Written answers
Thursday, 19 October 2006
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 9: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the proposals he has to encourage ethanol and biodiesel production as a rural enterprise; and if he will make a...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount of the MANs network currently lit; the level of uptake on the MANs; the way he intends to invigilate...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that all health and safety requirements applicable to the Corrib gas field have been complied...
- Post Office Network
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number and location of post office closures and the conversion of sub-post offices to postal agents to date...
- Electricity Infrastructure
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to other locations that might be suitable for pumped storage power plants...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will introduce legislation to enhance the regulatory system with a view to ensuring against cessation of...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he intends to encourage or incentivise wave or tidal energy production; and if he will make...
- Energy Prices
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his reaction to the fact that gas prices to the industrial and domestic sector here were substantially increased...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends to publish a comprehensive Post and Postal Services Bill before the general election; and if he...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the sections of the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 that are in force; the way work is...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the recently published heads of the Broadcasting Bill; the way in which he envisages the...
- Digital Hub
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the expenditure to date on the digital hub project; the future intentions to develop or expand the hub; and if...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will bring forward measures to ensure Ireland is 100% broadband-enabled after the European Competitive...
- Energy Consumption
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the progress that has been made to reduce the demand on energy in the home; the level of take-up of incentive...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the number of departmental staff who have decentralised to date; the number of staff who...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the provision of a net metering system for small scale renewable power generation systems; and the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if EU regulatory legislation, as transposed into Irish law, adequately protect the interests of the consumer and...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the changes put in place in the application and appeal procedures for foreshore licences following the...
- Postal Codes
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will lay before Dáil Éireann the feasibility study and cost-benefit analysis produced by ComReg on the...
- Corrib Gas Field
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the action he is taking in view of the recent deterioration of the Corrib gas dispute; the interested parties he...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the Government's approach to the forthcoming EU negotiations on the EU total allowable catch and quotas for...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will reintroduce the GSI Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33534/06]
- Fisheries Protection
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department has investigated recent allegations made by the Irish south and west fisherman's organisation...
- Exploration Licences
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the review of the fiscal scheme for hydrocarbon exploration and production that is...
- Electricity Sector
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his vision for the future development of the ESB and Eirgrid in view of the Deloitte & Touche report and his...
- Broadcasting Sector
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the incentives or policy guidelines in place to ensure maximisation of Irish based radio and television...
- Electricity Sector
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason there has been a delay in establishing the single electricity market; his views on whether the SEM...
- EU Directives
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects to present national energy efficiency plan as required by the European Commission; and the cross...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which it is expected to extend RTÉ transmission capacity to neighbouring jurisdictions; and if he...
- Energy Resources
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is currently monitoring the British wholesale gas market; if there will be a tight supply demand balance...
- Mobile Telephony
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will introduce measures for the regulation of the content of mobile phone products and services; his views...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the way he proposes to prevent a recurrence of disconnections in the telecommunications sector with particular...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the alternative energy electricity combinations which form the most reliable system to ensure security and...
- Information and Communications Technology
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has reviewed the recent European Commission report on the use of computers and the Internet in schools;...
- Energy Efficiency Plan
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the details of the new power of one energy awareness campaign; the measures he intends to introduce to accompany...
- Post Office Network
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his Department's policy in relation to the future of the post office network; the estimated number and...
- Exploration Licences
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide a detailed report to Dáil Éireann on the gas and oil exploration licences he has issued to...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to resolve interference with television or radio reception from wind turbines, masts or buildings;...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which wireless broadband is available here; the cities, towns and villages which have service,...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will bring forward the national bioenergy action plan; the targets and road-map for the development of...
- Exploration Licences
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of oil, gas or other mineral explorations in hand; if they are off or onshore; the extent to which...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals in regard to future legislation for local and community radios with particular reference to the...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has received the Inland Fisheries Review Report (details supplied); if not, when it will be received; when...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has reviewed the comments of the new chief executive officer of Eircom to the effect that it is uneconomic...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which parish church broadcasting services, which were discontinued by the regulator, have been...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he intends to make a decision as to whether drift-netting for salmon will be allowed in 2007; when he...
