €100,000 per annum and upwards in bands of €20,000 per annum from 2000 for each year...
    • Traffic Management
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will authorise the opening of the Knockmaroon Gate, Phoenix Park, at 6:30 a.m. to eliminate traffic congestion in the vicinity; and if he will...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Finance when a P45 will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29512/06]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Finance the detail of stamp duty rates on cheques, laser cards with ATM function, ATM cards and credit cards each year since 2002; the income to the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he intends to take in Budget 2007 towards reducing VRT. [29641/06]
    • Centenarians Bounty
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Finance the number who received the Centenarians Bounty in 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006; the total amount expended in each respective year; the number of...
    • Tax Code
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will waive or reduce the charges associated with a transfer in view of that fact that the site is being transferred to a third generation...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in regard to the provision of the proposed new Garda Station at Leixlip, County Kildare; the schedule for the actual commencement of...
    • Tax Code
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Finance the changes which have been made in classifying tax paid by high net-worth individuals that have been identified by the Revenue Commissioners for...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give an analysis of the receipts from stamp duty for each of the past 5 years, broken down between household mortgages, investor...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made in the promised review of an avoidance of stamp duties by developers, builders etc., by the use of arrangements such...
    • National Monuments
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for the replacement of the current wooden palisade fencing with similar steel fencing in an area (details supplied) in County...
    • Tax Code
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Finance the avenues community-based groups can pursue in order to acquire essential equipment for voluntary services VAT free; and his views on granting VAT...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Finance if an update from the Office of Public Works regarding proposals for a new Garda station at Tallaght will be sought; the schedule being followed in...
    • Tax Code
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the VAT on telephone bills for schools and households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29892/06]
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claimants and the percentage take-up of tax relief on bin charges in 2003, 2004 and 2005 respectively; the amount of relief approved...
    • National Monuments
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Finance if, further to correspondence this Deputy forwarded to him which was acknowledged on 25 August 2006, he has instructed his officials to reopen...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Finance if the tender documents are ready for the new Leixlip Garda Station; and when will tenders be invited for the project. [29974/06]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been progress in concluding the contract for the purchase of a site for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [29984/06]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Finance when will the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Study for the Rye River commence. [29991/06]
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in regard to the interdepartmental review of the 1994 disabled drivers disabled passengers tax concessions; when the current limits of...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax revenue the Exchequer is losing by the move of a group (details supplied) to Holland; and if other major artists and musicians are...
    • Tax Code
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the purchase price of vehicles bought in other EU countries is not accepted by his Department as the value of imported vehicles when...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Civil Registration Service
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the implementation of the Civil Registration Act 2004, with particular reference to the creation of two...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the implications for the new Central Mental Hospital of the requirement to obtain planning permission for it on the Thornton Hall prison...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if additional funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) in County Mayo. [28960/06]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the mechanism a voluntary group (details supplied) can follow to assist in the purchase of a defibrillator, in view of the tremendous...
    • Registration of Births
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the mechanisms available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to register their birth; and if she will make a statement on...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people who are currently on methadone; the number of under 18's on methadone; the amount this has cost to date in 2006....
    • Death Certificates
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay of up to nine months, in issuing death certificates to bereaved families in the Limerick region; if measures...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the commitments she or personnel on her behalf gave to a person (details supplied) regarding the future of Monaghan General Hospital; if...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a project (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28139/06]
    • Cancer Incidence
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are health concerns in relation to Sellafield nuclear plant and cases of leukaemia here. [28141/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo must pay the cost of a local taxi when they attend for physiotherapy at Ballina...
    • Child Protection
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the role of the special rapporteurs to audit legal developments for the protection of the child; the way in which their role differs...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 is on a waiting list for months; and if assistance and support will be given to...
    • Health Services
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in relation to more back-up care services; and if she will give...
    • Cancer Incidence
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on cancer statistics per DED in the Dublin west constituency. [28171/06]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 in obtaining a nursing home placement; and if she will work with the family...
    • Rape Crisis Network
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the Rape Crisis Network Ireland in their need for an investment of €7 million. [28218/06]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take in relation to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 who is on a waiting list at Beaumont Hospital; and if...
    • Health Services
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the unprecedented administration grant payment of €74,000 approved by a person (details supplied) for...
    • Cost of Medicines
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the cost of drugs here is so high compared to other EU countries; and if she will take action in relation to this matter....
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if support will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 in relation to their nursing home subvention. [28258/06]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in relation to their medical expenses; and if they are entitled...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 is not receiving weekend support and taxi fares to their supported employment; and if...
    • Health Services
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the Coeliac Society of Ireland in their funding submission; and if they will be given the maximum support. [28270/06]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will seek a revision of the current GMS scheme contract to allow general practitioners complete the driving licence medical...
    • Health Services
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if same will be made a priority case. [28278/06]
    • National Archives
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will release the files on the case of a person (details supplied); if they will be given the maximum support. [28290/06]
    • Hepatitis C Incidence
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will immunise all school children for Hepatitis C in view of the high incidence of this disease among children from Eastern...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting for an appointment; the efforts which are being made to reduce the waiting...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford is waiting for a medical card renewal when their condition is ongoing and will...
    • Health Services
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons (details supplied) are unable to obtain the services of a local general practitioner; and if she will make a...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the delay of over one month for cancer tests is an acceptable time for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation in relation to the Pharmacy Act 1962, which was suspended in 2001; when a new Bill will be put in place; the situation...
    • Health Services
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to help create public awareness on the preventable and treatable disease of osteoporosis. [28337/06]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will classify the retirement convalescent homes (details supplied) in County Cork in order to receive funding from the Health...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will be allocated a powerchair as soon as possible in view of the circumstances of their...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services available for children who are experiencing the physical and emotional scars of domestic violence. [28352/06]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in obtaining a medical card; and if this injustice will be ended....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 is being denied a special bicycle; and if assistance will be given to this person....
    • Health Services
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the €2 million cuts between 2003 and 2006 for an organisation (details supplied); and if this organisation will be...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a bed in a nursing home; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timetable for the repayment of illegal nursing home charges to persons who are in long stay institutions and for the family...
    • Health Services
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a care plan will be put in place for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will work with Dublin City Council on this...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be reached on the application to the Health Service Executive by an organisation (details supplied) for funding for...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person's (details supplied) employment in Dublin 17 was terminated; and the action she will take regarding management...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount the Health Service Executive Western Region spent on the use of private ambulance services over the past 12 months, per...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many public health centres in Dublin City, including those at Rathdown Road, Benburb...
    • Health Services
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasons for the Health Service Executive not dealing with the query on noise pollution (details supplied) from equipment installed...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she intends to implement the twenty recommendations which were made in June 2006 by the working group set up by her to advise her...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in recruiting clinical directors and other essential staff for the roll-out of BreastCheck to the west; the progress...
    • Health Services
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of public nursing home spaces which have been made available and the sites at which they have been made available in Galway...
    • Health Service Funding
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress which has been made to provide designated funding and designated transport to ensure equality of access to radiotherapy...
    • Health Services
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding which has been provided in 2006 for the implementation of the plan of the Hospital Group South East to meet the needs of all...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the implementation in full of the Mental Health Act 2001; and if she will make a statement on the delay in...
    • Health Services
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for an occupational therapist to visit a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons (details supplied) in Dublin 5 are being excluded from having a medical card; and if they will be given the maximum...
    • Health Services
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of orthopaedic consultants in the Adelaide Hospital; if there have been consultants on vacation without cover of their...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the statistics in relation to the incidence of Lyme disease here; her views on whether awareness of the fact that this disease can be...
    • Health Services
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive an appointment in Waterford Regional Hospital; and if she will make a...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when there will be a decision on an application for funding under the special housing aid for the elderly scheme by a person (details...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce the provision of colostomy bags free of charge to all those who need them; the estimated annual cost of such a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for the home care grant in order that their family can continue caring...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when home help hours will be increased for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of their worsening condition; and will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo first went on the waiting list to be seen by an ophthalmologist; the current waiting...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the payments made, on a county basis and on an individual basis to pharmacists through the GMS scheme for 2005, including details of the...
