Written answers

Tuesday, 24 October 2006

  • Department of Education and Science
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will assist to pay increases in gas and electricity costs which is causing hardship to schools in disadvantaged areas; and if...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 477 of 3 October 2006, when the current assessment began and when it will be completed; the...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools to receive funding under the DEIS scheme; when such funding will come on stream; and if she will make a...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the most up to date figures regarding the number of children in primary classes of 35 to 39 children inclusive; and if she will make a...
    • Language Programme
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the training provided in teaching English as a foreign language for primary teachers and teachers specifically assigned to teach...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has identified the schools at which the most serious and pressing needs in respect of remedial resource or speech and language...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when standardised testing will be introduced at primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34208/06]
    • Pre-School Services
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of pre-school places currently funded by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34211/06]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the method of evaluating expenditure on initiatives which are in place in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Evaluations
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of whole school evaluations completed so far in 2006; the number made public; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way her Department anticipates future enrolment for primary schools; the actions her Department is currently taking with regard to...
    • School Transport
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in the processing of a school transport grant for a person (details supplied) in County Galway who is...
    • Higher Education Colleges
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of men who applied to each of the primary teacher education colleges in 2006; the number of men who applied in 2005; the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of building projects awaiting progression which are assessed by her Department as being of band three status; and if she...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the finding in Education at a Glance 2006 that Ireland ranks 20th out of 30 countries in terms of ratio of students to...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will allocate funding to schools to set up school book rental schemes to supplement the inadequate book grants currently...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on providing tax relief in conjunction with the Department of Finance for parents of autistic children who have to pay for...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount allocated towards information and communications technology in schools by her Department for 2005; and if she will make a...
    • School Evaluations
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of individual subject evaluations completed so far in 2006; the number made public; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Early School Leavers
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in relation to addressing the number of pupils failing to make the transition from primary to secondary level...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures in place to increase the participation rate of people with disabilities in higher and further education; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reform the criteria for students with dyslexia to ensure that students with profound dyslexia who make the transition from...
    • Stay Safe Programme
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools now offering the stay safe programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34195/06]
    • Psychological Service
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools now covered by the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will implement the recommendations of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child which, following a presentation...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the arrangements in place to allow schools with information and communication technology equipment to access technical support for...
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the levels of capitation awarded to schools by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34207/06]
    • Educational Projects
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a primary pupil database will be in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34204/06]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extra resources she will allocate in 2006 to implement the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the most up to date figures regarding the number of children in primary classes of 30 to 34 children inclusive; and if she will make a...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the provision her Department is making to meet the expected costs associated with the work of the Residential Institutions Redress...
    • Apprenticeship Places
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of apprenticeship places available here; her views on whether they are adequate to the needs of the building industry and...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount allocated towards information and communications technology in schools by her Department for 2006; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make larger sums of money available to schools under the summer works programme to address the cost of much of the work...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the projected cost of allocating laboratory assistants to secondary schools to support the teaching of science; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money allocated for spending in 2006 under the school building programme; the amount spent by the end of September 2006;...
    • State Examinations
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students who sat the leaving certificate in mathematics in 2006 at foundation, ordinary and higher level; and if she...
    • Home-School Liaison Scheme
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of funding directed towards the home school community liaison service; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Psychological Service
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of educational psychologists currently working for the National Educational Psychological Service in each region here; and...
    • School Completion Programme
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of breakfast clubs currently supported by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34198/06]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether more leniency is needed in severe special needs cases in national schools; if her Department will review same;...
    • Higher Education Colleges
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to consider the provision of a post-graduate entry veterinary degree course in a higher education college here; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of places in ABA schools for children on the autistic spectrum that are financed by her Department; if there is financial...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review and increase the resources allocated to the National Education Welfare Board in order that it can satisfactorily...
    • Adult Education
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the recommendations of the McIver Report on Further Education will be implemented; if a timetable for implementation has been...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students taking science to junior certificate level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34201/06]
    • Third Level Education
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will appoint a visitor under the Universities Act 1997 to investigate allegations in relation to financial and operational...
    • School Evaluations
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timescale for the evaluation of all primary and post primary schools under the whole school evaluation scheme; and if she will...
    • Third Level Education
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects to make a decision with regard to the provision of post-graduate entry medical degree courses; the proposals for such...
    • Educational Programmes
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has evaluated the Incredible Years programme piloted here by the Clondalkin Partnership; if extension of the...
    • Youthreach Programme
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of places available in Youthreach here; if there are waiting lists for entry to such programmes; and if she will make a...
    • Youth Services
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the additional moneys that were made available in 2006 to promote and sustain young people's participation in youth work; the basis of...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the most up to date figures regarding the number of children in primary classes of 1 to 19 children inclusive; and if she will make a...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to introduce driver education for school students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34106/06]
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when changes to Section 29 of the Education Act 1998 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34219/06]
    • School Staffing
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there has been a change in policy on the eligibility of teachers with restricted recognition, defined in circular 08/99 of her...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of leaving certificate students taking Irish, French, German, Italian and Spanish who attempted the higher level paper...
