Written answers
Wednesday, 18 October 2006
- Department of Finance
- Customer Services
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the criticism of the Revenue Commissioner by the Institute of Taxation; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to tax incentives on private hospital developments, the number of applications which have been made under the scheme; the number of...
- Export Performance
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the medium term implication of Ireland's export performance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33221/06]
- Tax Yield
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance the level of vehicle registration tax generated each year over the past seven years; if he has received submissions for his consideration to reduce...
- Tax Policy
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance if the objectives for tax policy set out in the 2002 programme for Government remain the priorities for the last budget within which they can be...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance the circumstances in which a gift to a serving Minister will be deemed to be a conflict of interest under the purposed new amendment to rules...
- Price Regulation
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that pricing of services provided by or regulated by Government is contributing adequately in containing price pressures in the...
- Tax Yield
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of stamp duty raised from first-time buyers in the most recent year for which data is available; and the stamp duty raised from houses in...
- Tax Code
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans he has to incentivise the purchase of cars with small rather than large engines following the EPA Environment in Focus Report, 2006 citing...
- Tax Yield
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the tax revenue derived from the housing sector; his estimate of the impact on the Exchequer of a 10,000 rise in the number of new...
- Tax Collection
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he will take arising from Chapter 2.5 of the Comptroller and Auditor Generals Annual Report; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Private Partnerships
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of projects which have been considered by the NDFA for the purpose of advising or funding options and the number which are to be funded...
- Civil Service Staff
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance the individual cases of overpayments to civil servants for annual leave entitlements which they did not take during their careers; the value of the...
- Interest Rates
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that as interest rates rise, the financial institutions are not taking the opportunity to increase their margins. [33162/06]
- Pension Provisions
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proposals of the Irish Association of Pension Funds in relation to the tax on ARF's, that the ARF and AMRF retirement options be...
- Tax Policy
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the potential for taxation to play a role in promoting energy efficiency. [33161/06]
- Customs Service
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed by the Revenue Commissioners who have been appointed to Customs and Excise enforcement roles at airports, ports and...
- Tax Yield
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Exchequer returns for the first nine months of 2006. [33095/06]
- Pension Provisions
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the options for pension reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33171/06]
- Price Inflation
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the circumstances that have seen the annual rate of inflation double in a 16 month period. [33193/06]
- Customer Services
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent NESF calls for the Government to regularly monitor and report on the standard of public services and to make these reports...
- Tax Policy
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the implications for the Exchequer of a reform of stamp duty arrangements that would exclude first-time buyers from having to pay stamp...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to introduce legislation amending the Credit Union Act 1997 in view of the concerns raised by the Irish League of Credit Unions and...
- Tax Yield
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance if the increase in receipts in stamp duties to date in 2006 has been anticipated; and his plans to reduce reliance on this tax. [33195/06]
- Interest Rates
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the implications for the economy here of the recent quarter point increase in interest rates announced by the European Central Bank;...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the findings of the annual review of the Irish economy by the IMF published in August 2006; if he will heed their...
- Tax Policy
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the introduction of tax on windfall gains from planning decisions comparable to the planning gain supplement tax introduced by...
- Value for Money Reviews
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the proposals for value for money reviews being put forward by Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- National Development Plan
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance the schedule of presentation of programmes under the national development plan. [33169/06]
- Public Private Partnerships
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance if progress has been made in drawing down pension reserve moneys for the funding of PPP projects. [33168/06]
- Tax Policy
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to reduce, amend or abolish stamp duty for first time or other categories of house buyer in line with the views expressed by his...
- Tax Collection
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he will to take arising from Chapter 2.2 of the Comptroller and Auditor General's Annual Report; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage increase in gross current supply services in each of the next three years which are consistent with Government fiscal strategy....
- Pension Provisions
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether legislation is needed to amend the National Pension Reserve Fund after the revelation that the fund has invested in companies...
- Performance Indicators
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance if any Department failed the end of 2005 deadline for the development of performance indicators set out in his Department's recent report on a new...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance if issues regarding the proposed site for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick have been clarified to the satisfaction of the Office of...