    • Health Services
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the allocations of funding from the Health Service Executive National Shared Services Primary Care Reimbursement Service or from the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date a home care grant application for persons (details supplied) in County Mayo was received by the Health Service Executive; the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a long stay bed was not given to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo when requested, in view of their age and the fact...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 670: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients awaiting consultation with the rheumatologist in a hospital (details supplied) in County Galway. [28710/06]
    • Embryonic Stem Cell Research
      Question 672: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the Government's position in relation to embryonic stem cell research; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28712/06]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a rheumatologist will be appointed to a hospital (details supplied) in County Mayo. [28713/06]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for domiciliary allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when a decision will...
    • Smoking Ban
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the legislation covering the smoking ban to consider the introduction of a fine for persons found breaking the law on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 676: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an appointment has been made for a person (details supplied) in the Adelaide and Meath Hospital; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made on the issues raised by persons (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasons claimants under the scheme to repay charges for publicly funded long stay beds are given the option of donating some or all...
    • Health Services
      Question 679: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children in County Mayo who have been refused assessment by occupational therapists in 2006 to date due to the lack of...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 682: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding a patient (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and to give them the maximum support. [28813/06]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite the provision of a wheelchair for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, in view of the urgent and special...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasons for the delay in arranging a cataract operation for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if she will expedite an...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the special shoes required by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, will be provided as a matter of urgency in view of the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request the Health Service Executive southern area to provide an additional full-time language therapist at Kerry General...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the local Health Service Executive officials will resolve the issue of the location of a septic tank serving a health centre (details...
    • Health Services
      Question 689: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an appointment (details supplied). [28861/06]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 690: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a neurologist will be appointed to the north west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28863/06]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a project (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28866/06]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 693: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an urgent appointment for a knee operation will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny at Waterford Hospital,...
    • Health Services
      Question 694: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a service (details supplied) will be provided in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28953/06]
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 697: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the cervical screening service has been removed from County Mayo; when will this service resume in County Mayo; and a...
    • Health Services
      Question 699: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures the Health Service Executive have undertaken to create public awareness of osteoporosis. [28958/06]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 700: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to provide grant aid to sports clubs and voluntary organisations to help with the purchase price of defibrillators in...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 701: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if pension credit will be allowed to general practitioners for the years they served as temporary DMOs, and for the years they worked in...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 702: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of physiotherapists qualifying here in 2005 and 2006 who are employed in the Irish health service; the number of vacancies...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 704: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow in respect of a nursing home rebate; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 706: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding set aside to date for the upgrading of the cystic fibrosis unit in St. Vincent's Hospital; the amount received by...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 707: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of plans to extend Ennis General Hospital; if plans have been lodged with the appropriate authority; if the value for money...
    • Health Services
      Question 708: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans, in view of the large catchment area of north Clare, to extend the opening hours of a day care centre (details supplied) from...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 711: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given in arranging an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork to be assessed for a hip...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 712: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the health repayment scheme and claims by living spouses and children and the issue of repayments to the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 714: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a disability personal assistant at the required level will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 716: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will be admitted to Peamount Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29185/06]
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 717: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an orthopaedic footwear allowance, or payment, will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 718: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when home help will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29187/06]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 719: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29189/06]
    • Departmental Surveys
      Question 720: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the national disability survey 2006 has no section in relation to standards and quality of disability services particularly...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 721: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be transferred to the National Rehabilitation Hospital for physiotherapy and...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 722: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be provided with new knee locks; if this request will be sanctioned urgently; the...
    • Health Services
      Question 723: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on a home care package application for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [29255/06]
    • Health Service Schemes
      Question 724: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a scheme (details supplied) in the Health Service Executive western region; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      Question 725: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she and the Health Service Executive have taken to create public awareness of osteoporosis; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 729: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the progress of the proposed provision of a special dementia unit and hospice beds at St. Ita's Hospital,...
    • Services for Persons with Disabilities
      Question 730: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive a full time personal assistant to help with their disability; and if she...
    • Census of Population
      Question 731: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if figures released by the Central Statistics Office in July 2006 via the Census 2006 Preliminary Report will be used by her Department...
    • Health Services
      Question 732: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if additional resources have been requested by the Health Service Executive for provision of front line therapy services where there are...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 733: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the review of the child care regulations will be complete; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29315/06]
    • Recreation Policy
      Question 734: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the expected publication of a recreation policy will be accompanied by a funding allocation to implement that policy; and if she will...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 736: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasons the grant allocated by the Health Service Executive for the provision of central heating for homes of senior citizens has...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 737: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of top-up grants awarded by the Health Service Executive in each of the past three years to supplement the disabled persons...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 738: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new medical cards issued in the past year in County Kildare; the number of new doctor only medical cards issued in County...
    • Health Services
      Question 739: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hours allocated by her Department and the Health Service Executive for the home-help service for each of the past three...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 740: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of the development of Naas General Hospital; the position of proposals to address the old section of the hospital; the...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 741: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review her position on dealing with the issue of pharmacies in health centres in the second Pharmacy Bill; her views on...
    • Programme for Government
      Question 742: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the sections and subsections of the Children's Act 2001 coming under the remit of her Department that have not commenced; and the date...
    • Health Services
      Question 744: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress which has been made in relation to a case (details supplied) in County Offaly following a reply of 3 August 2006 from her...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 745: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm receipt of correspondence from a person (details supplied) in Cork outlining their serious health difficulties; if...
    • Health Services
      Question 746: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 291 of 20 June 2006, if core funding has been provided to the Irish Wheelchair Association to...
    • National Cancer Strategy
      Question 747: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to bring proposals to Government relating to the National Cancer Strategy; her plans to introduce a screening programme...
    • Health Services
      Question 749: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 on 8 June 2006, the progress to date of the high level working group in progressing the issues...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 752: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 20 June 2006, when she will make available the findings of the strategic review of...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 753: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the outcome of an examination into the feasibility of introducing the vaccine damage compensation scheme; when such a scheme will be put...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 754: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 13 June 2006, when she plans to introduce the first pharmacy Bill in Dáil Éireann; and if...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 756: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive payment of their home care grant; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 757: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is proposed to introduce immunisation against invasive pneumococcal disease into the general immunisation programme for children...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 758: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of capital spending on ICT in the Health Service Executive provided for in her department's estimates for 2006; the amount of...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 760: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps taken over the summer months to advance the Naas Hospital Development Project; if all outstanding matters have been cleared to...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 762: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has satisfied herself with the amount of drug free recovery places. [22847/06]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 764: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a co-ordinator post for the arts programme provided by Women's Aid was reduced by the Health Service Executive from a...
    • Health Services
      Question 765: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the discovery of a venomous snake in Kerry in August; the facilities that are in place in this...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 767: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a review will be undertaken regarding home help in County Kildare, as many of those employed in this capacity have had their hours...
    • Cancer Prevention
      Question 769: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the document Cancer Prevention: What the Experts Say. [29798/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 770: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an appointment will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to ensure that the person can obtain optical...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 771: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can be facilitated with an earlier date for an MRI scan at Tallaght General Hospital,...
    • Health Services
      Question 772: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to provide an emergency dental service in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29812/06]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 773: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the policy in respect of the person who unexpectedly avails of acute hospital services in a region other than...
    • Health Services
      Question 774: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that recipients of home help in some health board areas are still being required to make...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 775: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene on behalf of a person (details supplied) and have them called for their hip operation; and if she will make a...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 776: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for the nursing home subvention for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 777: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a full medical card or GP only card will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if a positive...
    • Health Services
      Question 778: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will raise with the Health Service Executive the absolute need to commence the redevelopment of a health centre (details...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 780: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a medical card was withdrawn from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [29889/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 781: To ask the Minister for Health and Children for response to the issues raised in the correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29890/06]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 784: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a full medical card will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 785: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an appointment will be made as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [29901/06]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 789: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement confirming plans for the future of the National Children's Hospital at Tallaght Hospital. [29940/06]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 791: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she intends to publish the promised report on the overall use of defibrillators; if it will include reference to the use of...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 793: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that employment ceilings imposed by the Government in 2003 prior to the creation of the...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 794: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of elderly persons in County Kildare currently awaiting allocation of a long term care place in State nursing homes. [29986/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 796: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in a response issuing to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 6 July 2006. [30001/06]
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 797: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing a response to Parliamentary Question No. 241 of 8 November 2005. [30003/06]
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 798: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing a response to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 6 July 2006. [30004/06]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 799: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when tenders will be invited for Phase 3C of Naas Hospital. [30005/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 800: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of additional home help hours allocated to County Kildare in 2006 from the State allocation of 1.75 million. [30006/06]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 801: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the full schedule of facilities and services, including the number of medical and surgical beds to be provided in the concluding phase...