    • School Management
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has made a decision on an application by County Clare Vocational Educational Committee to become the patron of two...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of time set aside for physical education as part of the secondary school curriculum; if she has satisfied herself that...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied regarding the fact that expenditure on educational disadvantage initiatives is more focused on third level than on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in band one by county with regard to the school building and refurbishment scheme; the number of these she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the practice where schools are allocated psychological assessments in student numbers rather than on need; her...
    • Third Level Qualifications
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will appoint a new board to FETAC; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that courses cannot be approved in the absence...
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when all primary and secondary teachers, and other school staff, will be vetted; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to implement the commitment in An Agreed Programme for Government on class size; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Youth Services
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of funding for the youth affairs section of her Department over the past five years; the priority projects for youth schemes...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will allocate more resources to the National Educational Psychological Service to ensure that all schools have direct access to...
    • Childhood Obesity
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the actions her Department is taking to tackle the problem of childhood obesity through the education system; and if she will make a...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the most up to date figures regarding the number of children in primary classes of 20 to 24 children inclusive; and if she will make a...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the Third Level Student Support Bill will be published; if it will address inequalities in the means assessment of different...
    • School Evaluations
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on school evaluation reports and school league tables; and her future proposals. [34153/06]
    • Adult Education
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will re-instate the National Adult Learning Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34130/06]
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects the review of allocations to Vocational Educational Committees under co-operation hours with other institutions to be...
    • State Examinations
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the guidance given to the State Examinations Commission on the appointment of correctors for junior and leaving certificate papers;...
    • Early Childhood Education
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way she intends to address the roll out of accessible early childhood education and care. [34150/06]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the fact that Ireland is one of the lowest spenders on education among OECD States. [34154/06]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which pupil teacher ratios here compare with best practice throughout Europe; her plans to address the issue in early...
    • School Staffing
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will address the pressure on schools that have large numbers of pupils whose first language is neither English nor Irish; if...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the decision was taken by her Department to locate the proposed school of podiatry in a university; the reason an institute of...
    • Third Level Education
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on reports that students who have enrolled in University College Dublin's graduate-entry medical programme this year, may...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason retention rates are included under the DEIS criteria for post-primary schools; her views on removing this disincentive to...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Drug-related Deaths
      Question 218: To ask the Taoiseach the number of drug-related deaths as a result of overdose in 2004 and 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34381/06]
    • State Property
      Question 222: To ask the Taoiseach the correct positioning of the national flag and EU flag on flag staffs over Government buildings. [34538/06]
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 223: To ask the Taoiseach 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 amount of money...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 224: To ask the Taoiseach the live register figures for the County Clare area; the breakdown for Ennis, Ennistymon, Kilrush and Tulla offices, for September, 2006; and if he will make a...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 225: To ask the Taoiseach the proportion of the cost of each tribunal made up of legal fees, and the amount of money spent on legal fees in respect of tribunals in each of the years...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 226: To ask the Taoiseach the number of housing units in respect of which planning permission has been granted throughout County Wexford in each year from 2000 to date in 2006; and if...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • National Identity Card
      Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in having Garda identification cards issued to persons who are eighteen years and...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when will a decision be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth who has applied for...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí allocated to the Dublin west district; the breakdown by rank and area of activity; the...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount spent since 26 January 2004 on the site at Thornton Hall including expenditure on surveys, tree...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 is being used by Gardaí to deal with anti-social activity;...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm future plans for Mountjoy and Fitzgibbon Street Garda Stations; and if he will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a visitors visa for a person (details supplied) will be granted; if, in this context his attention has...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to asylum or family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has seen the business plan submitted by an organisation (details supplied); if he has reviewed the...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of money that has been seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in each year since its establishment...
    • State Property
      Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department, the Office of Public Works or the Irish Prison Service is responsible for the sell off of...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made on the land registry application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      Question 244: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the moves by the British Home Secretary to repatriate Irish citizens who...
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 247: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the capacity of prisons here; the capacity of each institution under the management of the Irish Prison...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 249: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the entitlement of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 to residency here; and the way they might best...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is appropriate for the Gardaí to film or video the movements and statements of Houses of the...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 251: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when Section 185 of the new Criminal Justice Act 2006 will come into effect; and if he will make a statement...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 252: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he or his Department have plans to use a premises (details supplied) in Dublin 22 to accommodate asylum...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 253: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the application for residency here by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 will be processed from...
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 254: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average time it takes to process an application, from the time of receipt to the position being filled,...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 255: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is intended to open Celbridge, Maynooth and Leixlip Garda Stations on a 24 hour basis. [34049/06]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 257: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who, in accordance with correspondence...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 258: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that his Department received an application for citizenship by naturalisation from a...
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 259: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, who was allegedly arrested for driving under the...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 260: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the application for a tourist visa by a person (details supplied) in view of...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost to the Exchequer of the ongoing security operation at Shannon Airport by the Gardaí including an...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide the wage bill and overtime costs to Gardaí serving in the Clare Division in 2004, 2005...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 263: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of convictions for drug offences in the Clare Garda Division in 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006;...
