Written answers
Wednesday, 11 October 2006
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he has taken or proposes to take to combat job relocation to lower wage economies with particular reference to...
- Grant Payments
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 949 of 27 September 2006, the reason grant aid has not been returned to his...
- Consumer Protection
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department or any of the bodies under its auspices has engaged in a study of prices here around the time of the Ryder...
- Research Funding
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the overseer in place to monitor the success of the commercialisation fund; the return to the State on that investment; the...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a decision on the legal questions regarding the Irish Ferries application for a rebate of the statutory redundancy...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the findings of the recent Quarterly National Household Survey that productivity levels are falling, especially...
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to review the eligibility criteria for funding from county enterprises boards; and if he will make a statement on...
- Trade Licences
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of import licences issued in each year from 2002 to present; the number of export licences issued in each year...
- Equality Issues
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the percentage of registered companies having a female chief executive; if he will further report on...
- Job Losses
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will visit Tralee, County Kerry in the near future to discuss recent job losses in the town; the future action that...
- Grocery Industry
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his assessment of food price rises during the course of 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31941/06]
- Energy Policy
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the nature of his Department's input into the Government's Green Paper on energy; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the reason nine of the EU15 rank higher in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness league table; and...
- Freedom of Information
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of requests under the Freedom of Information Acts received by his Department in each year from 2002 to 2005 and...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a Bill to regulate Irish weapons exports will be introduced and the resources he will allocate for the implementation...
- World Trade Negotiations
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his view of the status of the World Trade Talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31920/06]
- Employment Rights
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans he has to ratify the 1990 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and...
- Business Regulation
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to reduce the burden of red tape on small business; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Migrant Workers
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether there is value in providing subsidies towards English language instruction for foreign nationals...
- Job Creation
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he will take to bring alternative employment to Ballivor, County Meath following the closure of the NEC plant...
- Employment Rights
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the location he proposes for the headquarters of the new Office of the Director of Employment Law Enforcement; the number of...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Government intends to act on the advice of the National Irish Safety Organisation to introduce an offence of...
- Company Closures
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the liquidation of IFI has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31910/06]
- Industrial Development
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the financial assistance involved in his Department's sponsorship of the five year expansion programme of a company (details...
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide additional funding to efficient county enterprise boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Company Closures
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the situation in regard to a company (details supplied); the agents or agencies currently investigating this matter; the...
- Migrant Workers
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his proposals relating to the opening of the labour market to citizens of Bulgaria and Romania on their accession to the...
- Science and Technology Strategy
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress to date in the implementation of the Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation 2006 to 2013; and if he...
- Bullying in the Workplace
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans he has to fully implement the report of the Expert Advisory Group on Workplace Bullying. [31647/06]
- Job Losses
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he intends to take to bring replacement jobs to Wilton, County Cork following the loss of 172 jobs at Roches...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether rising import prices in the manufacturing sector threaten the recent limited growth in the sector; and...
- Consumer Protection
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the work to date in 2006 of the Office of the Director of Consumer Affairs; if he is satisfied that...
- Pension Provisions
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans he has to enact statutory powers to the Construction Industry Monitoring Agency to enforce compliance with the...
- Trade Agreements
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will use the formal review of the Economic Partnership Agreement; if he will use his influence in Europe to stop...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the proposals he has to curb the actions of employers and companies who consistently breach health and safety law. [31649/06]
- Fair Trade Products
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress that has been made in relation to introducing Fair Trade products to his Department's offices and to setting a...
- European Council Meetings
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the proceedings and business undertaken at the last European Council of Enterprise and Industry...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the work of the Competition Authority during 2006 to date; the cases brought by the Competition...
- Export Trade
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which he intends to counteract the slowdown in export orders for manufactured goods; and if he will make a...
- Inflation Rate
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he intends to take to protect consumers and businesses from spiralling inflation; if adjustments in the budget...
- EU Directives
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the outstanding untransposed EU directives within his portfolio and the deadline for each; the number of warnings received...
- Equality Issues
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress he has made in increasing the level of workers with disabilities in the labour force. [31650/06]
- Migrant Workers
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has plans to work with other Departments to assess the impact of immigration from the ten EU accession states; his...
- Export Trade
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that Irish exports are adequately competitive on world markets; the noticeable trends with particular...
- Employment Rights
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in light of the fact that racial discrimination claims by migrant workers have more than doubled in the first half of 2006,...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if additional resources have been made available to the Health and Safety Authority to police the new regulations on the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the work in 2006 to date of the internal market unit in his Department; the main plans for this unit...