    • Health Services
      Question 802: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to upgrade or extend the various health centres throughout County Kildare, with a view to catering for the increase in the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 803: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will maintain in full the mobile hospital services in north west Kildare and other locations; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      Question 805: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children who have received orthodontic treatment in each of the past five years; the extent to which this impacts on the...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 809: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cases dealt with under the hospital treatment purchase scheme in each of the past five years; the costs involved; and if...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 810: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the degree to which the number of hospital beds now available is adequate or otherwise to meet the population needs; and if she will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 811: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in regard to hospital waiting lists; if such lists are on the increase; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Autism Incidence
      Question 814: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent of the research into the high incidence of autism here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30025/06]
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 815: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of incidents of MRSA reported to date; the hospital or areas in respect of which the greater number of cases have been...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 817: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding patients on trolleys at Beaumont Hospital. [30099/06]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 818: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the consideration which has been given to bringing about an outright legislative ban on experimentation on non-human primates here....
    • Health Services
      Question 820: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has satisfied herself that her policy approach to the treatment of type one childhood diabetes is ensuring equality of access and...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 821: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical card holders that are resident in Cork City. [30136/06]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 823: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is wise to amalgamate the Mercy University and South Infirmary and Victoria Hospitals and relocate them to...
    • Health Services
      Question 824: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in the Health Service Executive North East Region who have been placed in contracted beds in nursing homes in...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 825: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of inquiries conducted by the Mental Health Commission, since 1 January 2005, under section 55 of the Mental Health Act, 2001...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 827: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of public long-term care beds in the State. [30163/06]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 828: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in respect of whom nursing home subvention is paid; and the number of those people in receipt of enhanced...
    • Health Services
      Question 829: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person is waiting for a public nursing home place. [30165/06]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 832: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of full medical cards available on a county basis; the number of doctor only cards granted on a county basis; if she has...
    • Health Services
      Question 833: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide the necessary resources and press the Health Service Executive to increase the number of public health nurses...
    • National Repayments Scheme
      Question 834: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider the cut-off date of 9 December 1998 for families who are making claims under the national repayments scheme in...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 836: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the danger of over fishing on the Tolka river, and in view of the...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 837: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to reports that a package of grant assistance is currently being prepared to...
    • Water Quality
      Question 839: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the inter-Departmental or Public Authority Committee will report to him in respect of each designated...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 840: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the expected timeframe for the availability of broadband in an area (details supplied) in County Wexford; and...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 843: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of post offices that have been closed in County Roscommon in each of the years 1999 to 2005 and to...
    • Energy Regulation
      Question 849: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that old age pensioners are paying more for the golden rate per...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 850: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if further to his announcement of the greener home grant for people installing energy efficient systems in...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 851: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the procurement procedure for buying mineral, petroleum and natural gas rights off the North East Coast of...
    • Coastal Protection
      Question 852: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the proposals he has to provide comprehensive funding for coastal protection works; and if he will make a...
    • Port Development
      Question 853: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the discussions which have taken place with the Dublin Port Company regarding its plan for the expansion of...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 854: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the funding which has been made available for harbour development in recent months; the way these projects...
    • Coastal Protection
      Question 855: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the funding which has been made available for coastal protection work in recent months; the way these projects...
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 856: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the funding which has been made available for aquaculture development in recent months; the way these projects...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 858: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures in place to combat illegal commercial net fishing; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fisheries Statistics
      Question 862: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures in place to ensure accurate reporting of catch statistics; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Communications Masts
      Question 863: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that two new phone transmitter panels have recently been placed on...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 865: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are reports of salmon being netted by commercial netsmen...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      Question 866: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the system for registration of tonnage will be changed, as it is inadequate and problematic for fishermen;...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 867: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to deal with flooding problems likely to arise from global warming and the consequent rising of...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 868: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the circumstances, having regard to the need to preserve security and integrity of air traffic radio...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 869: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps he has taken or proposes to take to encourage or offer grant support to promote oil seed for heating...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 870: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will make a statement on a situation whereby Eircom are refusing to install broadband in areas of Kerry...
    • Census of Population
      Question 872: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if figures released by the Central Statistics Office in July 2006 via the Census 2006 Preliminary Report will...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 873: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of applications received by his Department from applicants seeking to provide alternative energy...
    • Electricity Service
      Question 874: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention had been drawn to the problems that consumers are encountering in regard to the new billing...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 875: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding the roll-out of broadband for all the remaining areas of Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 876: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when works on a harbour (details supplied) in County Donegal will commence; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 878: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to Question No. 256 of 20 June 2006, if he has received a report from An Post on the pilot project to...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 879: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the situation regarding licences for farming oysters on Lough Swilly; when oyster farmers at Lough Swilly will...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 880: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the proportion of the state's electricity consumption that is currently being provided by renewable sources,...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 881: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to report on the progress of the interdepartmental committee on the Health Effects of Mobile Phones; when he...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 882: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the proportion of electricity consumption which will be supplied from renewable sources in 2006; and if the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 883: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will announce the third tranche of grants for broadband internet service providers; if Tuam, County...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 884: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether the forecast in Rural Ireland 2025 that 30% of our electricity demand could be supplied...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 886: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he received a request for funding from the Association of Irish Energy Agencies; and if he has positively...
    • Communications Masts
      Question 887: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of mobile masts constructed here; and the number of same which are shared facilities between two or...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 888: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will approve the appointment of a consultant to carry out a survey on the extension to the pier and the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 889: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views regarding the recent developments in relation to the Loughinisland massacre in the North of Ireland; and if he will support the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 890: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a person (details supplied) will receive a certificate of naturalisation and consequently an Irish passport; and if he will make a...
    • Military Neutrality
      Question 892: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if airports here are being used to transport military equipment from, to, or on behalf of Israel; if requests for licences for such...
    • Mexican Presidential Election
      Question 893: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason for Ireland and the EU ignoring the Mexican people who are protesting regarding the 2 July 2006 presidential election results;...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 894: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Israel had devised a plan for attacking Hizbollah which they shared with US authorities before the 12 July 2006 kidnappings in Lebanon;...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 895: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise again the case of the Miami Five with the US authorities. [28363/06]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 896: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the role of the duty officer in the Passport Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28613/06]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 897: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on funding a school in Ghana, West Africa; and the steps involved in such an application. [28614/06]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 898: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will push the peace agenda in relation to the Middle East and the conflict along the Sudan/Chad border. [28615/06]
    • Passport Controls
      Question 899: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if an Irish citizen with an Irish passport living in Ireland, but who was born in the USA, is required to produce their Irish passport when...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 900: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the further help Ireland will give to those facing death in Darfur; if emergency aid packages are being planned; and will Ireland support...
    • Census of Population
      Question 904: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if figures released by the Central Statistics Office in July 2006 via the Census 2006 Preliminary Report will be used by his Department for...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 906: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the assistance being made available to Irish citizens caught up by the developing situation in Thailand; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 907: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way in which he intends to publicise the recently launched White Paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29822/06]
    • Emigrant Support Services
      Question 908: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress on initiatives in respect of the Irish abroad; if he will detail contacts in the matter; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 909: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will confirm that he is giving serious consideration to the opening of a new embassy in the Ukraine; and if he will make a statement...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 910: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will present an update on his contacts regarding the continued division of Cyprus; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 911: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position of the Government in relation to the abuses of religious freedoms in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. [30114/06]
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • National Aquatic Centre
      Question 912: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of employees at the National Aquatic Centre who have left in the past six months, either by choice or due to a...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 913: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the grants which are available to enable a boxing club to purchase equipment; if they qualify under the National Lottery grant...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 914: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will work with the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and Dublin City Council in putting a compulsory...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 915: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the grant assistance which has been made available through his Department or through any of the agencies under his Department for...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 917: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in relation to the application for grant aid for a project (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason funding has...
    • Horse Racing Ireland
      Question 918: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of funding Horse Racing Ireland received from his Department in 2005; if he has satisfied himself that people with...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 919: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the case of a club (details supplied) in County Donegal, that is in danger of losing its ground...
    • Census of Population
      Question 921: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if figures released by the Central Statistics Office in July 2006 via the Census 2006 Preliminary Report will be used by his...