    • Illegal Fireworks
      Question 264: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the changes made to the Explosive Act 1875, relating to possession of fireworks without a licence, in the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 265: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) will receive certification of their Irish citizenship. [34177/06]
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 266: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda youth diversion projects that have been established in the country and the location of...
    • Drugs in Prisons
      Question 268: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug-related deaths as a result of overdose in prison each year since 1986 to date in 2006; the...
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 270: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners incarcerated on 1 November each year since 1986; and the number of beds in the prison...
    • Drug Treatment Programme
      Question 271: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners undergoing methadone treatment per prison per year since 1986 to date in 2006. [34388/06]
    • Press Council
      Question 274: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to establish a press council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34397/06]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 275: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a current Garda national immigration board card will be issued to a person (details supplied) who...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 276: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of domestic violence incidents recorded by the Gardaí in 2004 and 2005 in each of the respective...
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 277: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the tender notice, the two tenders for the former open prison at Shanganagh Castle referred to by him in a...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 278: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a report from the Garda Commissioner detailing if adequate resources are available to the...
    • Garda Dog Unit
      Question 279: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to expand the number of dogs available to An Garda Síochána in view of the low level of such...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 280: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the proportion of the cost of each tribunal made up of legal fees, and the amount of money spent on legal...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 281: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria for persons with disabilities for seeking employment opportunities within his Department; the...
    • Anti-Fraud Measures
      Question 282: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to combat identity fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34603/06]
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 283: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug seizures in areas (details supplied) in County Wexford; the number of people arrested with...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 284: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí in areas (details supplied) in County Wexford for the years 1997 to 2005; if there is a...
    • Drug Courts
      Question 285: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the parts of the country that have dedicated drug Courts; his plans to provide more; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 286: 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 Wexford in each year from 2002 to date...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 287: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will allocate additional Gardaí to the town of Cahir, County Tipperary in view of the increase in...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 288: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his view on whether there is need for the appointment of additional juvenile liaison officers in An Garda...
  • Department of Finance
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that certain financial institutions are deeming accounts dormant where there has been no transactions...
    • EU Funding
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Finance the cohesion funds received by Ireland in the years 2001 to 2007; the percentage of these funds that were spent in the east and southern region and...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals for the Dublin offices that will be vacated in relation to the Governments decentralisation programme; if after they are sold or...
    • National Monuments
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the project for development of the Mountjoy site in Dublin; if a consultant has been appointed to lead this work; the details of the...
    • National Parks
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the plan to implement a new traffic management system in Blackhorse Avenue, Phoenix Park, Dublin 7; if a consultant's report has been...
    • Museum Projects
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Finance when a lease or contract between the Office of Public Works and Ireland's Children's Museum was laid before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of developing the health service system promotion of the self service system which is operational by the Revenue Commissioners Office; the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to incentivise the use of E-bikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33940/06]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide adequate funding in the Budget for personal assistants services in County Mayo. [33949/06]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who is working since April 2006 and is still on emergency tax; and if this...
    • Dublin Castle
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department had involvement in the provision of Dublin Castle for a conference entitled a New Heart for Dublin being held on 20 October 2006;...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Finance the pattern of increases in returns from income tax, corporation profits tax, stamp duty and other tax revenues since 2000; the impact on the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding income tax when SSIA's mature (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34029/06]
    • National Development Plan
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Finance the stage of the negotiations for a new National Development Plan; the way he proposes to deal with regionalisation under the new plan; if it is...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Finance the aggregate value of PPP projects funded in each of the past five years; the value of projects funded to date in 2006; and the expected outturn by...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on amending Section 469 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1967, in order to allow the cost of specific tuition for dyslexia to qualify for...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make arrangements for officials from his Department to meet with members of the local authority and local community in a case (details...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of mortgage interest relief for first time buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34260/06]
    • National Development Plan
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding spent to date on the National Development Plan; the amount estimated to be spent by the end of the programme; and if he will...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of PPP investment invested under the National Development Plan to date; the amount estimated to be invested by the end of the programme;...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT paid by primary schools in the last year for which figures are available. [34309/06]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax credits available where work related expenses are incurred by a PAYE worker such as clothing, uncompensated petrol expenses and so on; and...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers analysed between PAYE taxpayers and other taxpayers who claimed tax relief or allowance in respect of charges for refuse...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of the cost of the Commission on Electronic Voting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34460/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons are being charged VAT on medical devices such as a coclear implant; if he will continue this practice; and if he will make a...
    • Social Partnership
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the technical working group, compromising representatives of his Department, Central Statistics Office, the Revenue...
    • Tax Code
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a provision to ensure that no capital gains tax arises on the disposal of farmland to a local authority for road building or...
