Written answers
Tuesday, 10 October 2006
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Fraud
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will make a statement on the progress of Operation Gull aimed at curbing cross-Border social welfare fraud. [31739/06]
- Pension Provisions
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to address the shortfall in credits that many women face due to past discriminatory regulation where married women had...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the record 79,000 people who have asked his Department in 2006 for assistance with the costs of sending their...
- Family Support Services
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the 20% increase in the number of lone parents accessing the services of a lone parent organisation in 2005; and if...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he expects to be in a position to extend the carer's allowance to cover the full extent of those providing care; and if he...
- National Women's Strategy
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the contribution his Department has made towards the development of a national women's strategy; and if he will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by the Comptroller and Auditor General regarding the rapid rise in the...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the proposals put forward by CORI in its socio-economic review 2006 as they relate to his Department's...
- Budgeting Advice
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the support he has given to the Money Advice and Budgeting Service in view of the concerns expressed by the organisation that...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the assertion made in a newspaper (details supplied) that many people are applying for disability rather than...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he will take to improve Ireland's EU rating regarding spending and services for claimants of disability and sickness...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will elaborate on the opinion of the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice in the case of the European...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on making all qualified adult payments directly to the qualified adult automatically; and if he will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if payments have been restored to all parents who recently had their child welfare halted when his Department became aware it...
- Pension Provisions
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps his Department is taking to bring unregulated areas of occupational pensions such as income continuance plans under...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will make a statement on the work and progress of the interdepartmental implementation working group which was set up to...
- Social Insurance
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether the employee PRSI ceiling is regressive as those over the ceiling pay a smaller proportion of gross income in...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made in discussions with the EU Commission regarding the possibility of providing free travel passes to Irish...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the research his Department has undertaken into rural poverty; his views on introducing new initiatives to combat rural poverty in...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the introduction of a cost of disability payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31848/06]
- Budget Submissions
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has received the pre-budget submission from the national one parent family organisation, One Family; his views on the ten...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he agrees with the views of the Combat Poverty Agency (details supplied) that there have been problems regarding the effective...
- Pension Provisions
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views of the comments of the Pensions Ombudsman on page 23 of his Annual Report 2005 regarding a more sinister use of section...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on a national advertising campaign to promote greater awareness of social welfare entitlements, similar to the campaign...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent study from the Combat Poverty Agency which shows that the increasing levels of...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated increase in the cost of welfare claims in 2007 arising from the entitlement of EU migrant workers to the new child...
- Pension Provisions
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will make a statement on the recent annual report of the Pensions Ombudsman. [31734/06]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he intends to take to ensure that people on low incomes or dependent on social welfare payments will be able to meet...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on introducing a refuse waiver scheme as part of the household benefits package as the payment of refuse collections is...
- Pension Provisions
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the recent report he received from the Pensions Board (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the uptake in the farm assist programme; the cost to the Exchequer of each participant in the programme; and the financial...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on recent figures produced by the Central Statistics Office showing that expenditure on social protection here at 15.9%...
- Pension Provisions
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the assertions of the Pensions Ombudsman to the Joint Committee on Social and Family Affairs on 25 July 2006, that...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the need for an increase in the fuel allowance in view of the increases in electricity and gas prices. [31812/06]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to review the means test in order to waive part of a non-contributory old age pensioner's income from land leasing in...
- Pension Provisions
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he intends to take arising from criticism by the Pensions Ombudsman of what he called the theft by employers of pension...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on concerns expressed by social welfare appeals officers regarding the number of migrant workers from EU member states...
- Pension Provisions
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the situation whereby many companies with defined benefit pension schemes are unilaterally...
- National Carers Strategy
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the advances which have been made in relation to the development of a national carers strategy. [31791/06]
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the basis on which he believes that figures from the EU and the Central Statistics Office showing that up to one fifth of the...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on extending the household budget package, including the free travel scheme to polio survivors here; and if he will make...
- Social Welfare Fraud
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether anti-fraud measures operated by his Department are adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the revelation of the St. Vincent de Paul organisation that it will in 2006 spend a record €34 million on helping...