    • Work Permits
      Question 922: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department communicates with the Department of Justice Equality and Law Reform in relation to obtaining or supporting the...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 923: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of grants and the funding that has not been drawn down by clubs in each of the past three years; the reasons for same;...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 925: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding tender documents of the proposed new swimming pool in Athy, County Kildare; when construction will commence;...
    • Road Signage
      Question 926: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the level of consultation his Department had in the drafting of the tourist signs policy development by the National Roads...
    • Punchestown Racecourse
      Question 927: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the extent to which issues affecting the future of the Punchestown Race Course and events have been satisfactorily resolved; if the...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 928: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a formal application has been placed with his Department on the potential development of a sports centre in Carrigaline, County...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Work Permits
      Question 929: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason work permits are currently freely available to non-EU trained physiotherapists when Irish trained...
    • Private Employment Agencies
      Question 930: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason Ireland has not ratified the International Labour Organisation's Convention 181 on Private Employment Agencies...
    • Work Permits
      Question 931: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if support will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin in relation to their request for a work permit....
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 932: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average age of workers killed in workplace accidents in 2005 and each of the previous five years and if he will provide...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 933: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address the crisis in the small retail business here; and if he will meet the National Federation of Retail...
    • Trade Union Recognition
      Question 935: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will investigate an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 3 regarding their attitude to trade union membership....
    • Unemployment Levels
      Question 936: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people in the science and technology sector made redundant in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hazardous Substances
      Question 937: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to introduce a compensation scheme for workers damaged by asbestos; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 938: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reasons a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 was sacked; and if he will give them the maximum support and rescind...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 939: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he proposes to introduce a licensing system for employers to help curb abuses of existing labour laws as well as the...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 940: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his Department's position in respect of voluntary protection programmes in the field of health and safety at work; and if...
    • Work Permits
      Question 941: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if assistance will be given in relation to a work permit application (details supplied); and if the persons will be...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 942: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will ensure that policy operated by FÁS, which is set by the Government, in relation to the job initiative scheme...
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 943: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person (details supplied) is receiving the minimum wage; and if they will be assisted on this matter. [28564/06]
    • Employment Rights
      Question 944: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the findings of the European Court of Justice in a case (details supplied) have been incorporated into Irish...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 945: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of site visits by Industrial Development Agency representatives, with interested parties, to towns (details...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 946: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an embargo has been placed on the recruitment of people to FÁS schemes in the western region; if he will explain the...
    • Job Losses
      Question 947: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps which have been taken to replace the 350 full and part-time jobs lost at the NEC factory in Ballivor, County...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 948: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the rights an organisation (details supplied) has to monitor and ensure compliance with the Registered Employment Agreement...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 949: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 670 of 28 September 2005, the grant aid which has been returned to his Department;...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 951: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in relation to decentralising part of his Department to Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 952: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans he has to make changes to community employment schemes to enhance the role of community activists particularly in...
    • Consumer Protection
      Question 953: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many traders, particularly in the repair and maintenance business go door...
    • Census of Population
      Question 954: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if figures released by the Central Statistics Office in July 2006 via the Census 2006 Preliminary Report will be used by...
    • Job Losses
      Question 955: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he proposes to enter into discussions with Enterprise Ireland with a view to the creation of alternative jobs to replace...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 956: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the dates for the next trade mission planned by his Department, the IDA or State agencies that he intends leading; the...
    • Job Losses
      Question 958: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department will take to off-set the major loss of industry in the South Kildare and Carlow region; the...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 960: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person can submit a claim to the Rights Commissioner and the Equality Tribunal at the same time and have both cases...
    • Corporate Enforcement
      Question 961: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the provisions which exist in Irish law to ensure that persons disqualified from acting as a director in another EU country...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 962: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of visits to North Tipperary, Limerick and Clare arranged by Shannon Development and the IDA for potential...
    • Job Creation
      Question 963: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions being taken to ensure that the future job creation needs of Tallaght receive special attention, in view of the...
    • Work Permits
      Question 964: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU Directives
      Question 965: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has progressed plans to strengthen legislation in relation to implementing the Seveso Two directive into Irish law....
    • Industrial Site Development
      Question 966: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will elaborate on the envisaged time-scale regarding his recent announcement that a site (details supplied) is to be...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 967: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans for the IDA Business Centre, Gloucester Place, Dublin 1; if this is being sold to a third party; if it is being...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Health Services
      Question 968: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in relation to the rent allowance; and if they will be...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 970: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated cost of the recent announcement of the extension of the free schemes on energy, electricity and so on to old age...
    • Health Services
      Question 972: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reasons a person (details supplied) had their homeless benefit withdrawn by the then Northern Area Health Board in January...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 974: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the free travel scheme is available for Irish pensioners who worked in Ireland for years, emigrated to England, but are now...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 976: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his proposals to disregard minimal student work in relation to entry into insurable employment for the purposes of eligibility for...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 977: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs If a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 is entitled to any form of assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 978: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the rule in relation to efforts to find work and availability for work must apply to part-time firemen in view of the fact that...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 981: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be approved and granted the bereavement grant. [28649/06]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 990: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding a disability appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; when will this payment be restored to...
    • Community Welfare Service
      Question 991: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will meet staff representatives from those unions representing CWS staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 997: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and granted carer's benefit and the respite care grant. [28674/06]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 998: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way in which the estate of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was assessed, providing a detailed breakdown of the...
    • National Fuel Scheme
      Question 999: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people qualified for the national fuel scheme in the 2005/2006 fuel period; the cost of this scheme annually for...
    • Waste Management
      Question 1002: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he would introduce a national waiver scheme for refuse services, in conjunction with the Department of the Environment,...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1003: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and granted the respite care grant in respect of the two people...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1004: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average cost of holding oral hearings, giving details on a county-to-county basis; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1008: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress which has been made in the case of a spouse in receipt of carer's allowance who is also the adult dependant of the...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      Question 1009: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the growing disincentive for applicants of the financial contribution scheme for senior...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1010: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an oral hearing will be scheduled for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo to finalise their invalidity pension...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1011: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an application for rent allowance will be approved and back dated for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 1017: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will extend the eligibility criteria for computer training courses to allow people who are the qualified adult dependents...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1019: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will review the refusal of back to school allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
    • Census of Population
      Question 1023: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if figures released by the Central Statistics Office in July 2006 via the Census 2006 Preliminary Report will be used by his...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1024: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will bring unresolved complaints relating to State pensions under the auspices of the Pensions Ombudsman; and if he will...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 1030: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 8 June 2006, if the Pensions Review Board has examined the issue of allowing persons...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1031: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will work with the Health Service Executive in supporting carers and their families and to investigate other options in...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 1036: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of revenue which would be raised on an annual basis if the two per cent health contribution within PRSI was raised to...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1039: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an oral appeal will be heard for a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [29856/06]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1041: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has assessed the cost of revising disability benefit cover for self employed persons affected by a serious illness which...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 1042: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the second actuarial review of the social insurance fund, provided for under Section 17 of the Social Welfare Act 1998, will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1043: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to a person in receipt of the carer's allowance; if the qualifying rules to allow people to work on FÁS...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 1045: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if all phases of the review of qualifying contributions for old age contributory pensions have been fully completed; the...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 1046: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs with reference to his Department's sectoral plan and the development of a Sign Language Interpretation Service, when he received...
    • EU Directives
      Question 1050: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on European Court Opinion C-278/05 of 13 July 2006; the implications of same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1052: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of applications for the respite grant to date in 2006; the number of applications which have not been processed and...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1055: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to an application for supplementary welfare allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1056: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people who have received the carer's respite grant in 2006; if he has satisfied himself that all those entitled to...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 1061: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the procedure in place where PRSI contributions have been deducted from employees but not submitted to his Department; and if he...
  • Department of Transport
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 1062: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has plans to extend the powers of clampers to permit them to clamp vehicles displaying no tax disk, insurance disk or national car test...
    • Driving Licences
      Question 1063: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of car provisional licence holders in County Clare for 2006 and for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 1064: To ask the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28443/06]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 1066: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress which has been made in relation to the decentralisation of persons (details supplied) in County Galway; the number of persons...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 1068: To ask the Minister for Transport the action which is being taken to promote cruise liners stopping in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28847/06]
    • Port Development
      Question 1069: To ask the Minister for Transport the finance which has been put in place for further expansion of the five main ports; the provisions which were put in place for said finance...