- Tax Collection
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the dependence of the Government on revenue generated from taxes related to construction and consumption. [33227/06]
- Tax Code
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts which have been made to overcome the problem of VAT being charged by commercial suppliers of home care packages; if persons who have had...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in regard to the decentralisation programme announced in budget 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33205/06]
- Forensic Laboratories
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm reports that the Office of Public Works plan to develop a forensic lab at Garda Headquarters; the estimated cost of constructing...
- Tax Yield
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the basis on which forecasts of capital tax are made by his Department; and the assumptions in respect of the number of taxable transactions and the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 23 May 2006, the number of people who have indicated their desire to decentralise to Youghal in the...
- Customs Service
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent drugs seizure from a flight that left from Weston Executive Airport in County Kildare; his further views on the lack of...
- Tax Yield
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue expected to accrue to the Exchequer in terms of excise duties and VAT arising from the recent 34% increase in gas...
- Price Inflation
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he intends to take to protect consumers and business owners in view of the continuing rise of inflation; the inflation rate the...
- Tax Yield
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected rise in income tax receipts in 2007 as a result of termination of SSIAs; and if these moneys are being allocated to particular...
- Tax Code
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance the property based tax reliefs for which no termination date has been set; and if he has requested any reviews of these or other reliefs by the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the National Pensions Reserve Fund. [33103/06]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of the proposed decentralisation moves announced in December 2003, in respect of which no property solutions have yet been identified....
- Customer Overcharging
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Financial Regulator has or will take action regarding the recent announcement by a company (details supplied) of further overcharging of...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans he has to extend the remit of the IFSRA or the Central Bank to regulate companies which advance money from their own resources secured on...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance the role of his Department in the purchase by the State of the Battle of the Boyne site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32248/06]
- Debt Levels
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he intends to introduce that would help reduce the levels of personal debt currently found in the economy here. [33200/06]
- Tax Yield
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the findings of a recent OECD report that has shown that the percentage tax take as a proportion of GNP has remained virtually static...
- Tax Policy
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the replacement of the system of vehicle registration tax with a system of car taxation based on pollution levels. [33230/06]
- Departmental Bodies
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings held by the Hidden Economy Working Group, referred to by him in his response to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 21 June...
- Tax Code
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance the Government's response to the final warning issued by the European Commission in July 2006 regarding the treatment of public bodies as...
- Job Creation
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will expand on his comments that a half a million additional jobs could be created as a result of the Government's research and development...
- Tax Yield
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT which was received on diesel in the first nine months of 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33113/06]
- Construction Industry
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that the construction sector accounts for 23% of the State's GDP compared to the EU average of approximately 12%. [33231/06]
- Tax Code
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to tax incentives on nursing home developments, the number of applications which have been made under the scheme; the number of...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the meeting between the Pensions Ombudsman and the Financial Regulator on the matter of the regulator's investigation into...
- Tax Code
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he has taken to close the loophole where SSIA holders transferring into pension have received an additional €2,500 benefit. [33197/06]
- Aer Lingus Privatisation
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to reports that the eight participating stockbrokers in the Aer Lingus flotation came to an agreement over...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Government will accede to the request made by the Standards in Public Offices Commission for an amendment to the Ethics Acts in order to...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance the latest information available on the ongoing investigation by the Revenue Commissioners into the use of life assurance investment products to...
- Tax Yield
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT which was received on petrol in the first nine months of 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33114/06]
- Tax Collection
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he will take arising from Chapter 2.3 of the Comptroller and Auditor General's Annual Report; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Development Plan
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the end figure costs of implementing the National Development Plan 2000 to 2006; and the variations in costs that have occurred since the original...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that contrary to the report from the Decentralisation Implementation Group in the week ending 7 October...
- Tax Code
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond favourably to the request from the Dyslexia Association of Ireland for an amendment to legislation governing form Med 1health...
- Sale of Aer Lingus
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance the proceeds received to date by the Exchequer from the sale of shares in Aer Lingus; and if these funds are to be placed under management by the...
- Tax Yield
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimate of the increase in tax receipts that have resulted from increased oil prices in 2006. [33201/06]
- Tax Code
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the effectiveness of tax incentives for environmentally friendly vehicles and biofuels; the plans he has to request that tax incentives...
- Tax Fraud
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the Revenue Commissioners investigation into security firms supplying door security; the estimated cost to the State of tax...