- Ministerial Transport
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason he did not ensure that his ministerial car was an alternative eco-friendly model; if he is...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will issue a Ministerial Directive to ComReg in relation to the ongoing and high telephony charges facing...
- Natural Gas Grid
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his legislative plans to prevent a reoccurrence of the situation whereby gas prices here are increased...
- Postal Services
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will bring forward a strategy for the postal sector, particularly in the context of the continued...
- Broadcasting Legislation
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his future intentions for terrestrial broadcasting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33518/06]
- Post Office Network
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had discussions with An Post or the postmasters with a view to determining the retention of a...
- Radio Broadcasting
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of licensed local radio stations currently operating here; the number operating under their original...
- Postal Services
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the details of the recent deal between a company (details supplied) and An Post; if the ongoing lack of...
- Electricity Generation
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount of electricity generated by way of oil, gas, coal, solar power, wind, bio-fuels or other...
- Geological Survey
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will bring forward measures to address the potential increased incidence of landslide activity here as...
- Energy Resources
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans for a current examination of gas reserves here and electricity storage projects in view of the...
- Energy Regulation
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will adopt the recent recommendations of the head of the Council of European Energy Regulators in order to...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason for the delay in deciding the way in which to distribute the cut in the mackerel quota which has...
- Energy Resources
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects that gas supply from the Corrib gas field will be available to consumers here in view of...
- Coastal Zone Management
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends to carry out an assessment of the impact of pair trawling on bottlenose dolphins in the Shannon...
- Telecommunications Masts
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has received correspondence from various groups concerned regarding possible health problems arising from...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has identified locations throughout the Country which do not have telephone, broadband or similar...
- Electricity Generation
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of electricity interconnectors proposed; if it is intended to proceed by way of public or private...
- Environmental Policy
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department will set out strict guidelines for heat conservation in all public and private buildings; and...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the availability in terms of potential subscribers in respect of broadband throughout the Country; the number to...
- Company Takeovers
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the recent failure of the Competition Authority to examine a takeover (details supplied) may effect the...
- Broadcasting Legislation
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason he has not published the Deloitte and Touche and William Fry Solicitors report on the future of TG4...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources Ireland's rating in the European and international league in regard to broadband availability in respect of...
- Post Office Network
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will instruct An Post to desist from further post office closures; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to report on the work of the independent review and the national strategy for a sustainable and profitable Irish...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will recommend to the Department of Finance further incentives to those involved in alternative energy...
- Energy Resources
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the activities of Bord na Mona; if the Government is planning to privatise the company; the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the serious concerns of the business sector in regard to the availability of...
- Electricity Generation
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will by direction or legislation speed up and simplify access to the grid for alternative electricity...
- Post Office Network
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the number of post offices closed or downgraded throughout the country in...
- Postal Services
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department had a role in negotiations between National Treasury Management Agency and An Post in view of...
- Fishing Industry
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of immigrant workers from sister EU States and elsewhere working in the sea fisheries, aquaculture...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the progress and matters under consideration of alternative energy services; the field research and feasibility...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has satisfied himself with the amount of broadband uptake here; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Energy Resources
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the details of the recently launched Energy Green Paper; his views on revising the targets as set out in the...
- Electricity Generation
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of electricity generating stations scheduled for closure here; his intentions in regard to the...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the activities of Bord Iascaigh Mhara; if he has delegated specific responsibilities and...
- Energy Resources
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department has made representations to the energy regulator with regard to the need for a revision of...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the percentage of schools that have broadband access; and if he is satisfied with this amount. [33443/06]
- Postal Services
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will ensure that the universal service obligation in the postal sector is upheld in view of the recent...
- Energy Resources
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will confirm the adequacy of legislation in the area of deregulation to ensure continuity and security of...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the peer review process being organised by his Department with regard to the installation and management...