- Industrial Development
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of green field foreign direct investment which has been attracted to the Border Midland Western region in the...
- Job Losses
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he intends to take to provide alternative employment in County Limerick following the appointment of a provisional...
- Insurance Industry
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he received a request for a meeting with the European Parliament's Temporary Committee of Enquiry into the Crisis of the...
- Industrial Disputes
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in relation to the dispute between former workers at the Greencore plants and the owners of that plant; the...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the damage to Ireland's national competitiveness caused by rising energy prices; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Employment Rights
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of ministerial prosecutions which have been taken by him on behalf of the labour inspectorate for the years 2004,...
- Social Partnership
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps to be taken in relation to the agreed social partnership deal, Towards 2016; the procedure to be followed in...
- Job Creation
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he intends to take to restore employment in north Mayo and in Ballina, County Mayo in view of the fact that the...
- Employment Rights
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the statutes it is proposed that the new Office of Director of Employment Law Enforcement will have under its remit; if...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the process of decentralisation of his Department; the number of staff in his Department who have, to...
- International Trade
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Government's position regarding the proposal from the European Commissioner for Trade, Mr Mandelson, to impose tariffs...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the process of decentralisation of each agency under the vote of his Department; the number of staff...
- Business Regulation
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the World Bank currently rates Ireland below 50th in the world for hiring...
- International Trade
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the significant drop in external trade experienced in April 2006; if an analysis has been...
- Job Losses
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the statement by a person (details supplied) who has said a slowdown in the US economy could result in up to...
- Industrial Development
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will explain his decision not to subsume Shannon Development into Enterprise Ireland; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress to date in the implementation of the recommendations of the Enterprise Strategy Group; and if he will make a...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the numbers of employers prosecuted to date in 2006 for breaches of health and safety law; and the amount of fines imposed...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the National Consumer Agency will be put on a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31907/06]
- Job Creation
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the work to date in 2006 of Enterprise Ireland; the amount of new investment here being supported by...
- Equality Issues
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the take up of employer grants and schemes which support the employment of people with disabilities; the reasons for the low...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 101: To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the Northern talks. [32416/06]
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 102: To ask the Taoiseach the number of inquiries in respect of any tribunal of inquiry, commission of inquiry or investigation for which he or his Department have or have had...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Crime Prevention
Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress or status of discussions at the European Union regarding the council framework decision on...
- Garda Stations
Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will clarify the term city station status that was used in a recent parliamentary question reply in...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of children and teenagers who have been placed in adult prisons since the beginning of 2006....
- Garda Investigations
Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to a situation (details supplied); and the position in relation to this...
- Garda Operations
Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost to his Department of the increased Garda presence at Ballinaboy Shell refinery; the cost to date;...
- Garda Deployment
Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí who have been deployed in north Mayo in relation to the Ballinaboy Shell facility and...
- Garda Stations
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is expected that Mary Street Garda station, Limerick will be refurbished and fully re-staffed; and if...
- Garda Investigations
Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 539, 540 and 541 of 6 July 2006, when the investigation will be...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a closed circuit television system will be installed in Clondalkin village; when it will be operational;...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on moving another section of his Department to Clondalkin following the decentralisation to the...
- Garda Investigations
Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to a previous parliamentary question of 27 September 2006, if his attention has been drawn to the...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the level of funding currently being received by the Criminal Assets Bureau. [32395/06]
- Drug Seizures
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount and value of drugs confiscated on the northside of Dublin to date in 2006. [32399/06]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people who have been granted Irish citizenship in the past 20 years, for each year, and their...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the type of funding made available by his Department for immigrant support groups and other immigration...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is his intention to introduce strengthened hate crime legislation; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of inquiries in respect of any tribunal of inquiry, commission of inquiry or investigation for...
- Department of Finance
- Planning Issues
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that most of the case workers in the Office of the Ombudsman dealing with complaints against local...
- Industrial Development
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will meet representatives of the Irish Timber Council regarding the acquisition of a boardmill plant in Clonmel, County Tipperary; his views...
- Tax Code
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the application for mortgage interest and tax relief at source for persons (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a...
- Pension Provisions
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many people, particularly older people who have retired, may be unfairly discriminated against in...
- Tax Code
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is an impediment under EU rules of zero rating VAT on domestic utility bills; and the implications for revenue if such an action were to be...