    • Customs and Excise Service
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to expand the number of dogs that are available to Customs Officers, in view of the low level of such useful resources here compared to...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion of the cost of each tribunal made up of legal fees, and the amount of money spent on legal fees in respect of tribunals in each of...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding plans for flood relief work to be carried out by his Department in an area (details supplied) in County Wexford; when work...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Finance the properties sold by his Department in County Wexford in the years 2000 to date in 2006; the amount each property sold for; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Finance the grants and financial supports available for the renovation or conversion of dwelling homes to nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the Clonmel flood alleviation scheme including date of commencement, cost, phasing, early warning scheme and the arrangements...
    • Tax Code
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend Section 469 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 to allow the cost of specific tuition for dyslexia to qualify for tax relief under...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Child Care Services
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for a capital grant under the equal opportunities child care programme will be decided in relation to a creche...
    • Health Services
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of speech and language therapists working in schools here. [34157/06]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount spent to date on the child care measure under the National Development Plan; the estimated amount to be spent by the end of...
    • Health Services
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are approximately 900 to 1,000 children on the waiting list of a clinic (details...
    • Community Care
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will allocate adequate funding to the Centre for Independent Living in County Mayo in view of the fact that this service is under...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4 who is being funded by the social services, Northern Ireland and the...
    • Community Care
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on increasing the grant assistance for a voluntary group (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the shortfall of...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make child care funding available to traveller women attending Cashel Primary Health Care Project; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for orthodontic treatment on Dublin's northside for children of different categories of urgency; the number waiting in...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason an appointment in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny has been cancelled by Waterford Regional...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [33867/06]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the supports and services in place at Kilkenny County Clinic for persons with ADHD; if patients have been informed of a change to this...
    • Medical Qualifications
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the commencement of a school of podiatry in a university here. [33870/06]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if transport will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo for their hospital appointment in Galway. [33883/06]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to assist the 2,118 people with intellectual disabilities on residential waiting lists; and if she will make...
    • Health Services
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications made for primary medical certificates in each of the old health board and new Health Service Executive...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the decision of October 2006 by the French Government to require labels on alcoholic beverages...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money her Department has invested in the carers development officer role in a centre (details supplied); the changes this...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the permanent appointment of the breast cancer consultant is due to take place in Letterkenny General Hospital. [33905/06]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will elaborate on the skills project for carers as referred to in Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 22 November 2005; if she will...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in respect of house repairs in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare as per letter from the Health...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the detection of non-authorised genetically modified organism LL RICE 601 in rice products imported from the US into the EU has...
    • Health Services
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to repeated problems faced by carers (details supplied); the resolution that is or will be available;...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 365: 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...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is planned to proceed with plans to construct an elderly care facility in Borrisokane, County Tipperary, including a day care...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there are long delays being experienced by children in need and waiting for speech and language facilities; the reason there...
    • Health Services
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a full reply has not been received to date to two parliamentary questions (details supplied); and when full replies will...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals to retain services at St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be assessed for orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the circumstances of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; when a personal assistant and...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the conditions that must be met for a private hospital to provide radiotherapy services to public patients; and when negotiations...
    • Cancer Treatment Services
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are private facilities currently providing radiotherapy or oncology services to public patients here. [33970/06]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a clinic (details supplied) in County Waterford and the Health Service Executive are engaged in service provider negotiations to...
    • Health Services
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a house (details supplied) in Dublin 9 has been purchased for use by the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the winter initiative scheme will be issued in a hospital (details supplied) in County Mayo; the funding which will be provided...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her view on whether the proposed Child Care (Pre-School Services) Regulations 2006 are feasible particularly in view of the new adult to...
    • Health Services
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children in County Galway on the waiting list for orthodontic treatment or assessment; the longest waiting period for...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients transported to hospital by helicopter in each of the Health Service Executive areas for each of the past five...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons currently employed in her Department whose status has changed to that of disabled since the commencement of their...
    • Health Services
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding will be targeted for diabetes treatment and prevention, as recommended and costed by the diabetes expert group four years...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in introducing stroke units nationwide, where patients would be managed under the direct care of a stroke...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if legislation will be introduced requiring pharmacists to report adverse side effects of drugs on patients to the authorities; and if...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an air ambulance to cover Loop Head peninsula and the greater west Clare area; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people, per county, who have been assessed and are waiting for home help; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has a contingency plan in place to provide assistance for the elderly over the winter who have been approved for home help but...
    • Health Services
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has intervened at any stage to resolve the dispute between the Health Service Executive and home help organisers; if she has met...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to ensure that the supplies depot, which is held at St. Lomans Hospital, Mullingar is left in place and is not...
    • Health Services
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved home help, in view of their medical condition and the availability of...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a doctor has been appointed (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34256/06]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount spent to date under the acute hospital measure of the National Development Plan; the amount estimated to be spent under this...
    • Pregnancy Information Services
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that Cura have in place arrangements which fully comply with the service level agreement made with the Crisis...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make arrangements to put an end to the situation whereby both male and female elderly patients in Ennis General Hospital...