- Visa Applications
Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for a visa for a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Crime Levels
Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of headline offences recorded and detected in Blanchardstown Garda District and Santry District...
- Freedom of Information
Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of requests under the Freedom of Information Acts received by his Department in each year from...
- Legal Aid Service
Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for legal aid by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
- Garda Stations
Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a new Garda station will be developed in a location (details supplied) in County Cork. [33735/06]
- Prison Accommodation
Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the Prison Service dismantled the Mountjoy holding cell in which a person (details supplied) was...
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Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he issued the instruction, referred to in the Adjournment Debate on 12 October 2006; if not, the person...
- Garda Deployment
Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of riot squad gardaí currently in Ballinaboy, County Mayo; the stations and divisions they are...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application under the Irish-born child section in relation to a person...
- Garda Deployment
Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make extra resources available to the Garda authorities to allow them deploy extra gardaí in...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the numbers of drivers detected speeding at 50 to 60 km/h, 60 to 80 km/h and in excess of 100 km/h; and if he...
- Residency Permits
Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has considered the submissions received under Section 3 (6) of the Immigration Act 1999 in respect of a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation will be finalised in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin...
- Residency Permits
Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if extended residency will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 25 May 2006, if both applicants (details supplied) now meet all...
- Residency Permits
Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin;...
- Department of Finance
- Ordnance Survey Ireland
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is intended to produce full GPS maps for the whole country in line with developments in other European countries; and if he will make a...
- Equal Opportunities Employment
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is an upper limit on the grade which can be obtained within the civil service by a person with a disability; and if he will make a...
- Garda Stations
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 27 September 2006, if there are outstanding legal issues surrounding the hold-up in the re-opening of...
- National Lottery
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to allow for an increase in the number of National Lottery machines arising from the increased population as shown in the recent census;...
- Freedom of Information
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of requests under the Freedom of Information Acts received by his Department in each year from 2002 to 2005 and to date in 2006; the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public servants from outside Ordnance Survey Ireland who have applied to join OSI in Dungarvan, County Waterford; the number of these...
- Flood Relief
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Question No. 551 of 27 September 2006, if he will report on the outcome of the meeting and when the study will commence. [33755/06]
- Tax Code
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of tax relief or pension contributions; the cost and numbers of self employed people gaining pension tax relief; the amount of...
- Pension Provisions
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance when full analysis of the distribution across the various income levels of pension contributions will be available; and the analysis interim...
- Tax Code
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has authority to move categories of goods from one VAT category to another, in particular as between the 10%, 13.5% and 21% categories; and if...
- Tax Yield
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue from stamp duty; and the number of transactions and the revenue in the most recent year for which data is available from stamp duty or...
- Excise Duty
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance the excise per litre charged on different categories of petrol, auto-diesel, kerosene, residual fuel oil for the manufacture of alumina, residual...
- Tax Code
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance the distribution of capital gains tax receipt from transaction in land, in houses, in other buildings, in stocks and shares and so on for the most...
- Adult Education
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance the supports available through the taxation system to help a person wishing to return to full time education shortly after having become unemployed;...
- Tax Code
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the feasibility of indexation of tax bands and thresholds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33821/06]
- Tax Yield
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance the total stamp duty revenue for first time buyers indicating the number and value thresholds of the properties involved; the revenue from investors...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if they will be seen as speedily as possible; and if he will...
- Medical Certificates
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will have their application for a primary medical certificate processed; the reason...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the application for special housing aid for the elderly for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will...
- Ambulance Service
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that more ambulances are available at certain peak times; and if she will work with the ambulance service on this...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the proposal to have a doctor and nurse at entry point to accident and emergency departments here in order to...
- Health Services
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive's expectation expressed in Question No. 375 of 25 January 2006 that a person (details supplied) in...
- Freedom of Information
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of requests under the Freedom of Information Acts received by her Department in each year from 2002 to 2005 and to date in...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be provided with a bed by the State in view of the fact they have not got the...