- Tax Code
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are proposals to afford the same rights to cohabiting partners as are presently enjoyed by married couples in regard to the sharing of...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Sexual Offences
Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of sexual assaults and rapes that were reported to Gardaí in Kerry since 2002; and if he will...
- Drug Seizures
Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of illegal drugs seizures made by Gardaí in Kerry in 2005; the number of seizures that have been...
- Garda Strength
Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of personnel that were in the Garda Drugs Squad in County Kerry in 2002; the number of personnel...
- Legal Aid Service
Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average waiting time for free legal aid in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Prison Committals
Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons currently serving sentences in prisons here; the number of these who are Irish...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his Department's plans for the relocation of Mountjoy Prison outlining the major milestones in the project...
- Human Trafficking
Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will ratify the Council of Europe Convention on action against trafficking; the status of Garda...
- Residency Permits
Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who has applied for residency here and has...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions and convictions for possession of fireworks in the past three years for which...
- Prison Education Service
Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the availability of E-College, the FÁS distance learning programme; the number of participants in this...
- Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the review promised in Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 21 June 2006 has been completed; if it has been...
- Garda Deployment
Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 414 of 27 September 2006, if he will confirm that on a previous...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on documentation (details supplied); the position regarding the person's application; and if he...
- Garda Deployment
Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the growth of population in Castledermot, County Kildare, he will request the Garda...
- Visa Applications
Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is in a position to make a decision on the visa application for a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Residency Permits
Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application made to his Department in January 2006 relating to the case of a person (details...
- Department of Finance
- Budget Submissions
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a special provision such as tax concessions or through vat liability or other means at his disposal, for the west of Ireland's...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Finance if properties have been recently leased, rented or purchased by the Office of Public Works in Mullingar or Athlone or in neighbouring towns to...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the restrictive conditions that apply for a person to qualify for the disabled driver concessions; his views on...
- Garda Stations
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has plans to upgrade the Garda station at Castledermot, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application for domiciliary care allowance will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if...
- Health Service Accommodation
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive's staff are working in a prefabricated building that was reported in October 1997 as being...
- Health Services
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people waiting for occupational therapy services in the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Acute Hospitals Sector
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on concerns expressed by the Health Service Executive regarding emerging trends in major acute hospitals and demand led...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to an association (details supplied) in County Wicklow, which has submitted an application to the Department of...
- Health Reports
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 6 July, 2006 and No. 204 of 28 February, 2006 in relation to the death by suicide by a...
- Health Services
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the support therapies available to children moving from outreach units and classes to mainstream schooling; the basis on which need is...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in finalising an application made to the southern Health Service Executive under the housing aid for the...
- Health Services
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in the occupational therapist calling to assess a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence regarding a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will soon be in a position to introduce...
- Health Services
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will extend the provision of free glasses to children in post-primary schools (details supplied). [33368/06]
- Health Reports
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, arising from the first report of the teen parents support programme (details supplied) the further initiatives she proposes to take...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on recent discoveries of genetically modified food in retail outlets; the action she has taken on foot of same; the...
- Health Services
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home help hours determined for persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; if an increase in hours is being recommended...
- Departmental Properties
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the premises being rented by the Health Service Executive; the duration of the rental lease and the annual rent; when the property was...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount the Health Service Executive is paying for the National PPARS office in Sligo. [33592/06]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount being spent on security; the exact location where an external security company is involved; when the first contract was...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will allocate extra funds to the Health Service Executive to enable it to give the necessary financial support to the Coeliac...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the situation regarding a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason this person has been informed that they will...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Grant Payments
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of homes in Kerry that have been allocated a grant under the greener homes scheme since it came into...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in view of the increasing awareness in recent years of the impact of fishing operations on cetacean...
- Broadcasting Legislation
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends modifying or examining the legal restraints governing RTÉ which prevents it from broadcasting...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps he will take to provide a State controlled broadband and telephone network; and if he will make a...
- Fishing Industry
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of farms that produce farmed salmon; the number of farms that produce farmed cod; the number of...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Job Creation
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the role of IDA Ireland in promoting foreign direct investment in Clare outside of the Shannon free zone; if its ability to...