    • Health Services
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person who applied for an occupational therapist referral on 31 March 2006, is still waiting for the occupational therapist...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite the renewal of a medical card in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the...
    • Health Services
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when will a person (details supplied) in County Meath have an appointment with the Meath Community Paediatric Physiotherapy unit; the...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in finalising an application made to the Health Service Executive under the housing aid for the elderly scheme...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that since the pilot programme involving general practitioners in the monitoring of persons with diabetes was...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of respite places that have been provided in each year under the Government's five year investment programme for disability;...
    • Drug Treatment Programme
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of addicts per health board community care area on a methadone treatment scheme per year since 1991 to date in 2006. [34380/06]
    • Sexual Health Strategy
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a sexual health strategy will be rolled out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34391/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the recognition given within the health system here to Tourette syndrome which can affect one in one hundred people and which is a...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will provide funding for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo to run a course of sign language; the way in which...
    • National Health Strategy
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures she and her Ministerial colleagues will take to address the growing problem of obesity here; and if she will make a...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proportion of the cost of each tribunal made up of legal fees, and the amount of money spent on legal fees in respect of tribunals...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the extremely low uptake of the doctor only medical cards; if she proposes to restore the full medical cards that have been...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the criteria for persons with disabilities for seeking employment opportunities within her Department; the application procedures that...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary has not received an appointment for an operation, despite five examinations...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in County Tipperary waiting for mammography appointments in each hospital; the number waiting nationally; the...
    • Health Services
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of podiatry care available at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital; the number of podiatrists employed at the hospital; if...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support extending the age range for which women are invited for a free breast check every two years from the current 50-64...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34636/06]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism has been in contact with her with regard to a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Health Funding
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene with the Health Service Executive to allocate funding to the Irish Osteoporosis Society in view of the fact that...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount spent to date on the e-commerce and communications infrastructure measure under the National...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that sufficient measures are being taken to encourage the use of compact fluorescent bulbs...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the dates on which an officer of the petroleum affairs division of his Department may have been questioned...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reviews or feasibility studies that have been carried out by his Department on the possibility of bringing...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on restoring responsibility for electricity supply security to Eirgrid and additionally charging them...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when Kilcullen, County Kildare will be included in the metropolitan area network broadband programme; and if he...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the proportion of the cost of each tribunal made up of legal fees, and the amount of money spent on legal fees...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures being taken to ensure that broadband is available to all who seek it and that the bandwidth here...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • International Agreements
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the implementation of economic partnership agreements currently being negotiated between the EU and regional groupings of the 77 ACP...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the document Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Ireland, which was adopted recently, is in...
    • International Agreements
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the benefits that might reasonably be expected to accrue to a least developed country such as Tanzania, which is a priority Irish Aid...
    • Manchester Martyrs
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had discussions with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair or officials of that Government regarding the return of the...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will advise all travel agents to make prominent the regulation in relation to passports for children over 16 years of age; if notices...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the situation regarding the Darfur region of Sudan and the need to protect men, women and children from attack and abuse. [33968/06]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of persons currently employed in his Department whose status has changed to that of disabled since the commencement to their...
    • European Council Meetings
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the September 2006 meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Finland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34529/06]
    • Overseas Aid Policy
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way Irish aid policy takes into account issues surrounding climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34530/06]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the current position in Thailand; the prospects which exist for a safe and secure transition in that country; and if he...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the proportion of the cost of each tribunal made up of legal fees, and the amount of money spent on legal fees in respect of tribunals in...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will assist a group (details supplied) with advice on funding and a refurbishment grant. [33921/06]
    • National Development Plan
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount spent to date under the culture, recreation and sport measure of the national development plan; the amount estimated to...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the proportion of the cost of each tribunal made up of legal fees, and the amount of money spent on legal fees in respect of...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason the closing date for the sports capital funding under the national lottery is the end of November, when it has been...
    • Repatriation of Archives
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if there has been an investigation or analysis of the prospect of seeking the return to Ireland of archived documents held in the...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will confirm reports that Enterprise Ireland has taken out a long-term lease on an office block in East Point; the...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent to date under the employment and human resources programme under the national development plan; the...
    • Job Losses
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he has taken to stop the displacement of jobs within an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork. [33889/06]
    • Company Closures
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the dispute between the former Greencore workers and Greencore regarding pension claims...
    • Industrial Development Property
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position with regard to an IDA factory (details supplied) in County Kildare which is currently unoccupied; the...
    • County Enterprise Boards
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the operation of county enterprise boards; the success of these boards to date in generating sustainable...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he anticipates that the decentralisation of Enterprise Ireland to Shannon will take place; when he will publish the...
    • Redundancy Rebates
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the restrictions on an employer who has implemented collective redundancy and received a two thirds rebate on the cost of...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the regularity of the divisional appeals body which chairs unfair dismissals hearings, having given appropriate notice,...
    • Competitiveness and Innovation Programme
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work that has been undertaken to date by his Department in response to the European Commission's Young Innovative...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the criteria and guidelines laid down by his Department and urgently review the mainstreaming of the...