    • Road Safety
      Question 1070: To ask the Minister for Transport if legislation will be introduced to make hazard warning lights mandatory at road work sites to ensure motorists' safety; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 1071: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the rural transport initiative; if there has been or if there are proposed increases in funding for the Kildare...
    • Motor Insurance
      Question 1072: To ask the Minister for Transport the measure he will take to reduce the cost of motor insurance in view of the fact that motor insurance for persons under 25 remains at an...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 1073: To ask the Minister for Transport the penalty for prosecution for a drug driving offence, including the length to time a driver's licence is withdrawn; the timeframe to re-apply...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 1074: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will request the Railway Procurement Agency to start the design and consultation for two metro or Luas lines serving North Dublin; and if...
    • Transport Licences
      Question 1075: To ask the Minister for Transport if airports here are being used to transport military equipment from, to, or on behalf of Israel; if requests for licences for such...
    • Driving Licences
      Question 1076: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on changing the existing size and format of the driving licence, to allow for a more compact and smaller licence, which would be...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 1077: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of the contract awarded to allow for the outsourcing of driving tests to a private operator; the locations where such tests will be...
    • Rescue Service
      Question 1079: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress which has been made in providing a new building for the Doolin Coastguard and Rescue Service; if negotiations for the acquisition of...
    • National Car Test
      Question 1080: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will reconsider his decision to instruct authorised vehicle testers to refuse to test two-door jeeps, SUVs and other similar type vehicles...
    • Driving Licences
      Question 1081: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to ensure that a clearer differentiation between the A and A1 classification for motorcycle driving licences is put in place in view of...
    • Integrated Ticketing
      Question 1082: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the integrated ticketing project; the projected future budget and expenditure to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rail Services
      Question 1083: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress which has been made on the future of the Irish rail freight market; if he has sought to bring any competition into the market since...
    • Road Signage
      Question 1084: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the proposed change of high grade dual carriageways to motorway designation; if this has now been agreed; the kilometres of road...
    • Public Transport
      Question 1085: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 328 of 6 December 2005, the steps he will take to advertise, promote or otherwise introduce a public...
    • Open Skies Policy
      Question 1086: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he has taken to request EU permission to proceed with the more liberal Irish/US bilateral negotiated in the expectation of open skies,...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 1087: To ask the Minister for Transport the date for signing the railway order for the Luas red line Point Depot extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28735/06]
    • Driving Tests
      Question 1088: To ask the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be called for their driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28757/06]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 1090: To ask the Minister for Transport the Acts or sections or other provisions of Acts coming wholly or partly under the auspices of his Department, or for the commencement of which...
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 1092: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has applied for approval from the European Commission for a scheme called The National Development Capital Grant Scheme for...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 1093: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will bring forward legislation to assist the introduction of a HGV permit scheme in Dublin, including creating an offence for the...
    • Traffic Management
      Question 1094: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on a pilot scheme shortly to be introduced in the UK (details supplied) which would allow hard shoulders on motorways to be opened to...
    • National Car Test
      Question 1095: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding having a national car test centre in Inishowen; the facilities required to accommodate this centre; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Network
      Question 1096: To ask the Minister for Transport if there will be a future rail link for Kells and beyond. [28889/06]
    • Public Transport
      Question 1097: To ask the Minister for Transport the funds or grants available to local authorities to assist in the provision of urban public transport bus routes; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Services
      Question 1100: To ask the Minister for Transport the length of time the situation will continue to exist whereby bicycles are not allowed to be carried on the majority of trains; the reason our...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 1101: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that thousands of Irish Airline Superannuation Scheme members will receive a mandatory indexation provision in their pension...
    • EU Directives
      Question 1104: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the implementation of EU Directive 2003/20/EC and its effects to date. [29066/06]
    • Broadcasting Legislation
      Question 1105: To ask the Minister for Transport the circumstances, having regard to the need to preserve security and integrity of air traffic radio transmissions and the rights of local...
    • Census of Population
      Question 1108: To ask the Minister for Transport if figures released by the Central Statistics Office in July 2006 via the Census 2006 Preliminary Report will be used by his Department for any...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 1109: To ask the Minister for Transport if he proposes to amend the penalty points system to address the serious anomaly whereby dangerous driving does not attract any penalty points in...
    • Public Transport
      Question 1110: To ask the Minister for Transport when a bus route modification application (details supplied) was sent to his Department; when he will make a decision in relation to this...
    • Rail Services
      Question 1111: To ask the Minister for Transport the position of the re-valuation of prices by Iarnród Éireann for the greater Dublin region; the results of such deliberations; and if he will...
    • Public Transport
      Question 1112: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department received applications for price increases from Bus Éireann in regard to rural routes or destinations during the past year; the...
    • Rail Network
      Question 1113: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 425 of 30 May 2006, if he has received a proposal from a group (details supplied) on the re-opening of the...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 1118: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of people waiting for a driving test for each class of vehicle in each test centre; the number of weeks people must wait for a test...
    • Rail Network
      Question 1119: To ask the Minister for Transport when he is going to provide the additional funding for the extension of the western rail corridor and his views on whether this is extremely good...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 1120: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason New Zealand is not a recognised State for the purpose of driving licence exchange under the terms of Article 30(7) of the Road Traffic...
    • Railway Stations
      Question 1123: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress to date in the provision of a new railway station for Dunleer, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29867/06]
    • Public Transport
      Question 1124: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a detailed report on plans for the extension of the highly successful Luas line to Tallaght; and if he will make a statement...
    • Road Safety
      Question 1126: To ask the Minister for Transport his response to the survey findings of the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency that Irish truck drivers were the worst on English roads; and if...
    • Rail Network
      Question 1127: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will sign the railway order for the Kildare Route Project; the reason for the delay in signing same since his announcement of his...
    • Public Transport
      Question 1130: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received proposals for park and ride facilities under Transport 21; and the details of same. [29994/06]
    • Railway Stations
      Question 1132: To ask the Minister for Transport if the main contract for the new docklands station has been awarded; and the details of same. [29999/06]
    • Public Transport
      Question 1133: To ask the Minister for Transport further to his recent promise on the provision of new buses, the number of new and additional buses which are to be provided to Bus Éireann for...
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 1134: To ask the Minister for Transport the situation regarding the repayment of the construction costs of the new terminal at Cork Airport. [30107/06]
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Water Pollution
      Question 1136: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that tourists on the Shannon (details supplied) are asked to flush their...
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 1137: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way the scheme under which personal alarms are provided for elderly persons is administered; if funding is...
    • National Standards Authority
      Question 1138: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the changes which have been made regarding the installation of alarm systems under the community support for older...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 1139: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide funding for the provision of a pier (details supplied) in County Mayo. [28727/06]
    • Census of Population
      Question 1142: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if figures released by the Central Statistics Office in July 2006 via the Census 2006 Preliminary Report will be...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 1143: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of grants drawn down by applicants in Kildare through the dormant accounts mechanism; the value of such...
    • Cohesion Projects
      Question 1144: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress to date in the Tipperary cohesion project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29617/06]
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      Question 1145: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cathain a fuair sé amach faoin gComhaontú Saincomhairleoireachta idir Údarás na Gaeltachta agus Ollscoil na...
    • Cross-Border Projects
      Question 1150: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the Ulster Canal; will progress be made without a working Northern Ireland Assembly; if he...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Transport Services
      Question 1151: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will support a proposal to use rail freight for the delivery of fresh farm produce and organic farm produce from the regions...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1152: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the offset of money against other payments due to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make...
    • Legislative Regulations
      Question 1154: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the legislation which governs and regulates arboriculture and horticulture; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28330/06]
    • Milk Quota
      Question 1155: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has not had their purchased milk quota transferred to their herd; when same...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 1156: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has received correspondence from the EU Petitions Committee regarding the operation of the early retirement scheme; the steps...
    • Equine Diseases
      Question 1157: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 377 of 27 June 2006 regarding equine infectious anaemia, if she will furnish a response to the...
    • EU Regulations
      Question 1158: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the rules and regulations which farmers who transport animals more than 40 miles but have less than eight hours have to comply with;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1159: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the grant assistance which has been made available through her Department or through any of the agencies under her Department for...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 1162: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the criteria for a person to start up on their own as a REPs planner; the qualifications which are needed; the way in which a person...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 1163: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her proposals to review the regulations on the composting of household organic waste material; and if she proposes to alter the...