- Job Losses
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has investigated the circumstances regarding the lay offs and closures at a company (details supplied) in County...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Code
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on abolishing means testing for the fuel allowance in respect of senior citizens aged 70 years and older. [33478/06]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the backlog in processing family income supplement claims still exists; if so, the reason for same; when he expects the backlog...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the breakdown of the number of appeals currently awaiting decision for each of the various schemes operated by his Department...
- Social Welfare Investigations
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in relation to claims which are referred to local inspectors for investigation, he has set targets in relation to the length...
- Department of Transport
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Transport the offences (details supplied), in so far as they relate to enforcement by a traffic warden, that have been commenced and in each case the...
- Parking Regulations
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects to bring forward proposals to review residents only parking arrangements around Croke Park and other stadia; if he will have a...
- Traffic Management
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether buses and taxis should be confined exclusively to bus lanes on routes where they are available; and if he will make a...
- Aer Lingus Shareholding
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Transport the advice received on the sale of 7% shareholding in Aer Lingus that had been retained to stabilise the market; the person who made the decision...
- Light Rail Project
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of State funding spent on the development of the LUAS smart card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33599/06]
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Inland Waterways
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a feasibility study has been undertaken by his Department in relation to the reopening of the Glasson Canal...
- Community Development
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if funds will be made available to a community centre (details supplied) which caters for a significant number of...
- Inland Waterways
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps he will take to have the correspondence to Waterways Ireland (details supplied) replied to; and if he will...
- Community Development
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has had an opportunity to review an application (details supplied) taking account of the extenuating...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a decision will be made on an appeal of the decision to refuse an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny...
- Veterinary Practitioners
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the concerns being expressed by veterinary students in University College Dublin regarding...
- Live Exports
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the status of the live cattle export trade during 2005 and 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33446/06]
- Sport Horse Industry
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the development on the sport horse industry; the methods being employed by her Department to promote this industry; and if...
- Organic Farming
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the organic farming sector; the methods being used by her Department to promote this sector; the future she envisages for...
- Grant Payments
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when allocation of entitlements from the national reserve will be put in place for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; the...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Transport
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will deal with correspondence (details supplied) and ensure that reasonable proposals contained therein are facilitated and put...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when will she be in a position to approve the application by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for grant aid under the...
- School Transport
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a pupil who lives in an area where a school was closed 30 years ago is now denied school transport to the school which is...
- Grant Payments
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of the annual grants paid to second level schools including details of minimum or maximum limits attaching to each grant;...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to groups (details supplied) in County Wicklow who have submitted an application to her Department and the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans she has for post primary education and the provision of new schools and extensions to existing post primary schools in...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps which have been taken in the past twelve months to give effect to the relocation of Departmental staff to Athlone and...
- School Transport
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation as to who is entitled to the 20% daily rate grant aid available to owners of school buses over 10 years old to enable...
- School Staffing
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33327/06]
- School Transport
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the purchases by the State for buses to be used in the school bus scheme for each year from 1990 to date in 2006; the value of each...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding the proposed extension to a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if her attention has been drawn to...
- School Transport
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on issuing concessionary tickets to pupils of a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if she will make a...
- School Accommodation
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the request from a school (details supplied) in Dublin for additional accommodation; if her Department will explore the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will arrange a site assessment for the provision of an extension to a national school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny to...
- Home Tuition
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in receipt of home tuition for the past four years has lost these hours; her views on whether...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will increase the income level for eligibility for third level grants in order that a couple who each earn the average...
- School Transport
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason school transport, which had been provided to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, was stopped in 2006; if they are...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not qualified for a higher education grant; and if she will make a...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Dog Control Statistics
Question 297: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of dogs in 2005 in categories (details supplied) by each local authority. [33580/06]
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 298: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received an application for funding to provide a sewerage scheme at Glasson Village,...
- Boundary Alterations
Question 305: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if and when he will set up a commission on boundary extensions for Limerick and Waterford cities under the...
- Register of Electors
Question 306: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that there is no cross checking of information provided on voters' registration forms; if...
- Departmental Funding
Question 307: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is the policy of his Department to insist on the lowest tender when approving funding for voluntary...
- Derogation Reports
Question 308: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide copies of all the reports that Ireland has submitted under Article 16(2) of the Habitats...