    • Employment Appeals Tribunal
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the proportion of the cost of each tribunal made up of legal fees, and the amount of money spent on legal fees in respect...
    • Job Creation
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created by IDA Ireland in County Wexford in the years 1997 to date in 2006; and if he will make a...
    • Industrial Development Property
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position with regard to building a plant (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Unemployment Levels
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the high rate of unemployment in County Wexford compared with other counties; the action he will take to solve...
    • Industrial Development Property
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the properties IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland are leasing in towns (details supplied) in County Wexford; the use each...
    • Petrol Station Closures
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the recent trend for petrol stations to be closed and re-developed as housing developments, particularly in...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Cork retains their rent subsidy from the Southern Health Service...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there is provision for EU accession country citizens who are injured or disabled while working here; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when rent support will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason receipt of a contribution payment from Great Britain is not sufficient for consideration for living alone allowance...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons currently employed in his Department whose status has changed to that of disabled since the commencement of...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on abolishing the living alone requirement for pensioners to qualify for the free schemes; and if he will extend the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 10 October, 2006 his views on whether the refuse collection fee should be the same...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the proportion of the cost of each tribunal made up of legal fees, and the amount of money spent on legal fees in respect of...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of staff in his Department who have indicated willingness to decentralise; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Transport
    • Public Transport
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has responded to the request from a company (details supplied) to issue licences for two new routes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount spent to date under the economic and social infrastructure operational programme under the National Development Plan; the breakdown of...
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself that proper regulation exists to ensure that blue badge parking permits for disabled people are only provided to...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that driving a 13 miles per gallon 4x4 vehicle rather than a 25 miles per gallon for a year will waste...
    • Aviation Policy
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Transport if he raised the matter of a bilateral aviation treaty between Ireland and the US with his counterparts at the recent meeting of EU Ministers; if...
    • Motor Insurance
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Transport if insurance details are cross checked with insurance companies for online renewal of motor tax applications to ensure that false insurance...
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding plans to provide residents only permit parking on match days in the Croke Park area; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce an appeal mechanism into the system of taxi regulation, in view of the recent review published by the Department of the...
    • Public Transport
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will support the demand for two north south LUAS or Metro lines to be built by 2016 as set out in the DTO Platform for Change to redress the...
    • State Airports
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide funding from the Exchequer in the amount of €9 million to a route support fund for Shannon Airport to part balance the heavy...
    • Air Services
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Transport if he with his Ministerial colleagues will take the opportunity arising from the delay in the arrival of open skies to allocate the necessary...
    • Rail Network
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Transport if a report has been issued by his Department in relation to submissions on the Kildare Route Project. [34356/06]
    • Road Network
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Transport when it is planned to remove the tolls from the M50; the plans in place to introduce variable tolling at entry or egress points instead of a...
    • Road Safety
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Transport when the provisional licences will be replaced by a learner permit. [34365/06]
    • Public Transport
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to ensure that buses providing public transport services in rural areas are made accessible for people with physical or...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Transport if disabled parking disks will become available for the parents of autism sufferers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34468/06]
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Transport the reasons for failing to fill the vacancies that have existed for some time on the board of CIE and on the board of Iarnród Éireann; if he...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Transport the proportion of the cost of each tribunal made up of legal fees, and the amount of money spent on legal fees in respect of tribunals in each of...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Grant Payments
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will ensure that funding is granted to an organisation (details supplied) in Count Sligo for equipment; the...
    • Community Development
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has evaluated the success of the operation of the RAPID programme to date in the centres where it is in place...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of refurbishment grant applications received by his Department from County Kildare under the programme of...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount spent to date on young people's facilities and services fund under the National Development Plan; the...
    • Teanga Ghaeilge
      Question 539: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad í an straitéis atá ag a Roinn chun go leor céimithe Gaeilge a bheith ar fáil chun poist mar aistritheoirí...
    • Benchmarking Awards
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will grant benchmarking pay awards to employees of Pobal; if he has provided funding to Pobal for same; and if...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the proportion of the cost of each tribunal made up of legal fees, and the amount of money spent on legal fees in...
    • Fóram na Gaeilge
      Question 543: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta ag Fóram na Gaeilge ó thús na bliana agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh....
    • An Teanga Ghaeilge
      Question 544: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil tuarascáil d'aon sórt faighte aige faoin staidéar teangeolaíoch a bhí dírithe ar úsáid na Gaeilge sa...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will approve funding for a project (details supplied) in County Roscommon under the dormant accounts fund; if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount spent on the rural development measures of the national development plan to date; the amount estimated to...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a decision has been made in respect of additional entitlements from the national reserve under section C in respect of a person...
    • EU Reports
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the report of the EU Commission on the energy crop grant scheme, published at the end of September 2006 will be made available....