- Medical Cards
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a patient (details supplied) who was informed by a Health Service Executive hospital following heart surgery that...
- Hospital Services
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason physiotherapy is not being provided for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in the mid western Health Service...
- Health Service Executive
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the minutes from Health Service Executive management meetings from July and September 2006 have been signed off; the procedure for...
- Health Services
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if in the case of a married couple, the assessment of a spouse's income in the determination of the weekly charge for in-patient...
- Obesity Levels
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals to address the rising obesity levels among children, as evidenced in the results of the October 2006 European Commission...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress on the provision of extra beds as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when domiciliary care allowances will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the National Children's Hospital at Tallaght is not closing; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for the home care package. [33798/06]
- Health Service Staff
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cognitive behavioural therapists available in the various Health Service Executive regions of the health service to treat...
- Water Fluoridation
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the most recent advice that is available to her from her expert body on fluoridation that was recommended by the Forum on Fluoridation;...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the extension to Schull Community Hospital; the reasons for the delay in providing the extension in view of...
- Medical Cards
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when medical cards will be reviewed in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Telecommunications Services
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the erosion of public confidence and damage to business arising from the...
- Exploration Licences
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to update or review the oil, gas and other exploration licensing regime with a view to achieving a...
- Natural Gas Grid
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects that the gas supply from the Corrib gas field will be available to Irish consumers here in view...
- Electricity Generation
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will confirm the adequacy of current legislation in the area of deregulation to ensure continuity and...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will introduce legislation to enhance the regulatory system with a view to ensuring against cessation of...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals in regard to future legislation for local and community radios with particular reference to the...
- Energy Prices
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to address the issue of gas and electricity price increases and their consequent damage to the...
- Energy Resources
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount of electricity generated by way of oil, gas, coal, solar power, wind, bio-fuels or other...
- Electricity Interconnectors
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects the proposed east west electricity interconnectors to become functional; and if he will make a...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to resolve interference with television or radio reception from wind turbines, masts or...
- Electricity Sector
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if it is intended to retain the electricity grid in State ownership having regard to the Deliotte and Touche...
- Digital Hub
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the expenditure to date on the digital hub project; the future intentions to develop or expand the hub; and if...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of broadband connections achieved to date under the MANS schemes; and if he will make a statement on...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will recommend to the Department of Finance further incentives to those involved in alternative energy...
- Electricity Generation
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the alternative energy electricity generating combinations which form the most reliable system to ensure...
- Corrib Gas Field
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has satisfied himself that all health and safety requirements applicable to the Corrib gas field have...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects RTÉ television programmes to be transmitted to neighbouring jurisdictions; and if he will make...
- Electricity Generation
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will by direction or legislation speed up and simplify access to the grid for alternative electricity...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the business sector in regard to the availability of...
- Radio Broadcasting
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of licensed local radio stations currently operating throughout the country; the number operating...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he expects solar power to contribute to requirement; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects 100% broadband availability throughout the country; the expected means by which this is to be...
- EU Directives
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if EU regulatory legislation as transposed into Irish law adequately protects the interests of the consumer and...
- Electricity Generation
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of electricity generating stations scheduled for closure here; his intentions in regard to future...
- Broadcasting Regulation
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his future intentions for terrestrial broadcasting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33681/06]
- Telecommunications Services
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the annoyance, frustration and inconvenience caused by the arbitrary...
- Energy Resources
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of oil, gas or other mineral explorations in hand; if they are off or onshore; the extent to which...
- Postal Codes
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the cost of the introduction of post codes; if An Post has previously had in place a similar coding system; and...
- Telecommunications Masts
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has received correspondence from various groups concerned regarding possible health problems arising form...
- Post Office Network
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he or his Department have had discussions with An Post or the postmasters with a view to determining the...
- Broadcasting Regulation
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the incentives or policy guidelines in place to ensure maximisation of Irish based radio and television...
- Electricity Sector
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his vision for the future development of the ESB and Eirgrid in view of the Deloitte and Touche report and his...
