Written answers
Thursday, 28 September 2006
- Department of Transport
- Road Network
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Transport when it is envisaged the Phase 2 of the M50 upgrade will commence and when it will be completed. [29703/06]
- Public Transport
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Transport when integrated ticketing will be introduced among public transport providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29756/06]
- Airport Development Projects
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason his Department has not sought the Dublin Airport Authority's cost benefit analysis in respect of the proposed runway project; the...
- Light Rail Project
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Transport when and the way in which the controversy over the possible over-grounding of metro north through Ballymun Road in Dublin 9 will be dealt with. ...
- Road Safety
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will introduce legislation requiring the daytime use of car lights, in view of the fact that an EU Directive is imminent. [29689/06]
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will legislate for a clearly delineated schedule of penalties in respect of dangerous driving offences. [29718/06]
- Rail Network
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects the feasibility study for the extension of rail line and services to Navan will commence; and his target date for making a railway...
- Public Transport
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Transport when will he deliver on his commitments and release funding for Dublin Bus to purchase 100 extra buses. [29883/06]
- Road Network
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Transport when it is envisaged that the toll barrier on the M50 will be removed. [29693/06]
- Rail Services
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will seek expert independent advice on the changing economic arguments for rail freight which, unless steps are taken soon to preserve...
- Public Transport
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is envisaged that the promised regulator for the Dublin Bus market will be based in the promised Transport Authority. [29692/06]
- National Car Test
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he has taken on foot of the mid-term review of the National Car Test service. [30053/06]
- Driving Tests
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce a statutory requirement for novice drivers to continue supervised practice and training after they have passed the practical...
- Aer Lingus Flotation
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to reports that the percentage of Aer Lingus retained by the State is 25 per cent and not 25.1 per cent as...
- National Car Test
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has made or will make arrangements to ensure that illegalities uncovered in the course of the National Car Test are communicated to the Garda...
- Airport Development Projects
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Transport the current planning status of the new terminal planned for Dublin Airport in accordance with his policy announced in May 2005; if the increased...
- Driving Instructors
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Transport if he or his Department have had discussions with the Road Safety Authority regarding the regulation of driving instructors; and the timescale he...
- State Airports
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Transport when the additional essential funding will be provided to enable Ireland West Airport, Knock develop and increase capacity as being demanded by the...
- Aviation Regulations
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that the regulation of flight time limitations is being routinely and rigorously enforced by the IAA; the basis for the...
- Road Safety
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Transport when he proposes to introduce legislation for the compulsory fitting of cyclops mirrors to all large vehicles; and if he will make a statement on...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he is taking to address the anomaly in the law whereby drivers of vehicles with non-transparent windows can flout the new law banning...
- Driving Tests
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Transport the projected demand for driving tests in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and the basis for his calculation; the projected supply of driving tests in the same...
- Rail Network
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has finished his consideration of Iarnród Éireann's business proposals in relation to phase one and two of the western rail corridor; and...
- Insurance Industry
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he has taken to ensure that reductions in insurance compensation payments are passed on to the consumer through improved car insurance...
- Road Network
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Transport the reports he has received from the National Roads Authority to date in relation to their proposal to buy out the private toll on the M50; the...
- Garda Equipment
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of plans to outsource speed cameras. [29706/06]
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he has taken to close the operational anomaly that penalty points do not appear on a driver's licence, that there is no penalty attached...
- Public Transport
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the metro west project. [30045/06]
- Air Services
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Transport his policy in relation to the establishment of a confidential reporting system for the Irish Aviation Industry; and if he will make a statement on...
- Road Safety
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied with the level of awareness among parents and drivers of the new law on seatbelts for children; the way in which this has been...
- Road Network
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Transport the contact he has had with the National Roads Authority in respect of the cost and projected opening date of the Port Tunnel; and if he will make...
- International Agreements
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of EU negotiations with the United States on Open Skies. [29704/06]
- Planning Issues
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Transport if development levies will be collected for developments situated adjacent to proposed new Metro lines; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Transport
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Transport when he intends to revise fare-zoning as operated by public sector transport companies; and the discussions he has had with these companies...
- Rail Services
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will consider either the provision of a regulator for the rail freight sector or the seeking of tenders for an operator from the private...
- Road Safety
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Transport if, following his letter to the local authorities requesting a review of existing speed limits, he is now satisfied that all local authorities have...