- Departmental Research
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the status of the NESC research into the development of a second tier payment targeted at children from low income families; and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reasons free travel pass holders are discriminated against regarding the purchase of rail tickets; the efforts he or his...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the recent annual report of the Social Welfare Appeals Office; his further views on the fact that 47% of all appeals...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason rural and urban free transport pass holders are not governed by the same guidelines; and if he will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of children for whom child benefit was claimed in each year since 2004; if there is a discrepancy between this figure...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Civil Registration Services
Question 205: To ask the Taoiseach the number of couples who were married in civil ceremonies at the Registry Office in Cork in each of the years 2002 to 2005. [31883/06]
- Unemployment Levels
Question 206: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide the live register figures for each of the areas of Ballinrobe, Claremorris, Ballyhaunis, Castlebar, Westport and Ballina, County Mayo for...
- Departmental Staff
Question 207: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons currently employed in his Department whose status has changed to that of disabled since the commencement of their employment with his...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Proposed Legislation
Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals in relation to drafting legislation to allow for a property services regulatory authority; when...
- Garda Investigations
Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the case of a person (details supplied). [31508/06]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason there has been no progress report produced by the Commission on Status of People with Disabilities...
- Crime Prevention
Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community alert schemes in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Citizenship Applications
Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is permissible for a person who has applied for naturalisation to leave the State for short periods...
- Crime Prevention
Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the breakdown of figures for the surrender of weapons under the current weapons amnesty; his views on the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí, of each rank, based in each Garda station in the north Tipperary area for the years...
- Departmental Staff
Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons currently employed in his Department whose status has changed to that of disabled since...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people who applied for the Garda Reserve in County Galway; the number of successful applicants;...
- Residency Permits
Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for long-term residency and an exemption from employment permit requirements will be...
- Drug Seizures
Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda believe that other drug shipments have been, or were attempted to be, smuggled into Weston...
- Residency Permits
Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for long-term residency by a person (details supplied); and if same will be...
- Garda Operations
Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the total expenditure of Garda resources on event control and management at Croke Park for the year 1 October...
- Refugee Status
Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the present circumstance of an application to remain in the State on humanitarian grounds by a person...
- Court Procedures
Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a warrant was issued to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary for non-payment of a fine,...
- Garda Stations
Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide details of all Garda stations which do not have e-mail facilities; and his plans to...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for dual citizenship by a person (details supplied) in County...
- Garda Stations
Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations by county that operate on a 24 hour basis; if he will extend this number; if so,...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on increasing the number of civil servants working within An Garda Síochána in order to enable...
- Equality Issues
Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recent ruling of the European Court of Justice in the matter of pay for women in the context...
- Family Reunification
Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding an application for family unification which was made in July 2005 by a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is expected that a decision will be maderegarding an application for naturalisation made by a person...
- Road Safety
Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when will the contract for the operation of speed cameras in the state be awarded; when it will be...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when closed circuit television cameras will be installed at Ennis town centre; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 239: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for permanent residency for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if...
- Garda Deployment
Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community gardaí attached to each Garda station in Lucan, Ronanstown, Ballyfermot, Clondalkin...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he had access to or has seen copies of the second Moriarty tribunal; and if he will clarify the matter....
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the level of enforcement of the ban on the use of hand-held mobile phones by drivers...
- Garda Investigations
Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the disquiet of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly in relation...
- Visa Applications
Question 244: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the case of an application for a visitors visa by a person (details supplied); the stage the...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 245: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason no response issued from An Garda Síochána to this Deputy's representations for a person (details...
- Garda Operations
Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of additional Garda hours provided in Lucan under Operation Anvil and the results achieved under...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for naturalisation will be approved; and...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 251: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 3 October 2006, the reason the person (details supplied) in...
- Department of Finance
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce an independent system of merit based appointments to the estimated 500 public bodies that currently exist with diversity of...
- Road Safety
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the provision of lighting for Clare Abbey to enhance its night time view in view of the fact that the route of the new Ennis bypass...
- Flood Relief
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the Office of Public Works to call to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in relation to a flooding problem created by...
- Tax Code
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on introducing tax relief for parents who incur costs engaging educational supports, including extra tuition, for children with dyslexia,...
- Public Private Partnerships
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Finance if the substantial investment of taxpayers' money in public private partnerships such as school building and roads development, will be opened to...