- Post Office Network
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will instruct An Post to desist from further post office closures; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will reintroduce the GSI Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33696/06]
- Postal Services
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to the disruption to postal services in south County Dublin, the effect this is having on business in...
- Freedom of Information
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of requests under the Freedom of Information Acts received by his Department in each year from 2002...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the conducting of fishing trials, unsanctioned by the EU Commission, by French and Spanish vessels...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will make funding available to the Coastal Management Committee of Cork County Council to provide for a...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the action he proposes to take to prevent a recurrence of the situation whereby large scale disconnection of...
- Postal Services
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which next day postal deliveries are being achieved; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of personnel of Irish Aid who have volunteered for decentralisation; if he will provide this information showing the number from...
- Freedom of Information
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of requests under the Freedom of Information Acts received by his Department in each year from 2002 to 2005 and to date in 2006;...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the closing date for applications for lottery grants has been revised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33601/06]
- Arts Funding
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the arts projects in County Kildare for which his Department has allocated funding in the years 2002 to date in 2006; and if he will...
- Tourism Industry
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the benefit to the tourist industry in the aftermath of the Ryder Cup and in particular the benefit that should be...
- Freedom of Information
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of requests under the Freedom of Information Acts received by his Department in each year from 2002 to 2005 and to date...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of grant aid allocated to sporting clubs and organisations for 2005, organised by sporting category; and if he will make...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Freedom of Information
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average retrieval fee charged for requests under the Freedom of Information Acts received by his Department in each...
- EU Enlargement
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the consultations which have taken place to date with the social partners with regard to access to the Irish labour market...
- Equal Opportunities Employment
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and percentage of disabled persons currently employed in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Job Losses
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the entitlement to redundancy in the case of a person (details supplied) in county Kildare who was made redundant on 9...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Adult Education
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the supports available from his Department or through bodies funded by his Department, financial or otherwise, to help a person...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been refused the back to school allowance despite the fact that they...
- Freedom of Information
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of requests under the Freedom of Information Acts received by his Department in each year from 2002 to 2005 and to date...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the gender bias in Statutory Instrument No. 198 of 1974 was reversed and not neutralised; and if he will make a...
- Pension Provisions
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the breakdown of the age groups of pre-1953 pensioners by five year interval; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the practice whereby increases in pensions lead to subsequent decreases in the amount of rent...
- Department of Transport
- Road Safety
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Transport if he or his Department have had discussions or have made proposals to make road safety equipment such as child car seats, motorbike helmets and...
- Freedom of Information
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of requests under the Freedom of Information Acts received by his Department in each year from 2002 to 2005 and to date in 2006; the...
- Speed Limits
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Transport if it remains within the remit of a local authority to increase speed limits on regional roads from 80 km/h to 100 km/h where this is deemed...
- Departmental Staff
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of persons employed in his Department whose status has changed to that of disabled since the commencement of their employment with his...
- Official Engagements
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Transport the situation regarding the recent EU Transport Ministers meeting which was held in Europe in the week ending 14 October 2006; if the Ministers...
- Public Transport
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is intended that users of future park and ride sites, as set out in Transport 21, will be required to pay for parking their vehicles at...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Transport if legislation is planned to cover instances of insured drivers who sustain damage to their vehicles in collisions with uninsured and untaxed...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Freedom of Information
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of requests under the Freedom of Information Acts received by his Department annually between 2002 and...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Environmental Policy
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department has examined the carbon trapping capacity of the forestry sector due to meeting current and projected Kyoto...
- Freedom of Information
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of requests under the Freedom of Information Acts received by her Department in each year from 2002 to 2005 and to date in...
- Waste Disposal
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the facilities available in County Wexford for the recycling of waste silage wraps; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Animal Identification Scheme
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to ensure that cattle passports are returned to farmers in a shorter timescale than at present following a herd...
- Grant Payments
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon has not received a decision on their 2005 national reserve application; and...