    • Installation Aid Scheme
      Question 1164: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will intervene in the application for installation aid by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [28541/06]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1165: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a field officer will inspect works for a slatted unit for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 1167: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the hold up in REPS payment to farmers in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28697/06]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1168: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 29 September 2004, the grant aid which has been returned to her Department; the...
    • EU Directives
      Question 1169: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the inspection regime which will apply to the enforcement of the Nitrates Directive; the level of on-farm inspection anticipated by...
    • EU Regulations
      Question 1170: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the decision she has made on issues raised (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28744/06]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1171: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the headage payment will be released for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28752/06]
    • Cattle Identification Scheme
      Question 1176: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will examine ways to increase the longevity of cattle tags in order that they are more durable in view of the fact that cattle...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1177: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding an application for entitlements under the single payment national reserve for a person (details supplied) in...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 1179: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will institute a review of the 1996 strategic plan for the development of the forestry sector in Ireland which reflects the...
    • Nitrates Regulations
      Question 1181: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the definition of peat soils incorporated in Schedule 1 of the Nitrates Regulations 2006 (details supplied) as soils with an...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 1182: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied that the foliar analysis, upon which her Forest Service's approval of fertilisation of forestry is based, is...
    • Water Supply
      Question 1188: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will introduce a system of grant aid for farmers who must bore wells on their lands to supply water to their lands in areas...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 1189: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has received a submission from a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will respond favourably to same; and if...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 1190: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 3 May 2006, if the review has taken place; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Census of Population
      Question 1191: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if figures released by the Central Statistics Office in July 2006 via the Census 2006 Preliminary Report will be used by her...
    • Waste Management
      Question 1192: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she proposes to extend the farm plastics collection pilot scheme to cover the entire country; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 1193: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the plans she has to introduce start-up grants for farmers entering the biofuel crops market; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1194: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding an application for a person (details supplied) in County Cork in respect of the single payment national reserve...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 1195: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the plans or proposals she has to provide incentives to farmers in the Kildare and Carlow region to provide alternative crops to...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1198: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on increasing the level of grant assistance under the farm waste management grants where steel structures will form a major...
    • Factory Closures
      Question 1199: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress to date on the compensation payment negotiations in respect of the sugar industry; if she will ensure that beet growers...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1200: 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 reasons...
    • Rural Development Plan
      Question 1201: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures included in the Rural Development Plan 2006-2013; when the plan was sent to the European Commission for approval; when...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1202: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a national reserve top-up from the single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reasons...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 1208: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will resist attempts to dismantle the Mallow sugar factory and what remains of the Carlow sugar factory and instead investigate...
    • Cattle Movement Monitoring System
      Question 1212: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department will assist a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in removing an animal from their CMMS herd profile, in view...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1213: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason the application by a person (details supplied) in County Galway for entitlements under the national reserve was not...
    • Rural Development
      Question 1214: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on whether the current concept of rural development in EU terms and as applied to EU programmes is too restrictive; and if...
    • Forestry Sector
      Question 1215: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will arrange through Coillte for the replacement of the current wooden pallisade fencing with similar steel fencing in an area...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1216: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the circumstances (details supplied) regarding entry to REPS3; if she will make a favourable...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 1217: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the European Parliament's Committee on Petitions has called on her Department to re-examine issues relating to the Early Retirement...
    • Fur Farms
      Question 1218: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of people who are currently employed full-time and part-time on fur farms here. [30132/06]
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 1219: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied regarding the fact that farmers paid a collection fee at the time they purchased plastic for silage wrap and that...
    • On-Farm Checks
      Question 1220: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the problems being created by the limited warning being given to farmers for farm inspections in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1221: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will confirm receipt of an application under the national reserve by a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; when a...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1222: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the talks planned with her counterpart in Northern Ireland in relation to the top-up grant issue, which is financially curtailing...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1224: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the special needs assistance hours allocated are being cut from full time to minimum hours; and if she will make a...
    • Third Level Education
      Question 1227: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason University College Dublin decided to stop running a third level course for students (details supplied). [28253/06]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 1228: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the Teaching Council is demanding, as a condition for post-primary registration, one complete year teaching at a minimum...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1229: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding the appointment of a visiting teacher in Galway City and County to look after the needs of people with...
    • Youth Services
      Question 1230: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will consider the Finglas or Ballymun areas of Dublin as a location for a youth information centre as part of her Department's...
    • Child Protection
      Question 1231: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to deal with children suffering from domestic violence which can lead to poor exam results, low self esteem and future...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 1232: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take regarding the class size issue in national schools here in 2006. [28376/06]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1233: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford, account will be taken of the fact that the person is a single...
    • Capital Expenditure
      Question 1234: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the expenditure in respect of schools (details supplied) in Dublin 15; in each of the schools for capital expenditure for each of the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1235: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if improvements are proposed for primary schooling in Passage West, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Student Support Schemes
      Question 1238: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive payment following the special aid 1; and if she will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1239: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in the case of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary which has applied for additional facilities; if all...
    • School Transport
      Question 1240: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the transportation grants available to gaelscoil families outside the schools catchment area. [28463/06]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1241: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for additional facilities. [28479/06]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 1242: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Clare is entitled to a pension as an advisory examiner for the leaving certificate; and if...
    • School Transport
      Question 1243: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take in relation to the concerns expressed by PAMBO that the level of remuneration to private school bus...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1244: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application was made from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 for a centre of excellence which would incorporate the school...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1245: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the primary schools in County Longford with pupils with hearing impairment on their rolls on 31 July 2006; the number of pupils with...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1250: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if approval will be given to a project (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28528/06]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 1252: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take regarding the class size issue at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if the school will be...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 1253: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if they will be given the maximum support in relation to...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1254: To ask the Minister for Education and Science in view of the fact that the acquisition of a site for a new community school in Ballinamore, County Leitrim has been ongoing for a...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1255: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare is ineligible to receive funding from her Department to complete a course over...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1256: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason that the advertisement for visiting teacher service for children with hearing and visual impairment for counties Galway...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 1259: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 806 of 21 March 2006, the progress which has been made in regard to this case; and if she will...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 1260: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 4 May 2006, the decisions she has made in the context of extending the Walk Tall...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1261: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the help which is available from her Department for children diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, including both school based and home...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 1262: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposals she has to introduce pensions for people who have worked long term as substitute teachers in the primary sector; and if...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 1263: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason reimbursed travelling expenses are included as reckonable income for third level grant purposes in view of the fact that...
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      Question 1264: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when home tuition will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [28592/06]
    • School Transport
      Question 1265: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an extension will be provided to a school transport service (details supplied) in County Mayo similar to the extension provided in...
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      Question 1266: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused home tuition, in view of the fact that they were approved two hours...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1267: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the person in her Department who is responsible for informing parents regarding the July provision scheme. [28595/06]
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      Question 1268: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for a home tuition grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 1270: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if local authority maintenance grants apply to students pursuing the course of higher diploma in education; the criteria for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1271: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when approval for major capital improvement works will be granted to a school (details supplied) in County Offaly who have five...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 1273: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the decision on a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim in relation to the new school support programme...
    • School Libraries
      Question 1274: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if schools are under obligation to provide a library; and if not, if she will reform this situation. [28787/06]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 1275: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if full back pay for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be granted forthwith; the number of teachers affected by the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1276: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if extra resource hours and a personal assistant will be approved immediately in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1277: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the stage of the application for the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Clare; the reason for the delay in the...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 1278: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is funding available for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo to cover the cost of an educational course. [28791/06]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1279: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28850/06]
    • School Transport
      Question 1280: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an education campaign highlighting safety issues for school transport users and their parents and guardians has been rolled-out to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1283: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the facilities on Dublin's northside which can provide second-level education opportunities for children in the autistic spectrum; if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1284: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will immediately sanction the establishment of a second-level school in the Donabate Portrane area in view of the fact that...
    • Capital Expenditure
      Question 1285: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will increase funding for second level schools to at least the OECD average levels; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1286: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; the manner in which it is proposed to provide...
    • School Transport
      Question 1289: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a student (details supplied) in County Mayo cannot acquire a term bus pass. [28902/06]
    • School Curriculum
      Question 1291: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department's study of the need for all Irish education in the Ballymun area has been completed; if the outcome has been...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 1292: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in amalgamating schools (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28926/06]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1293: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in identifying suitable accommodation for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1296: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools here that were sanctioned by her Department to proceed to tender and construction stage in the building...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 1297: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to change the system where people's gross incomes only are taken into account when applying for their children to receive a...