    • Grant Payments
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive their single farm payment as all requested information has been...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide an estimate of the acreage under State forestry in County Donegal. [34406/06]
    • Customs Controls
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to introduce Department of Agriculture dog teams to help police ports and airports to prevent the importation of diseases...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the proportion of the cost of each tribunal made up of legal fees, and the amount of money spent on legal fees in respect of tribunals...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to decentralise Bord Bia and Bord Glás to Enniscorthy, County Wexford; the number of people in her Department who have...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reasons the appeal application for consideration of [i]force majeur[/i]e under the single farm payments for a person (details...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position on decentralisation to Edenderry, County Offaly; the timeframe in which it is to be completed; if premises have been...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the planned sports hall for a school (details supplied), the funding for which was promised in 2002; and if she will...
    • School Transport
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if all of the school buses used in the transport of children to a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny are fitted with seat...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in south Tipperary currently serviced by the National Educational Psychological Service; and the number of...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary school pupils in south Tipperary being taught in classes greater in size than 24 pupils; and the number of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when home tuition will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [33884/06]
    • School Transport
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the school transport provided to children (details supplied) in County Mayo will be altered to make the collection of these...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grant assistance top-up schemes available to help third level students from disadvantaged areas; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Staffing
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will facilitate the requirement for staff for the tutoring of maths, English and art under the school completion programme for...
    • School Transport
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be picked up at an alternative location for the school bus; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if in view of this case she intervene and change the...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of general purpose rooms for primary schools for which funding was sanctioned by her Department in each year from 2001 to...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when her Department will complete its review of allocations to vocational educational committees under co-operation hours with other...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received an application for a capital grant from the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been placed in band two, despite the fact that the documentation,...
    • Early Childhood Education
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if and when she will mainstream the early start programme to all disadvantaged schools. [34155/06]
    • Literacy Levels
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the budget allocation for the reading recovery programme. [34156/06]
    • School Services Staff
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether each school should have a secretary and a caretaker. [34159/06]
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to improve the provision and quality of computers in schools. [34160/06]
    • North-South Education Consortium
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the current phase of the north south student teacher exchange. [34161/06]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason resource assistance is not provided to students with dyslexia, whose assessment is at the third percentile, with such...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount spent to date under the back to education initiative under the National Development Plan; the amount estimated to be spent...
    • Education Infrastructure
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount spent to date under the education infrastructure of the National Development Plan; the amount estimated to be spent by the...
    • School Transport
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of school children who are provided with school transport; the issues under consideration to improve safety for all such...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a new school will be built in Saggart as outlined in the Saggart Local Area Plan; if her Department will take a proactive...
    • Early School Leavers
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the rate of dropout from schools in County Meath compared with other counties; the plans in place to address this problem; and if she...
    • Tax Code
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of VAT paid by primary schools in the last year for which figures are available. [34308/06]
    • School Staffing
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number and type of posts of responsibility which currently exist at both primary and second level; the average allowance for such...
    • State Examinations
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the current cost for operating the leaving certificate applied course both from a teaching and examination point of view. [34313/06]
    • School Curriculum
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to review sex education in schools following the publication of recent surveys on sex and sexuality among young Irish...
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the current capitation grants to primary and second level schools; the reason these grants have not kept up with the rate of...
    • Third Level Education
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of additional places being provided for Irish medical students in 2007 to 2010; the cost to the State for funding each...
    • Traveller Education
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the last time an analysis was carried out regarding outcomes from the current investment in Traveller education; if there are plans...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average or statutory salary for a classroom assistant in a primary or second level school. [34320/06]
    • School Services Staff
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average or statutory salary for a school secretary. [34321/06]
    • One-Teacher Schools
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the location and number of one teacher schools at both primary and second level. [34322/06]
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation in relation to planning permission by developers and conditions being imposed for the provision of school sites; if a...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans in place to enforce the recent recommendations by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, with regard to education,...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will apologise for her Department's slow response to educational need in rapidly growing areas of east Meath, such as Laytown,...
    • Schools Funding
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the structures regarding the allocation of funding and resources to primary and second level schools; if there are any regional...
    • Model Schools
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of model schools currently in operation; the specialties these model schools cover; if any new model schools have been set...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an analysis has been carried out in relation to value for money in building new schools; the cost of a new temporary classroom in...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of vocational educational committee offices currently in operation here; the remit of these offices; the population covered...
    • National Forum on Education
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to implement the recommendations on regional bodies made by the National Forum on Education 200; if any costings have been...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will support the funding needs for a course for adults with a disability at Trinity College, Dublin; and if she will make this...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person who has been granted asylum or leave to remain here is entitled to be treated as an Irish or EU national when it comes to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a representative from her Department has met this school year with representatives of schools (details supplied); the position of...
    • Cursaí sa Ghaeilge
      Question 624: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta ar chuir údaráis an Choláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath, in iúl di nach raibh siad le cúrsa céime sa Ghaeilge istoíche a chur...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her future plans for a building (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34395/06]
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the arrangements she intends to put in place to provide proper facilities for physical education at a school (details supplied) in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new school at Gortahork, County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the capitation grant for second level schools taking into account that this has only increased by 12% in three...