- Departmental Equipment
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount it cost to provide the computer structure at the ploughing match in 2006 in order that farming visitors could receive first...
- Department of Education and Science
- Third Level Courses
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be provided for an accelerated degree in early childhood care and education at the Institute of Technology, Tralee,...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will respond to correspondence (details supplied); the reason for the delay in replying to same; and if she will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if this will be sanctioned; if he will notify this Deputy...
- Lár-Ionad Náisiúnta Oideachais Gaeilge
Question 294: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cad é an dul chun cinn atá déanta aici maidir le bunú Ionaid Náisiúnta Oideachais i mBaile Bhuirne a fógraíodh ar dtús ar an 1...
- Psychological Service
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary and post-primary schools, itemised on a county basis, that have access to the National Educational Psychological...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6W has lost a teacher in recent months; the action she has taken to...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress achieved by her Department towards the delivery of a new post-primary school for the Curragh, County Kildare; if, in...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been made in establishing a new preschool class at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [33628/06]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of the application for a new school building by a school (details supplied) in County Monaghan which is a progressive...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been made in approving the project to establish a new school under the applied behaviour system on Dublin's...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the decision to decline DEIS funding to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary and to insure that it is...
- Freedom of Information
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of requests under the Freedom of Information Acts received by her Department in each year from 2002 to 2005 and to date in...
- State Examinations
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that persons with an asterisk after their grades in junior and leaving certificate examinations will not be...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an Irish college has discriminated against a student with dyslexia by refusing entry;...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application to build a new national school (details supplied) in County Galway; the position of the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 528 of 10 October 2006, the location for which approval for the establishment of a further two...
- School Staffing
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide the information requested in Parliamentary Question No. 1430 of 27 September 2006. [33753/06]
- School Accommodation
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classrooms in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare which are being used to teach pupils. [33754/06]
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the provision of sports halls in primary schools is a priority with her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the feasibility of making all schools wheelchair-accessible; if she proposes to make funding available to enable schools...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when her Department proposes to grant full recognition to the qualifications of Montessori trained teachers, thereby entitling them to...
- Third Level Courses
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to establish a BA degree in early childhood education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33776/06]
- School Closures
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of taxpayers money which has been provided to a school (details supplied) in County Galway in the form of current and...
- School Places
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the lack of school places in Galway City and County; the plans her Department have to provide these...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the recent proposed changes to the home tuition scheme operated through her Department; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a technical examination of a school (details supplied) in County Clare will take place; if a design team for the building project...
- Home Tuition
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a home tuition grant will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Cork, if there has been an administrative change in...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the supports available, financial or otherwise, from her Department to help a person wishing to return to full time education shortly...
- School Places
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way she intends to address the school place shortage in Newbridge, County Kildare, as outlined in correspondence sent to her...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in class sizes under 20, 25 to 30 and over 30 in primary schools (details supplied); and if she will provide...
- School Staffing
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim. [33840/06]
- Department of Defence
- Freedom of Information
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of requests under the Freedom of Information Acts received by his Department in each year from 2002 to 2005 and to date in 2006; the...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Defence the age and make of the oldest helicopter and fixed wing aircraft in the Air Corp fleet; the amount paid for each; and year of purchase. [33775/06]
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Energy Conservation
Question 335: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will set out heat conservation guidelines for domestic dwellings in line with references made in the...
- Motor Taxation
Question 336: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has issued a directive requiring that joint ownership of vehicles be replaced by single...
- Planning Issues
Question 337: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if section 19 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 allows him to direct a local authority to make a local...
- Freedom of Information
Question 338: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of requests under the Freedom of Information Acts received by his Department in each year from...
- Natural Heritage Areas
Question 339: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to the work being undertaken by his Department and the Office of Public Works regarding the...
- Renewable Energy
Question 340: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 577 of 7 March 2006, if his Department is in a position to review the...
- Natural Heritage Areas
Question 341: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in handing over the lease of the Nenagh Castle Field to Nenagh Town Council; when it...