- Garda Stations
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the situation regarding the purchase of a site for a new Garda station at Greystones, County Wicklow. [32357/06]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the most recent report of the decentralisation implementation group the status of the Government's proposal to relocate 250 Revenue staff...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of inquiries in respect of any tribunal of inquiry, commission of inquiry or investigation for which he or his Department have or have...
- Department of Health and Children
- Mental Health Services
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will allocate €90 million in 2007 towards the provision of accommodation for people who experience mental illness, both capital...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will allocate €75 million to address the residential and daily support needs of adults with significant disability residing in...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will appoint a director of hygiene control to help combat the spread of hospital infection and diseases; and if she will make a...
- Child Care Services
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding Adjournment debate of 6 April 2006 in relation to the community child-care group funding in County Limerick and...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the medical basis for the Irish cervical screening programme's recommendation that smear tests be carried out every five years; her...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding funding of the Irish Osteoporosis Society from the Health Service Executive. [32223/06]
- Health Services
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when home help hours will be reinstated to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [32224/06]
- Medicinal Products
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied with the information currently available to parents regarding the side effects of the Tamiflu injection; and if she...
- Health Services
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she intends to take to deal with the shortage of occupational therapy services in the Dublin west area; and if she will make...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason funding for the Irish Osteoporosis Society has been withdrawn; if she has received a request from the society to meet with...
- Budget Submissions
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the Carers Association in their pre-budget submission. [32322/06]
- Hospital Services
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people waiting for a colonoscopy at Tralee General Hospital, County Kerry; the average waiting period for each patient;...
- Health Services
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist a group (details supplied) in Dublin 3 particularly in relation to administrative costs and back-up staff. [32392/06]
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of inquiries in respect of any tribunal of inquiry, commission of inquiry or investigation for which she or her Department...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of people who have volunteered to decentralise to Clonakilty, County Cork, under the CAF procedure;...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the situation regarding the Kinsale gas fields; and the amount of reserve left according to the most recent...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects broadband to be rolled out to an area (details supplied) in County Carlow; if his attention has...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of inquiries in respect of any tribunal of inquiry, commission of inquiry or investigation for which...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- International Agreements
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the International Convention in the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families will be ratified; and...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of inquiries in respect of any tribunal of inquiry, commission of inquiry or investigation for which he or his Department have or...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if funding will be provided for swimming pools in Lucan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32182/06]
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of inquiries in respect of any tribunal of inquiry, commission of inquiry or investigation for which he or his Department...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will allocate €5 million in 2007 towards the mainstreaming of 1,651 participants and supervisors on related FÁS...
- Job Creation
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for business in industry to locate at the business park, Askeaton, County Limerick. [32203/06]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has made a determination on the request for additional staff made by the Office of the Director for Corporate...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position on the consolidated companies legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32205/06]
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the contacts he has had with his Northern Ireland counterpart; the issues discussed; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Small Business Forum
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made on the implementation of the Report of the Small Business Forum; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he intends amending the Carers Leave Act 2001 in order to protect carers employment rights during the period in which...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans he has to improve the competitiveness of the economy with particular reference to combating job relocation to...
- Industrial Development
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that the extent of inward investment is sufficient to maintain job creation requirements in the future;...
- Energy Policy
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans he has to develop investment and job creation in the alternative fuel industry; and if he will make a statement...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that manufacturing industry here can adequately compete with imports or on world markets with...
- Job Losses
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and location of job losses throughout County Kildare in the past five years in the manufacturing sector; the...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which adequate resources are available to FÁS for the provision of the full requirement of programmes or...
- Industrial Development
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the specific steps being taken by the IDA Ireland to promote additional industry in Waterford City and county. [32384/06]
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of inquiries in respect of any tribunal of inquiry, commission of inquiry or investigation for which he or his...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the breakdown of unemployment by age, gender and location in Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Code
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will introduce a cost of disability allowance of €40 per week for people currently in receipt of means tested social...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the backlog in processing claims for carer's allowance still exists; the number of claims which are awaiting decision; when he...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of inquiries in respect of any tribunal of inquiry, commission of inquiry or investigation for which he or his...