- Pension Provisions
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that widows who left the Civil Service under the marriage ban who now rejoin are being confined to the...
- Tax Code
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the delays in the Office of the Revenue Commissioners regarding the repayment of overpaid taxes. [31882/06]
- State Property
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the sale of the site of Quin Garda station in County Clare to a voluntary housing association in the village in order that suitable...
- Public Service Staff
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of people with disabilities currently employed in the public sector. [31970/06]
- State Property
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works are in negotiations or intend to be in negotiations with the owners of a building (details supplied) in County...
- Tax Yield
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on using the €1.8 billion in additional tax revenue received up to September 2006 to fund youth projects and other sport funding needs,...
- National Development Plan
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Finance the profile of actual expenditure and expenditure versus profile in the Border midlands western region in the national development plan to June...
- Pension Provisions
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to receive the report of the working group on possible changes to the public service spouse's and children's pension schemes; and if...
- Public Transport
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans the Office of Public Works have to introduce bus routes through the Phoenix Park, Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Service Allowances
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has been refused the domiciliary allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
- Hospital Services
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason Blanchardstown Hospital has an ultrasound but no mammogram test available requiring patients under investigation for breast...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence from the Drogheda Community Drugs and Alcohol Forum; the measures she will take to address their...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans for a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if it is still intended to change this into a step-down facility for the...
- Health Services
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to provide a State-run treatment and after care centre in the north-east region for drug abusers and alcoholics; when...
- Health Repayment Scheme
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for payment of moneys due under the national repayment scheme by a person in County Limerick....
- Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding being provided to ensure the Irish Osteoporosis Society's continued viability; the reason half the funding the society...
- Health Services
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the Department's estimates of the number of children who suffered irreversible damage to their teeth, gums and faces following the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of disabled persons currently employed in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31545/06]
- Garda Investigations
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Garda inquiries in respect of Leas Cross Nursing Home have concluded following the complaint sent to the Garda Commissioner...
- Nursing Home Investigations
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she, her Department, of any third party made a referral to An Bord Altranais in respect of the professional conduct of nurses...
- Health Reports
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the final report of the Coombe Women's Hospital Study of Alcohol, Smoking and Illicit Drug Use, 1988-2005. [31565/06]
- Hospital Services
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 has to wait until 2007 for a hospital appointment at Beaumont Hospital; and if...
- Health Promotion
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects folic acid to be added to foodstuffs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31586/06]
- Health Services
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be assessed for orthodontic treatment. [31587/06]
- Medical Cards
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in County Kerry currently in possession of a full medical card; the number currently in possession of a general...
- Ambulance Service
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the directive she has issued to the north-western area of the Health Service Executive with regard to the payment of fees demanded for...
- Hospital Services
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene with Sligo General Hospital on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 with long-term residential care and assist their family in this matter....
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, further to a previous parliamentary question and an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, she will...
- Community Care
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the work of the public health nurse has increased but the staffing levels have not; if...
- Health Services
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding the provision of a national rehabilitation service which was originally proposed for St. Mary's Orthopaedic...
- Cancer Incidence
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of deaths by cancer in County Mayo; the breakdown by areas and towns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31707/06]
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person originally from the Health Service Executive western area and now resident at a private nursing home in County Kildare is...
- Ambulance Service
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that provision is made in the health estimate for the provision of a 24 hour ambulance service for Killarney, County...
- Hospital Services
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of women awaiting a mammogram at Kerry General Hospital; the number of women in County Kerry awaiting a mammogram at Cork...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that provision is made in the health estimates for the provision for the payment of the Cúram home care grant to...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of a new community hospital for Dingle, County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the roll-out of BreastCheck to the south and west of the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 318: 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...
- Hospital Services
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with hip surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Cards
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of elder abuse officers currently in the State; their locations; the number of designated elder abuse officer posts; the...
- Civil Registration Service
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the public will be able to avail of the opportunity of conducting a civil marriage in places other than a registry office as...