    • School Transport
      Question 1298: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the review into transport arrangements for a school (details supplied) in County Offaly will be completed; if children concerned...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1300: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if emergency funding will be made available for the provision of car parking facilities at a primary school (details supplied) in...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 1301: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a primary school (details supplied) in County Offaly which applied for capital funding for an upgrade of their facilities in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1302: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the best practice in relation to the allocation of special needs assistants to children suffering from Asperger's Syndrome in...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 1303: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her legislative plans for the coming Dáil session that will address the issue of vocational education committees having sole...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 1304: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if approval for home tuition will be issued for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [29017/06]
    • School Staffing
      Question 1305: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she proposes to provide basic rights to long serving substitutes and temporary teachers in the primary school system; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1307: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the target date for the beginning of construction and the opening of a new secondary school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if she...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 1308: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a planning application will be lodged for a sports hall at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 1309: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether second level students requiring home tuition for medical reasons are entitled to free education; if her...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 1310: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when it is proposed to refer the submission of Waterford Institute of Technology in regard to upgrading to university status to the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1311: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of pupils at second level who are currently accommodated in prefabricated or temporary classrooms by county; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1313: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a decision has been reached in relation to a revised proposal under the devolved grant scheme for school building in respect of a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1315: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if school placement at a school in County Kildare will be offered to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Transport
      Question 1316: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the financial assistance which will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare towards school transport costs for...
    • Education Grants
      Question 1318: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a field trip grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 1319: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in relation to school enrolments; her plans to...
    • School Transport
      Question 1321: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a primary school principal can refuse to sign a release form for a child to receive school transport to attend another local...
    • School Closures
      Question 1323: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when her Department proposes to enter into discussions with the patrons of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11, which is due to...
    • School Transport
      Question 1324: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the drivers of all school buses, including those in service prior to the enactment of the legislation, have been put through the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1327: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on approving funding for an extension to a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork, which has had to hire...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 1330: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the improvements which have been made to lower the teacher pupil ratio in classrooms in view of the ratio here being above EU...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 1331: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools, itemised on a county basis, that received funding under the DEIS programme for the academic year 2005 to 2006; the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1332: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not entitled to a greater number of resource teaching hours in view of the...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 1333: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will investigate the reason no response issued from her to correspondence dated 5 July 2006. [29283/06]
    • Census of Population
      Question 1334: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if figures released by the Central Statistics Office in July 2006 via the Census 2006 Preliminary Report will be used by her...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 1335: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will meet with a group of parents regarding the proposed amalgamation of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; when...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 1336: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many primary schools here have had their National Education Psychological Service...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 1337: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the resources and facilities will be provided to schools to ensure a minimum of two and a half hours physical education in first...
    • School Transport
      Question 1338: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding the provision of school transport to pupils in a school outside their catchment area, where a number of...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 1339: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on correspondence she received (details supplied) regarding the intended use for a site at Rathcoole, County Dublin; if, in...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 1340: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the statutory instruments, including reference numbers signed by her under the Children's Act 2001; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1341: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the OECD report which shows Ireland's percentage of GDP spent on secondary level education to be higher only than the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1342: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the additional teaching hours available to a profoundly deaf student (details supplied) to assist them in their leaving certificate...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1343: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects to grant approval for the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Waterford to...
    • State Examinations
      Question 1344: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 20 June 2006, her plans to introduce physical education as an examination subject at...
    • Schools Funding
      Question 1345: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 491 of 20 June 2006, the steps she is taking to address the issue of equity in relation to...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 1346: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the Sections and sub-Sections of the Children's Act 2001 coming under the remit of her Department that have not commenced; and the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1347: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when progress will be made in the construction of the new community college in Athy; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 1348: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the amalgamation of two secondary schools (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 1349: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 483 and 484 of 7 February 2006, the position in relation to discussions with the school...
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      Question 1350: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will instruct the vocational educational committees to increase childcare grants to VTOS participants to a more reasonable...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 1351: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review enrolment policy in respect of primary schools in County Kildare which in areas of population growth militates...
    • Bullying in Schools
      Question 1353: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans, to combat alleged increased incidents of school bullying; if she has received indications of bullying of pupils or...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1354: To ask the Minister for Education and Science to indicate the extent to which progress has been achieved in relation to alleviation of accommodation requirements at a school...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1356: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she expects to be in a position to increase teaching staff numbers at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1358: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date in regard to an application for extra facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1365: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she has taken to improve the pupil/teacher ratio in the most affected schools in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1366: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she has taken or proposes to take to ensure ready and available access for children at primary and second level whose...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1368: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress over the summer period regarding the opening of the special autism unit at a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1369: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date regarding the provision of extra facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if tender...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1376: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of prefabs currently in use by primary schools and post-primary schools in County Tipperary; and the number of learners...
    • School Transport
      Question 1377: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on exempting students with individual medical cards from charges associated with school bus tickets; the number of students...
    • Adult Education
      Question 1378: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on substantially increasing the financial supports available to adults returning to education, in view of the fact that...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1379: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position on an extension project at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the school authorities have responded to...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1385: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) cannot apply for the higher education grant; if her attention has been drawn to the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 1386: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the situation where there are 36 students in a class at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and the steps she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1387: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the situation where her Department is using millions of euro of taxpayer's money fighting parents in the courts who are...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 1388: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when will she sanction funding applied for by a school (details supplied) in County Carlow for the installation of a sewerage supply...
    • Education Provision
      Question 1389: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the Plan for Educational Provision for the East Meath/North Dublin/South Louth area will be published; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1390: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be made available for the provision of four extra classrooms to a school (details supplied) in County Carlow; and...
    • School Evaluations
      Question 1391: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will conduct an independent inquiry of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo on the problems that currently exist there....
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1393: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a review can be undertaken in the application for an educational grant in the name of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      Question 1396: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the VTOS training bonus requirements to include time spent on FÁS programmes as counting towards the twelve month...
    • Scéim Tógála Scoile
      Question 1397: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir leis an iarratas ó Ghaelscoil Philib Barún, Trá Mhór, Contae Phort Láirge, ar fhoirgneamh...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1398: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason speech therapy services have not been provided for all students requiring it at a centre (details supplied) for two years;...
    • Adult Education
      Question 1400: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for the development of the further education sector; the recommendations in the McIver Report which have been implemented...
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      Question 1401: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a student (details supplied) who has paid privately for third level education in 2000/01 and obtained a...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 1402: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress being made to ensure that the physical education facilities at a school (details supplied) are opened to the public; and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1403: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on contacts with South Dublin County Council in respect of the need for new school accommodation in the Tallaght...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1405: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a favourable decision on a person's (details supplied) higher education grant in view of their circumstances; and if...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1407: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason parents are obliged to queue for days and nights outside a school (details supplied) in County Dublin at the beginning of...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 1408: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students at junior and senior cycle in secondary schools in classes of 30 or over; the numbers at junior and senior...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1410: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of empty or available classrooms currently available at all primary and secondary schools; if she will provide this...
    • In-service Training
      Question 1411: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount expended on in-service training for teachers of mathematics at leaving certificate level for each year since 2000; the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 1417: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary and secondary schools with broadband connection, itemised on a county basis; the amount expended on bringing...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 1418: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of funding available to primary and secondary schools for the purchase of information technology equipment; the amount...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 1419: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of pupils who enrolled in junior infants in ordinary classes in September in the years 2003, 2004 and 2005 respectively;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1420: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a design team has been appointed for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and the status of...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 1423: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the current recruitment process for educational psychologists has been completed; and the number of educational psychologists that...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1424: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the national schools which appealed their mainstream staffing levels for the 2006/2007 school year; the criteria under which they...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has concluded the examination of the long term enrolment needs of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the school...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 1427: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 656 of 6 July 2006, she will request schools to provide the number of pupils in each class...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1429: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the implementation report in relation to commencing the relevant sections of the Education for Persons with Special Educational...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 1430: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the present enrolment in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the numbers of pupils in each class in the school; the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1432: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the need for the provision of three extra classrooms in 2006 and five extra classrooms in 2007 for the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1433: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason residence in Northern Ireland is considered a disqualification in applying for student support grants; and if this policy...
    • Home Schooling
      Question 1434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way in which continuity in home tutoring will be maintained following changes in criteria she made in recent months. [30115/06]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1435: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of progress regarding the provision of a new primary school development in Passage West, County Cork. [30128/06]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide information regarding the accommodation situation at a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [30133/06]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1440: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress towards the provision of the extension to a school (details supplied); her views on whether this is an acceptable...