- Light Rail Project
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects to make a decision regarding the proposed linking of the two existing LUAS lines in Dublin City centre; when he expects to receive...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to encourage the production and use of renewable indigenous transport fuels. [29725/06]
- Legislative Programme
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Transport the reasons for his delay in extending whistleblowing legislation to all transport sectors here. [30052/06]
- Road Safety
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Transport the work of the Cabinet sub-committee on road safety; the number of times the committee has met since its establishment; the last time it met and...
- Rail Safety
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he intends to take following the publication of the report on the collapse of the Cahir viaduct. [29710/06]
- Pension Provisions
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he will take to address the deficit or deficiency in the Irish Airline General Employees superannuation scheme and to provide the...
- Cycle Facilities
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Transport the published policies his Department have on fostering and facilitating cycling; the budget allocated to such policies; and the number of staff in...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to reduce transport greenhouse gas emissions. [29726/06]
- Road Safety
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether vehicles without rear seat belts should be permitted on the road. [29690/06]
- Road Network
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Transport if a cost benefit analysis was undertaken in respect of the Port Tunnel; if so, the impact the cost and time over-runs had on this analysis; if he...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he is taking to make it easier for Gardaí to secure prosecutions for drug-driving. [30077/06]
- Road Safety
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason information on road collision rates by license status is not currently published in the annual statistics bulletin on road collisions;...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of wheelchair accessible taxis working in the Dublin area; the expected timetable for the roll-out of more vehicles; and the provisions...
- Port Development
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on the critical state of Lolo capacity at Irish ports; and when he envisages a decision on the outcome of the Fisher...
- Traffic Regulations
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Transport when the long promised national height restriction for lorries will be implemented. [29688/06]
- Light Rail Project
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has set a date for signing the railway order for the Luas Red Line Point Depot extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Road Safety
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Transport when he intends to bring all of the provisions of the Road Safety Act 2006 into force. [30061/06]
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason the Garda PULSE system and the database of penalty points have not been properly linked; and the reason a company (details supplied) is...
- Motor Taxation
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress he has made in dealing with the obstacles to imposing a punitive tax on SUVs. [29686/06]
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Transport the guidelines issued to Gardaí for the operation of mandatory alcohol testing. [29713/06]
- State Airports
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has made representations to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform to ensure that the immigration booths are adequately manned...
- Rail Network
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans Irish Rail has to construct an under or over bridge on the rail line north of Wicklow Town to facilitate the development of the port...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Transport the basis for the exemption of taxis from the new rules on child seatbelts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30055/06]
- Road Safety
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects to publish a new rules of the road booklet; his plans to improve other information for drivers on road traffic law and driver...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to ensure that non-resident drivers do not escape punishment for road traffic offences. [30044/06]
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Garda Operations
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the costs incurred on security by the Garda Síochána in relation to the holding the Ryder Cup competition;...
- Departmental Transport
Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Ministers who have taken delivery of hybrid or clean energy cars; if he has requested or...
- Garda Operations
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will request a report from the Garda authorities on the steps they are taking in response to the...
- Garda Vetting Services
Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when Garda vetting will be extended to all workers involved in the childcare sector, private and community...
- Residency Permits
Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he intends to make a decision regarding an application for permission to remain in the State made by a...
- Foreign Adoptions
Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the matter of foreign adoptions will be progressed; the reason there is an ongoing delay in processing...
- Garda Strength
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and rank of community gardaí in Store Street Garda Station, Dublin now and in September 2005; the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the moneys allocated to his Department in this year's Estimates will be fully and appropriately spent...
- Visa Applications
Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the introduction of random breath testing of motorists, he will determine and provide details...
- Legislative Programme
Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans he has to introduce a Family Law Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30258/06]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will arrange for a thorough review of the application of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 for...
- Garda Stations
Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to provide a new Garda station in Greystones, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on...
- Asylum Applications
Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Cork can remain in the State on humanitarian grounds; the status of...
- Garda Transport
Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of marked cars, unmarked cars, vans, lorries, motorbikes and other vehicles by category, currently...
- Garda Deployment
Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the Garda stations that are permanently manned, those that are temporarily...
- Garda Investigations
Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the investigation into the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to implement the remaining sections of the Children Act 2001; if he will provide a timetable for...
- Garda Deployment
Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost to the Garda of policing the Ryder Cup; and if moneys have been paid to the State by the...
- Garda Investigations
Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the request for an inquiry into the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Garda Training
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of recruit gardaí who completed their training and became full members of the Garda in each of...
- Residency Permits
Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will offer extended residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he...
- Visa Applications
Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can update their visa; and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Deployment
Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the numbers of Gardaí assigned to Coolock, Raheny and Howth Garda stations for the years 1998 to 2005 and to...