- General Practitioner Co-operatives
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when will a new doctor be appointed to an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31885/06]
- Care of the Elderly
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will assist persons (details supplied) as a matter of priority. [31886/06]
- Hospital Services
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will get an outpatients appointment in Cork University Hospital. [31887/06]
- Health Services
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will grant an extra two hours home help to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the review of all outpatient urology waiting lists at Mayo General Hospital has taken place as stated on 17 July 2006; if so, the...
- Health Services
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to increase resources or provide funding for assistance, such as interpreters, information technology or personal...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the definition of at-risk groups in respect of qualification for free influenza vaccinations; the changes to the qualifying criteria for...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of requests for access to drug treatment programmes currently before her Department; the average waiting time taken to...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has a fund available to help community and voluntary groups to provide portable defibrillators to these groups and...
- Health Services
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has plans to provide respite to carers on one night at the home basis to allow carers the opportunity to...
- Suicide Incidence
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the actions which are being put in place to ensure the accurate monitoring of the target to reduce the suicide rate by 20% by 2016, as...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare who is currently on the waiting list for a bed in St. Joseph's Hospital will be...
- Health Services
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason people applying for home care packages in County Mayo are being informed that there is not money available to provide this...
- Hospital Services
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans in place to furnish Temple Street Hospital with the computed tomography machine it needs; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Exchequer returns showing end of year returns will be approximately €2.5 billion more than expected, the percentage of...
- Hospital Services
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in the provision of a CT scanner for Ennis General hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31983/06]
- Health Services
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, arising from the work of the study group, proposals have been put forward to cater for the discrepancies in cystic fibrosis services...
- Child Care Services
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the frequency and extent of crèche inspection by the Health Service Executive throughout the country; the criteria under which crèches...
- Medical Cards
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in accordance with sections 45(3) and 45(4) of the Health Act 1970, regulations granting medical cards to home helps were approved...
- Health Services
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the provisions of section 38 of the Health Act 1970 remain in place; if responsibility for this section was transferred to the Health...
- Health Service Staff
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of paediatric cardiologists employed by the Health Service Executive; the hospitals to which they are attached; her views on...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive an appointment at Cappagh Hospital; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health Services
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding which has been provided in each of the past five years for home-help services; the basis on which this is allocated to each...
- Health Reports
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the policy implication that she has identified as a result of the publication of the report published in July 2006 by the Institute of...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average time it takes CUH gynaecological cytology service to process a smear test in 2006; the details of same for each year since...
- Health Services
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on recent reports regarding the objections of members of local communities to the establishment of methadone clinics in...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding to Downs Syndrome Ireland in line with other similar organisations; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will agree to request Sustainable Energy Ireland to review its policy of not grant aiding the purchase by...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the progress being made in the identification of the scale of problem of the zebra mussels in western lakes and...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the funding that has been made available to the respective local authorities to develop local area networks in...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had a request or application for funding for the development or restoration of Greystones Harbour,...
- Energy Resources
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the level of Exchequer spending on research and development on renewable energy he will be requesting for 2007;...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the projected cost of the greener homes scheme in 2006; and the average grant approved to date. [31943/06]
- Offshore Exploration
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether all further granting of exploration licences be suspended pending the completion of the...
- Postal Services
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the postal service is being run down as part of a plan to privatise it in view of the cutbacks to postal...
- Energy Resources
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether there is a conflict between the statement made in the Green Paper on energy that while...
- Post Office Network
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of post offices closed naturally since 2000; the number closed in County Cork; the number of post...
- Natural Gas Grid
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in view of the reference in the recently published draft energy policy that natural gas will only be...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the names of the athletes being supported for the forthcoming Beijing Olympics and the centre that they are affiliated to; and if he...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if Dublin City Council has applied for funding amounting to €22 million, or part thereof, for the development of sport and...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he will reopen the applications process for the swimming pool building and refurbishment scheme administered by his Department;...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the methodology that a person must use if the person wishes to change their employment from one employer to another if the...
- Job Creation
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created in County Cavan by IDA Ireland in each year since January 2002; and if he will make a statement...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on an application from Irish Ferries for a rebate of statutory redundancy payments made to up to 500 former staff...
- Work Permits
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position of an application for a work permit by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
- Job Creation
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in relation to people who need help with new ideas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will make a statement on recent comments from Government sources that a new FÁS training centre will be opened at a...