- Department of Transport
- Driving Instructor Register
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the letter of 26 September 2006 regarding The Driving Instructor Register of Ireland Limited. [32161/06]
- Public Transport
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of new buses that will be made available in the Lucan and Clondalkin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32235/06]
- National Conference Centre
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Transport the draft heads of terms submitted for ministerial approval on 18 May 2005, in relation to the arrangement entered into without public or...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of inquiries in respect of any tribunal of inquiry, commission of inquiry or investigation for which he or his Department have or have...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Social Employment Schemes
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of placements required and proposed through SE schemes in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide funding for a radio station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 5 October 2006, if he will publish the information he received from...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the €5 million of funding available through Pobail for integration projects, as announced in budget 2006, will...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of inquiries in respect of any tribunal of inquiry, commission of inquiry or investigation for which he or...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Pension Provisions
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a deduction of €4.91 has been made from a pension awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly by her...
- Grant Payments
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress to date on the appeal of the 2005 single payment scheme national reserve by a person (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Reports
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the actions she has taken to date to implement the recommendations in the sheep strategy group report; the steps that she intends to...
- Sheep Exports
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the tonnage of sheep meat and sheep carcasses exported to Portugal from 1 August 2006 to date the corresponding figure for 2005; and if...
- Animal Diseases
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if further progress has been made in changing the BSE testing for cattle up to 36 months; and her views on whether this is causing...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person who is in receipt of REP scheme and who has been asked to attend a training course can have a member of their family...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of inquiries in respect of a tribunal of inquiry, commission of inquiry or investigation for which she or her Department...
- Department of Education and Science
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the sports hall of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will be made available for the community; and if she will make a...
- School Staffing
Question 211: 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...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32189/06]
- Site Acquisitions
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that sites designated for schools to be built in north County Dublin are not being...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the role special educational needs organisers have in checking or prioritising places for children in ABA units; and if she will make...
- School Enrolments
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will increase the number of places available at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 in view of the waiting list; and if...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grants available to mature students studying part-time; if tax relief is available to part-time mature students; and if she will...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will carry out a full review of class sizes in Lucan and Clondalkin; the action she intends to take to reduce class sizes; and...
- Psychological Service
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she plans to make extra counselling services available to school in support of those who have been bereaved through suicide; and if...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the developments which have taken place with regard to the acquisition of a site for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the facilities which will be made available to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin in order to upgrade the building; and if...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the sports hall of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will be made available for community use; and if she will make a...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will extend the DEIS programme for disadvantage to schools (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [32202/06]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department has handed over responsibility for the decision regarding granting of extra resources for special needs to...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a building project (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if approval will be granted in the coming year; and if she...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will contact the Office of Public works in order to introduce preventative measures that will stop future flooding at a school...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [32279/06]
- School Transport
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the situation in relation to an extension of a school bus transport service for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo which...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will clarify the regulations, eligibility and procedures involving students from the 26 counties applying for and receiving...
- School Transport
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a transport grant has been withdrawn from a person (details supplied) in County...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the application for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Cork; her views on whether the...
- School Transport
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the issue of the decision to refuse free transport to a person (details supplied) in County Cork on a school bus which...
- School Accommodation
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve capital funding to provide a number of additional classrooms at a national school (details supplied) in County...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of inquiries in respect of any tribunal of inquiry, commission of inquiry or investigation for which she or her Department...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Defence the strength of the Defence Forces including personnel in training. [32356/06]
- Pension Provisions
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of people in receipt of pensions in respect of their service in the War of Independence; if such pensions are still being granted; and...
- European Council Meetings
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the informal meeting of EU Defence Ministers in Finland in early October 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of inquiries in respect of any tribunal of inquiry, commission of inquiry or investigation for which he or his Department have or have...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Grant Payments
Question 244: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will increase funding to the disabled persons grant scheme by €35 million. [32320/06]
- Parking Regulations
Question 245: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the growth in car ownership and the problems created by on street parking, he has considered...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 246: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the upgrading of a sewerage scheme at Glin, Country Limerick. [32212/06]
- Grant Payments
Question 248: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he proposes to respond to representations from a person (details supplied) in County Dublin regarding...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 249: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide this Deputy with a complete copy of a review (details supplied). [32215/06]
- Grant Payments
Question 251: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to an application by a group (details supplied) in County Offaly for a proposed...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 252: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of archivists employed under section 80 of the Local Government Act 2001; the county councils in...
- Motor Fuels
Question 253: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the level of monitoring which takes place by his Department officials to ensure that high quality fuel is...
- Planning Issues
Question 256: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the exemption of micro wind turbines, with blade diameter of 3.25 meters or less and which...
- Energy Conservation
Question 257: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the training specification for the BER inspection programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 259: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when scheme approval and approval to go to tender will be given for the foul sewer relief trunk line scheme...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 260: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of inquiries in respect of any tribunal of inquiry, commission of inquiry or investigation for...