- Sale of Fireworks
Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the sections of the Criminal Justice Act, 2006 relating to fireworks are in effect and operational in the...
- Asylum Applications
Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for family re-unification in the name of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Crime Prevention
Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on progress towards the introduction of anti-social behaviour orders. [30408/06]
- Garda Operations
Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the setting up of the Garda Reserve Force. [30409/06]
- Department of Finance
- Architectural Heritage
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works will continue to retain responsibility for the maintenance of Castletown House, Celbridge; and if he will make a...
- Garda Stations
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance when the Garda Station in Leixlip will commence construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30192/06]
- Customs and Excise Service
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that Weston Aerodrome has had it classification changed, the action which has been taken to increase the frequency customs...
- Tax Code
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider in the context of the forthcoming Budget, issuing of VAT refunds for visitors attending business conferences here; and if he...
- Flood Prevention
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a report from the Office of Public Works stating the reasons the strengthening of the river wall on the Tolka along East Wall Road by...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance if the moneys allocated to his Department in this year's Estimates will be fully and appropriately spent during 2006; if he has identified any...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance the decentralisation locations where office accommodation has been found for each agency or Department; if the accommodation is of a permanent or...
- Pension Provisions
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance when approval will be given for the pension scheme proposal for primary school caretakers submitted to his Department from the Department of...
- Garda Stations
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on contacts between the Office of Public Works and South Dublin County Council in respect of an available site adjacent to the new...
- Natural Heritage Areas
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the provision of fencing at sites (details supplied) in County Kilkenny as part of the River Nore drainage scheme; if the re-seeding...
- Tax Collection
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance the full extent of information still required to determine income tax liability in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for the...
- Tax Code
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance when a refund of income tax will be made in the case of a person details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Inland Waterways
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works and the local authority concerned will clean and maintain the river bank at the rear of a premises (details supplied)...
- Department of Health and Children
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the review of the GMS GP contract and other publicly funded GP services, under the auspices of the Labour Relations Commission, has...
- Mental Health Services
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no psychological treatment available for siblings, families and partners of...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of individual care packets which were funded by the Health Service Executive for people with intellectual disability to live...
- Departmental Staff
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of employees in her Department for the years 1996-1997, 1997-1998, 19999-2000, 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005,...
- Mental Health Services
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of houses in the community bought by the Health Service Executive as part of the transfer programme from psychiatric...
- Hospital Services
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a rheumatology department will be established at Mayo General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30201/06]
- Screening Programmes
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce screening of B Strep infection for pregnant women, in view of the fact that this is a silent killer of unborn...
- Health Services
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action her Department is taking to help create a public awareness of osteoporosis which is both preventable and treatable and in...
- Departmental Funding
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action her Department is taking to provide financial assistance to enable the Irish Osteoporosis Society to continue in operation;...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the current trend of cancellation of the majority of surgical operations being cancelled at Mayo General Hospital in order to clear...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if subvention will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30206/06]
- Departmental Estimates
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the moneys allocated to her Department in this year's Estimates will be fully and appropriately spent during 2006; if she has...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the National Cervical Cancer Screening Service will be instituted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30247/06]
- Health Services
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she intends to invest to a greater extent in cardiovascular health services following research which found that Ireland spends the...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that breast cancer is a terrible killer, that health care apartheid exists in this country, that 260 more women...
- Parliamentary Questions
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 25 April 2006 remains unanswered by the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Services
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will increase the funding available to Roscommon and Mayo Hospice for the provision of palliative care services; and if she will...
- Medical Cards
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person who holds a full medical card will have the nursing home costs covered for the first two weeks after surgery taking into...
- Health Service Staff
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the basis for determining the basic qualifying criteria for recruitment to the community welfare grade; and the reason those without a...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an application under the housing aid for the elderly scheme in the name of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Health Service Staff
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the locations of the three primary care teams for County Roscommon have been determined; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps being taken to address the backlog in audiology services; the number of adults and children currently awaiting an audiology...
- Health Service Staff
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a principal psychologist will be required for the child psychology department in County Roscommon; the reason for the delay in...
- Health Services
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will evaluate the need for a wet hostel in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30317/06]
- Grant Payments
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that arrangements are being made for the payment of a major grant to a project (details supplied) in Dublin 24.; and...
- Hospital Services
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that inadequate funding is available to deal with the situation of persons who are...
- Health Services
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the supports available to parents whose young children have been diagnosed with autism; her views on the fact that adequate facilities...