- Industrial Disputes
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Questions No. 257 and 258 of 28 March 2006 in relation to the need for statutory regulation and...
- Work Permits
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will intervene in an appeal against a decision not to grant a work permit for a person (details supplied), which was...
- Industrial Relations
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Glanbia has increased the cost of its products due to increased labour...
- Job Losses
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts made by his Department and agencies under his control to find a replacement industry for Ballivor and the...
- Bullying in the Workplace
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated annual cost to the economy of workplace bullying; his proposals to counter and minimise the incidence of...
- Industrial Development
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the role played by the IDA in lobbying for a particular route for the proposed metro...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a favourable decision will be made on the clothing and footwear allowance application of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent annual report of the Combat Poverty Agency which called for a systematic reform of...
- Pension Provisions
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the structure of the construction industry pension scheme; if this would be a suitable...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded and paid the respite care grant. [31497/06]
- Family Support Services
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if funding for family resource centres under the family and community services resource centre programme will be provided as part...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether mortgage allowance payments should be ceased if the property in question is put up for sale. [31896/06]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of children who have received payments in respect of the early child care supplement since its introduction; the...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his proposals to abolish the up to nine weeks disallowance of unemployment benefit which applies to workers who become redundant...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on recent Central Statistic Office figures which found that in 2004, 21% of Irish people were at risk of poverty, one of...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will provide increased funding to old age pensioners and disabled persons in order that they can afford to buy heating oil...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of recipients of the family income supplement; the extent to which this number has fluctuated in the past five years;...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on offering the free schemes to all recipients of contributory of non-contributory widows or widowers pension; and if he...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the services that are available via the Public Service broker; the future structure and plans for the operation of the project;...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a non-contributory State pensioner who earns €100 per week from insurable employment will still be entitled to the fuel...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action he intends to take, in relation to the statement in the report by the International Organisation for Migration for the...
- Department of Transport
- Disabled Drivers
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Transport the proposals he has to strengthen parking legislation to assist those in the disability sector in view of the difficulties being faced by...
- Aer Lingus Flotation
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to reports that the eight participating stockbrokers in the Aer Lingus flotation came to an agreement over...
- Road Network
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Transport the spend on national roads in the Border midlands western region as against the planned spend to June 2006 under the national development plan....
- Traffic Management
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Transport when he intends to deal with the problem in relation to match day car parking in the neighbourhoods surrounding Croke Park; the proposals which...
- Road Safety
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made in relation to the drafting of a new rules of the road booklet. [31514/06]
- Driving Tests
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Transport if he supports the automatic recognition of the Voluntary Driving Instructors Register of Ireland in relation to the proposed regulation of...
- EU Directives
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Transport if EU Directive 2003/59/EC has been implemented by his Department; the practical implications of this piece of legislation; and if he will make a...
- Air Services
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a timeframed commitment with a ring fenced budget to implement the recommendations of the mid-west tourism and economic...
- Driving Licences
Question 449: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on introducing a limited licence for persons in rural areas who are years driving on provisional licences, accident free, and who only...
- Road Safety
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some taxi drivers are refusing to carry customers with children on the basis that they do not...
- Driving Tests
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the provision of a permanent driving test centre in Killarney; the number of people awaiting a test in Killarney; and if he...
- Air Services
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will introduce a system of mandatory re-registration of aircraft purchased outside the State (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Rail Services
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Transport if he intends to provide funds to cover the cost of tackling the two tier approach on rail fares in the greater Dublin suburban services as part...
- Rail Network
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Transport if Iarnród Éireann has received further submissions from groups in Mullingar, Moate and Athlone, seeking the re-opening of the railway line...
- Road Safety
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Transport the reasons articulated trucks are not permitted to use the outside lane of a motorway for the purpose of overtaking, or for the purpose of...
- Rail Network
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has examined the feasibility of providing a railway line structure alongside the proposed restructuring on the N3/M3 from Dublin to Cavan;...
- Rail Services
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he will take regarding the issue of overcrowding on the DART service and the ventilation systems on the carriages. [31951/06]
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Transport if penalty points were put on the licences of persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath who were recently convicted of dangerous driving; and...