    • School Catchment Areas
      Question 1441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of applications for modifications to school catchment boundaries she has received from educational interests in each...
    • School Transport
      Question 1442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received a full report in relation to a school transport arrangement for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 1443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will intervene on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Laois who is unable to obtain a place in first class in...
    • School Transport
      Question 1444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason school transport on a concessionary only basis has been granted to a family (details supplied) in County Kerry; if her...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 1445: To ask the Minister for Defence his proposals to reduce the height restriction for female Defence Forces recruits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28342/06]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 1446: To ask the Minister for Defence the reasons for the continued delay in awarding pension increases, including one third of the national wage agreement and 25 per cent of the total...
    • Hearing Impairment Claims
      Question 1447: To ask the Minister for Defence the status of a claim relating to army deafness for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Census of Population
      Question 1448: To ask the Minister for Defence if figures released by the Central Statistics Office in July 2006 via the Census 2006 Preliminary Report will be used by his Department for any...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 1449: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the decentralisation of his Department to Newbridge; if the land has been acquired; the number of officials that have agreed...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      Question 1451: To ask the Minister for Defence the present strength of the Defence Forces; the number of women in the Defence Forces; the number of new recruits recruited in the past year; and...
    • Representative Organisations
      Question 1452: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of organisations that his Department recognises as being representatives of retired personnel of the Defence Forces; if an organisation...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 1453: To ask the Minister for Defence the position of the taking in charge of Orchard PR Curragh by Kildare County Council; the date of same; the work that his Department intends to...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Rental Accommodation
      Question 1455: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of candidates who are currently being assessed, or have been assessed with a view to...
    • Water Safety
      Question 1456: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedure to obtain funding for the provision of safety life buoys that are provided adjacent to rivers,...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1457: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will send the final agreement for the Kiltimagh sewerage scheme, County Mayo, to Mayo...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 1458: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he proposes to introduce a grant scheme to allow local authorities to put in wood pellet burners in local...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 1459: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which a discrepancy arose in the figures which he published for housing completions in 2005; the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1460: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when approval will be given to proceed with a tender under a serviced land initiative for the provision of a...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 1461: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take regarding the burning of fossil fuels which could see global temperature increasing...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1462: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to raise the level of disabled person's grant to a level in line with construction costs; and...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 1464: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will investigate the general problem of noise pollution caused by house alarms that are frequently...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1465: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether quarry owners or operators should be obliged to obtain a licence to operate; and if he...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1466: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Kildare will commence construction. [28518/06]
    • Fire Stations
      Question 1473: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposals he has in regard to the full implementation of the recommendations of the Farrell Grant Sparks...
    • Archaeological Sites
      Question 1474: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 22 March 2006, if he has received the final report of the...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 1475: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason his Department does not intend to purchase a blanket bog from a person (details supplied) in...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 1477: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a national waiver scheme for refuse services, in conjunction with the Department of...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1478: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grants or options available to a person to have central heating installed into their home which they...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1479: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people on the Dublin City Council area housing waiting list for the northside of Dublin....
    • Deed of Transfer
      Question 1480: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties encountered by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1481: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding has been allocated by his Department for the provision of 37 housing units and community...
    • Election Management System
      Question 1482: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will use the powers available to him to vary, by ministerial order, the spending limits for general...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1483: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Galway; the area it will service; when...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 1498: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding given to a local authority (details supplied) for the restoration of old houses and listed...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1499: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans his Department has to provide funding to local authorities to allow the authorities provide grants...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 1500: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his attention has been drawn to the fact that landlords who engage the services of letting agents or...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 1501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he proposes to undertake in order to reduce the number of charity bags that are currently being...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 1502: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount which was spent on housing aid for the elderly in 2005. [28994/06]
    • Climate Change
      Question 1503: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to deal with flooding problems likely to arise from global warming and the consequent rising...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1504: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount offered or sought by Kildare County Council in respect of group water schemes; the number of such...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1505: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the basis on which it is felt that residents of an estate (details supplied) in County Kildare, whose homes...
    • House Prices
      Question 1507: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he is taking to reduce house prices for first time buyers, particularly in the Greater Dublin...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 1508: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a list of the 125 rivers known to host the fresh water pearl mussel Margaritifera...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 1509: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if people who live temporarily in Dublin for work purposes, but regard their parents' home in Mayo as their...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1510: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the stage of the application for an upgrade of a system (details supplied) which was submitted to his...
    • EU Directives
      Question 1511: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if construction companies are currently complying with the requirements of the building energy rating, due...
    • Water Services
      Question 1512: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on a situation in Cork City where Cork City Council is charging schools for...
    • Census of Population
      Question 1513: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if figures released by the Central Statistics Office in July 2006 via the Census 2006 Preliminary Report...
    • Housing Policy
      Question 1514: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is envisioned that representatives of local authorities will become directors of the management...
    • Road Safety
      Question 1518: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans his Department has to provide funding for the provision of solar powered speed indicators on all...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1519: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses built and allocated for tenancy by Kildare County Council, Athy Town Council and Naas...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 1520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of shared ownership loans agreed and drawn down through Kildare County Council, Naas Town Council...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1521: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of tenant purchase agreements entered into between tenants and Kildare County Council, Athy Town...
    • Election Management System
      Question 1525: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost to his Department of the storage of the e-voting machines in Kildare for each of the past three...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1528: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 557 of 5 July 2006, the status of these regional water schemes; when...
    • Archaeological Sites
      Question 1530: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 20 June 2006, the status of the conservation study of the...
    • Water Quality
      Question 1531: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 31 May 2006, if he has received the results of the pilot...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 1532: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 822 of 6 July 2006, his plans to extend the local authorities pilot...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 1533: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 8 June 2006, his plans to review the funding for architectural...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 1534: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 31 May 2006, if the survey has been carried out on a plot...
    • Provision of Allotments
      Question 1535: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the policy of his Department in relation to providing allotments or plots via county council's to allow...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 1537: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the data which is now available in relation to the overall expenditure by local authorities on the disabled...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 1539: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to provide a new fire station in Tallow, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 1541: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the rationale for charging consumers an environmental charge on electrical goods in the case of consumers...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 1549: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on contacts with South Dublin County Council in respect of the need for works on the...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 1550: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the actions being taken to ensure the effectiveness of the voting register now being prepared for next years...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      Question 1552: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that approval will be given to South Dublin County Council to proceed with the estate...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 1553: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount by which Ireland will exceed the EU target on greenhouse gas emissions in 2010; and if he will...
    • Telecommunications Masts
      Question 1554: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a mobile phone mast has been placed within 15 yards of a...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 1556: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding available from his Department to local authorities to allow them to remove asbestos within local...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1557: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding funding for the remedial works scheme for a housing estate (details supplied); and if...
    • Cúrsaí Pleanála
      Question 1558: To ask the Aire Comhshaoil, Oidhreachta agus Rialtais Áitiúil i bhfianaise chinneadh an Bhoird Pleanála maidir le caomhnú na Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht, an bhfuil sé i gceist ag...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1559: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding which will be allocated to local authorities for home improvements for local authority houses...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1560: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve a sewerage scheme (details supplied). [29975/06]
    • Local Government Act
      Question 1561: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will issue regulations under the Local Government Act 2001 to allow, by order, the establishment of...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1562: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has approved the contract documents for a sewerage scheme (details supplied). [29990/06]
    • Driving Licences
      Question 1565: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish from the national driver file the number of drivers that currently stand as qualified;...
    • Fire Service
      Question 1566: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that the fire service throughout the country is adequately resourced to be able to deal...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 1567: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the actions he intends to take on foot the recent Joint Committee on the Environment and Local Government...
    • Water Quality
      Question 1568: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if consideration has been given within his Department for making the local authority responsible for water...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 1569: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action his Department intends to take against local authorities that have conducted no inspections of...
    • Local Authority Boundaries
      Question 1570: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received a request to extend the Cork city boundary. [30126/06]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 1572: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which section 25 of the Local Government Planning and Development Act 1976 and section 25 of...
    • Housing Regulations
      Question 1575: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reply received from Fingal County Council to his request for information in circular PD/106 as issued in...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 1577: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is a grant mechanism available to a person who wishes to set up a recycling business for window...

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