- Community Care
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to a reply to a previous parliamentary question, if the report on the area medical officer services for Rathvilly, Carlow is...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in providing new hearing aids for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite the...
- Hospital Services
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to correspondence with the Health Service Executive of 24 July 2006, if Waterford Regional Hospital has agreed to provide...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the financial contributions now being sought from residents of Health Service Executive group homes within the community is the same...
- Hospital Services
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a hip replacement operation will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [30357/06]
- Health Service Allowances
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of grant assistance given to a house (details supplied) by the Health Service Executive in each of the past five years; if a...
- Medical Cards
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card application will be re-considered in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny with a view to...
- Health Services
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when speech and language therapy will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of companies who have availed of the biofuel excise relief; the companies in question and their...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Nigerian Government are in receipt of 60 per cent of the...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the figures for biodiesel production in Ireland since 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Water Quality
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reports that have issued regarding poor water quality in Ireland's waterways in the past year; if such...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the moneys allocated to his Department in this year's Estimates will be fully and appropriately spent during...
- Marine Research
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of days the research vessels [i]Celtic Explorer[/i] and [i]Celtic Voyager[/i] spent at sea from 1...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the action he is taking to expand the accessibility of broadband outside urban centres in provincial Ireland;...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if there was a potential conflict of interest at the time of his appointment of a new chairperson to Bord...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the decentralisation of his Department to Clonakilty; the number of higher executive...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his key targets for renewable energy in the period to 2030; his targets for electricity based on renewables in...
- Fishing Vessel Licences
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in relation to a licence for a boat for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the grants schemes in place or to be introduced to provide broadband, wireless or otherwise, to main county...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the moneys allocated to his Department in this year's Estimates will be fully and appropriately spent during 2006; if he has identified...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Ryder Cup
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the costs incurred by the State in holding the Ryder Cup competition, including moneys granted to the sponsors, money spent on...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the moneys allocated to his Department in this year's Estimates will be fully and appropriately spent during 2006; if he...
- Industrial Development
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will urgently address the crisis situation in Ballina, County Mayo where the unemployment rate is twice the national...
- Job Creation
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 29 September 2004, the grant aid returned to his Department by the company;...
- Groceries Order
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the consumer here will realistically see the promised changes from the abolition of the Groceries Order; if his...
- Industrial Development
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if seed capital promised of several hundred million euro is to be made available to help the lack of regional development...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when payment of the carer's allowance will commence for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; when the arrears due will...
- Departmental Estimates
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the moneys allocated to his Department in this year's Estimates will be fully and appropriately spent during 2006; if he has...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will remove the partner or spousal income from means testing for long-term social welfare payments such as disability...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an unemployment appeal will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [30326/06]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has made his decision to award full occupational injury benefit to all sufferers of pneumoconiosis; his views on whether a...
- Department of Transport
- Rail Network
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to provide additional funding for the extension of the Western Rail Corridor; his views on whether that, logistically, this is extremely...
- Light Rail Project
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Transport when he intends to make a decision regarding the development of an over-ground connection between the two existing Luas lines in Dublin city...
- Rural Transport Services
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will put in place a public transport service in north east Galway similar to that available in south east Galway to cater for the needs of...
- Regional Airports
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received a proposal from the board of Waterford Regional Airport to extend the runway at that airport; if he will provide funding for...
- Railway Stations
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress on the provision of a new railway station on the northern side of Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30215/06]
- Road Safety
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Transport when a special roads investigation unit will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30216/06]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Transport if the moneys allocated to his Department in this year's Estimates will be fully and appropriately spent during 2006; if he has identified any...
- Road Safety
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of reported road traffic collisions in respect of a road (details supplied) in Dublin 9 in each of the past five years for which...
- Public Transport
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is intended to extend bus services to the outer boundaries of new development areas with a view to facilitating the growing population; and...
- Rail Services
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent by which it is expected to increase the use of the commuter rail services throughout County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Railway Stations
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress which has taken place over the past three months in regard to proposals to increase car parking facilities for commuters using...
- Dublin Port Tunnel
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in regard to the opening and operation of the Port Tunnel with particular reference to access to the tunnel for traffic from the M11,...
- Public Transport
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Transport the provisions which are being made in the context of Transport 21 for bus shelters, having particular regard to the tragic accidents that have...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Inland Waterways
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if warnings have been issued to a company (details supplied) regarding the need to ensure adequate pump out...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the moneys allocated to his Department in this year's Estimates will be fully and appropriately spent during 2006;...
- Teanga Ghaeilge
Question 266: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cathain atá sé i gceist aige rialacháin a dhéanamh faoi alt 9 d'Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla, 2003, lena chinntiú go...