- Driving Tests
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Transport the waiting times by centre for driving tests; the number of new test centres that have been established; the timeframe for reduction of test...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Departmental Programmes
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the expenditure to date in 2006 for County Monaghan under the RAPID programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the expenditure from the dormant accounts fund in County Cavan since the inception of the scheme; the schemes that...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the expenditure to date in 2006 for County Monaghan under the CLÁR programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Inland Waterways
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if Meelick Weir has been cleaned of all debris; if the gates have been completely opened; and if he will make a...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Alternative Farm Enterprises
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on whether the energy crops grant needs to be increased in order to encourage a greater uptake in view of the small numbers...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress made to date in relation to the decentralisation programme to Macroom, County Cork; the numbers who have volunteered to...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department will consider the possibility of holding a public hearing on the prospects of utilising the existing facilities at...
- Grant Payments
Question 473: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding application for entitlement under the national reserve for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be assessed for farm waste management. [31622/06]
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will re-assess the early retirement pension entitlements of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a...
- EU Directives
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the plans she has for changes to the nitrates directive regarding the ploughing of land; if allowances will be made for farmers to...
- Grant Payments
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 1216 of 27 September 2006, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the person (details...
- Compensation Payments
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to address the hardship being experienced by farmers in the Shannon Callows who lost summer grazing earlier in...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has decided on a replacement for the early retirement scheme when the current scheme expires in December 2006; the schemes which...
- Milk Quota
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the situation regarding negotiations on the future of milk quotas at Irish and European level; if she will advise a young farmer if...
- Grant Payments
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo did not receive their single farm payment for 2005. [31867/06]
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action her Department has taken following the decision of the EU to request that they re-examine some of the conditions relating to...
- Department of Education and Science
- Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to the VTOS grant to attend a VTOS course and have their child's crèche...
- School Curriculum
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there has been progress by the Road Safety Authority on an educational project at secondary school level for road safety; if the...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if Waterford Institute of Technology received a funding in the recent past for the provision of bus bays and parking; if her attention...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 488: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of the 1450 building projects in primary schools sanctioned by her Department in the past two years to proceed to tender...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has formally requested that support therapies be provided by the Health Service Executive to a person (details supplied) in...
- School Transport
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on changing a school transport route (details supplied) in County Mayo to a later time in the mornings as the pupils are...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 491: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are plans in place to provide extra secondary school places in the Dublin 15 area to deal with the increase in secondary...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a permanent site and school building will be provided for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if payments to parents sending their children to privately run schools for special needs including autism are to be withdrawn; and if...
- School Enrolments
Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children who applied for a place in junior infants in 2006 in schools (details supplied) in Dublin 15 but were refused....
- Higher Education Grants
Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grants which are available to mature students returning to further education who do not live in areas covered by partnerships; if...
- School Accommodation
Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when approval will be given for the construction of extra classrooms for a school (details supplied) in County Carlow. [31509/06]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 497: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will progress the building application from a school (details supplied) as a matter of urgency; the reasons for a delay in...
- School Transport
Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason some of the contracted buses bringing children to a school (details supplied) in County Clare are not equipped with...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a planning application will be made for a proposed new school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a...
- School Insurance
Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department considers it necessary for some primary schools to take out additional pupil personal accident insurance in addition...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 502: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the decisions taken in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Galway; the proposals her Department has in relation to the...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review clause 7.6 of the higher education grant scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Clare who has previously...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average pupil teacher ratio for primary schools in each county; the ratio for each year since 2002; and if she will make a...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 507: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she will take to reduce the [i]de facto[/i] cost of schooling here in order to increase equal access to education for all...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 508: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the outstanding issues in relation to the acquisition of a new site for a new community school in Ballinamore, County Leitrim, as...
- School Accommodation
Question 509: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timetable for completion of the detailed accommodation brief for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 510: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Mayo was not included under the DEIS programme for the forthcoming period; and if she...
- School Staffing
Question 513: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing difficulties experienced by a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim regarding a...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 514: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown of primary school class sizes in County Clare showing in each case the number of pupils in classes of 19 and under; 20...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 515: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the rules regarding the use of H. Dip. students as class teachers in an unsupervised manner; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Science Education Facilities
Question 516: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount spent on school science laboratories each year for the past three years; if all school laboratories are now adequately...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 517: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in relation to an application for an extension by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal since a previous...