- Grant Payments
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position of an application (details supplied) for funding from the Dormant Accounts Fund; and if he will make a...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Milk Quota
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food to make a statement on EU Commissioner Fischer's statement on the likelihood of milk quotas being eliminated after 2013. [30177/06]
- Departmental Budget
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the moneys allocated to her Department in this year's Estimates will be fully and appropriately spent during 2006; if she has...
- Direct Payment Schemes
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reasons a farmer (details supplied) in County Tipperary was not paid their correct allocation of entitlement under the single farm...
- Grant Payments
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 29 September 2004, the grant aid returned to her Department by the company; the grant aid...
- EU Directives
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the animal remedies regulations; the discussions to date with the EU on the issue; and if she will make a statement on...
- Grant Payments
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Waterford last had a suckler quota; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30294/06]
- Afforestation Programme
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a farmer can partially opt out of a forestry scheme if the farmer discovers that some of that land is required to make their farm...
- Grant Payments
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a recent decision which refused installation aid to a person (details supplied) in County Cork will re reviewed. [30296/06]
- Department of Education and Science
- Higher Education Grants
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the financial assistance available for mature students who hold an initial degree and wish to pursue a masters degree in this country....
- School Accommodation
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the school it is intended that a child (details supplied) will be accommodated in considering that they will reach the age of six in...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Mayo; when this project will progress to tender and...
- Irish Language
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will require UCD to reinstate the BA Evening Course in Irish. [30184/06]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to reduce the pupil teacher ratio in primary schools located in rapidly developing areas as identified in the Census 2006...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a location has been identified for a new second level school in the north west Kildare region, the need for which was identified in...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the promised funding announced for a sports hall at a college (details supplied) in County Mayo will be allocated immediately; and...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the moneys allocated to her Department in this year's Estimates will be fully and appropriately spent during 2006; if she has...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to correspondence (details supplied), if she will furnish a response to the queries raised; and if she will make a statement...
- School Staffing
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 222 of 8 June 2006, the status of the review of one-teacher schools; when she expects the...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) County Galway is not entitled to a top-up higher education grant in view of the fact that they...
- School Closures
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of school closures that have taken place within the Milford electoral area in Donegal within the past ten years. [30276/06]
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied). [30277/06]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made on a request from a school (details supplied) in County Limerick for a revision of its band rating in...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if outstanding issues regarding the purchase of a site proposed for a school (details supplied) in Limerick have been resolved; if the...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the provision of an extension and new gymnasium at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to a request by an organisation who are looking for a second level Irish school to be located on a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department intends to increase the investment in second level education here; if her attention has been drawn to the recent...
- Adult Education
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans her Department have to address the serious problem of adult literacy; if additional funding will be provided to implement...
- School Accommodation
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are no community facilities available and insufficient school places for the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the application of a school (details supplied) in County Cork for capital funding towards the provision of an extension...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to a situation regarding a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; and if she will intervene in the...
- Pre-School Services
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a third infant class can be created to cater for children preparing to attend an infant school (details supplied) in County Kildare...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed new school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; the timetable for construction of the said...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application to Kilkenny VEC for a grant for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be approved; if the applicant...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a report on the proposed amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if, in view of the fact that the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in providing a realistic level of funding for the provision of a new school (details supplied); if meetings between the...
- Schools Enrolment
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the overcrowding at a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if her further attention has been...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Defence if the moneys allocated to his Department in this year's Estimates will be fully and appropriately spent during 2006; if he has identified any...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 310: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the results of the review of the 5-year Action Plans on Social and Affordable Housing by county; if the...
- Water Quality
Question 311: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reports that have been issued regarding poor water quality in Ireland's waterways in the past year; if...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 312: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the moneys allocated to his Department in this year's Estimates will be fully and appropriately spent...
- Fire Stations
Question 313: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will sanction an application for funding for a fire station (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 314: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of an application (details supplied); if he will approve the project; and if he will make a...
- Waste Disposal
Question 315: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a person who has been investigated by a county council for alleged dumping will find out who reported the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 316: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps which are being taken by his Department to ensure a sewerage scheme is installed in the Achill...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 317: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a rural cottage for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be approved by his Department....
- Natural Heritage Areas
Question 318: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be issued with a top-up payment for the purchase of...
- Communications Masts
Question 319: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason mobile phone companies have been allowed to place microwave transmitters on buildings in Huntstown...
- Housing Grants
Question 320: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that those qualifying for shared ownership loans, who opt to buy...