- School Transport
Question 518: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the breach of contract in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if, as per...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 519: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if additional funding will be considered for a building project for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make...
- School Transport
Question 520: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if assistance will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford in providing school transport; if arrangements are made...
- Third Level Education
Question 521: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects the HEA to report back to her on the issues in UCC raised by a person (details supplied); her views on the...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 522: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if financial assistance or a scholarship is available to a pupil who obtains 600 points in the leaving certificate and is ineligible...
- School Transport
Question 523: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason school buses classed as mini buses do not qualify for the incentive to upgrade these vehicles; her views on whether...
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 524: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools found by the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland to have classrooms with a radon concentration of...
- School Transport
Question 525: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether there is a need to provide a private school bus service for a school (details supplied). [31874/06]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the provision of an ABA unit for autistic children in County Clare as part of a comprehensive policy to provide such...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 529: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the need for the provision of permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if she...
- Grant Payments
Question 531: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if parents of a child with special needs who is not attending national school but is of school going age, and is attending a...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 532: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when it is expected that staff from her Department will be transferred to Mullingar as part of the decentralisation proposals; if...
- School Fees
Question 533: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the fact that some schools are increasing registration fees in view of increasing lighting, heating, refurbishment,...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 534: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is her view that the National Council for Special Education needs organisers should reply to representations from Dáil Éireann...
- Detention Schools
Question 536: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when it is expected that the operation of an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will be transferred to the Department of...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 537: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application for the building of a new school (details supplied); if she will approve the preferred site for...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 538: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will approve the amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 539: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants employed in schools in County Wexford; the breakdown of the numbers of SNAs employed in each...
- School Transport
Question 541: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a place on a school bus will be sanctioned for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 to attend a special school; and if she...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 542: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if different criteria are used in assessing all boys and all girls schools for qualification for DEIS; and if she will make a...
- School Staffing
Question 544: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools classed as over quota by her Department in the school year 2005 to 2006; the number of these which were primary...
- School Transport
Question 547: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a bus service will be re-routed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 552: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide funding to Down Syndrome Ireland in line with other similar organisations; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Summer Works Scheme
Question 553: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide funding for a project (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 554: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Reserve Defence Force Officers promoted from 1 December 2005 to date in 2006 by rank and brigade. [31556/06]
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 555: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans to restore the remediation grants scheme to assist householders to take preventative measures...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 556: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when legislation for the regulation of management companies will be enacted; and if he will make a statement...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 557: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that tenants purchasing dwellings under the tenant purchase...
- Housing Associations
Question 558: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he intends to take in relation to housing associations that are not conforming with the...
- Housing Management Companies
Question 559: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the persons who should be responsible for the maintenance of shared facilities in relation to the role of...
- Election Management System
Question 562: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the provision he has made to ensure that people working and living abroad can obtain a postal vote for the...
- Register of Electors
Question 563: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the rationale for making the edited register of electors available to commercial interests in order that it...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 564: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the Innishannon, Ballinadee, Ballinspittle and Garretstown water supply scheme;...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 567: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent to date by his Department on private consultants for their role in the implementation of...
- Environmental Policy
Question 568: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which he proposes to respond to the upcoming report of the European Environment Agency which cites...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 569: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [31805/06]
- Local Authority Staff
Question 570: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authorities that employ an archivist; the remit of such an archivist; the instruction...
- Register of Electors
Question 571: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if citizens of this State who are working and staying during weekly working days at a location here, but...
- Local Government
Question 572: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the specific outstanding issues which remain to be resolved in order to allow the creation of new town...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 574: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the revised scheme and proposals for the Achill Sound sewerage scheme; and if he will make a...
- Control of Dogs
Question 576: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that there is adequate legislation in place to protect innocent pedestrians walking their...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 577: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to a scheme (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 578: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grants available to the local authorities for the provision of central heating and remedial improvement...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 579: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on changing the LIS scheme to allow lanes belonging to individuals to be grant aided in the same...
- Housing Management Companies
Question 580: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take to ensure the recommendations of the National Consumer Association in respect of...