    • Third Level Grants
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is leniency or flexibility in relation to their date of birth or age and the timing of their 23rd birthday in relation to...
    • School Staffing
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason an extra teacher has not been appointed to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
    • School Services Staff
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 is not in receipt of payment from her Department, with all of the ancillary pay...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the proposed extension to a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement...
    • Adult Education
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the assistance available from her Department for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 who is pursuing a post graduate course, on a...
    • Children's Health
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures she and her Ministerial colleagues will take to address the growing level of obesity in school children; and if she will...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has received an application for funding for running costs from a club (details supplied) in Dublin 1; if she will...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proportion of the cost of each tribunal made up of legal fees, and the amount of money spent on legal fees in respect of tribunals...
    • Home-School Liaison Scheme
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of people employed by her Department in Limerick City in the home school community liaison scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of education welfare officers assigned to Limerick City; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34560/06]
    • Psychological Service
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in County Kerry covered by the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of applications received in her Department for special needs assistants on 4 May 2006 for all schools in County Wexford;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application for a prefab for a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an application for emergency funding by a school (details supplied) in County Offaly for a turning area to...
    • School Absenteeism
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied that sufficient measures are being taken to reduce truancy rates in schools; her views on the increasing trend for...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of staff required by the Educational Welfare Board to provide the services as anticipated; and if she will make a statement...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools in County Kildare which currently have the most unfavourable pupil/teacher ratios; when she expects to address this issue;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects to provide for the full requirements in regard to speech and language therapy at all schools throughout County...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects to bring pupil/teacher ratios in County Kildare into line with best practice throughout the country, in view of the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 655: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the degree to which adequate accommodation is available at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if and when it is...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the finalisation of plans and preparations for the provision of the proposed new school (details supplied) in...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the basis on which the site for a proposed new school (details supplied) in County Kildare has been acquired; if there are particular...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason funding for autism courses for parents of children with autism has been withdrawn by her Department; her plans to reinstate...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the provision of an alternative site and accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to accommodation requirements at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • School Placement
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of pupils attending a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the number of applications for school placements...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a special autism unit (details supplied) in County Kildare has not become fully operational in view of the fact that the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost to the Exchequer of the ongoing security operation at Shannon Airport by the Army including an annual breakdown since 2002; and his views...
    • Military Awards
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will award a 1916 heroic medal to the family of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for Defence the situation with regard to the open space areas surrounding a road (details supplied) in County Kildare; if negotiations in relation to the taking...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 671: To ask the Minister for Defence the proportion of the cost of each tribunal made up of legal fees, and the amount of money spent on legal fees in respect of tribunals in each of...
    • Departmental Files
      Question 672: To ask the Minister for Defence further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 414 of 6 April 2006 the outcome from his Department's investigation of the prospect of releasing...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the local government employees spouse and children's contribution scheme; and if...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support measures to make all official air travel by Government Ministers carbon neutral in that...
    • House Sales
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of new and second hand houses sold in the most recent 12 month period for which he has data...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 676: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recent finding by the European Court of Justice, case C183/05, which...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if sanction to tender has been given for Coolgreany sewerage scheme, County Wexford; when it is expected that...
    • Housing Projects
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are housing projects or schemes for people with a disability particularly on the northside of...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 679: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made on the development of a species action plan, a fluvial audit of the Nore, a translocation...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      Question 680: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the funding application (details supplied) in Dublin 17; if his Department is seeking or...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will sanction an application by Carlow County Council for the construction of an...
    • Recreational Facilities
      Question 682: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount, the name and location of every public playground here; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to review the arrangements in relation to the employment by local authorities of an archivist; if...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will assist local authorities with capital costs in relation to the establishment or maintenance of...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the means by which the Local Government Fund allocation for each administrative area is...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the upgrading of the sewerage treatment plant at Tarbert, County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of a report (details supplied). [34090/06]
    • National Parks
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects the draft management plan for the Burren National Park to be published, in view of Clare...
    • Road Network
      Question 689: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent to date on non-national road measures under the National Development Plan; the amount...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 690: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent to date on the local authority housing measure of the National Development Plan to date; the...
    • Recreational Facilities
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans in place to enforce the recent recommendations by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child which...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 693: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on his meeting with an organisation (details supplied) in County Galway; the undertaking...
    • Control of Dogs
      Question 695: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the 10 breeds of dogs controlled under the Control of Dogs Regulations 1998; his views on introducing new...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 696: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason an association (details supplied) is not a prescribed body with similar rights to An Taisce; when...
    • Polling Stations
      Question 697: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if measures are being put in place to make a polling station (details supplied) in County Galway wheelchair...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 698: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed sewerage scheme for Gweedore, County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Litter Pollution
      Question 699: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he last raised the issue of litter in urban areas with local authorities here; if he has sent, in the...
    • National Parks
      Question 700: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people currently employed in connection with the Wicklow National park; their respective roles...
    • Recreational Facilities
      Question 701: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received an application for funding from Dublin City Council for the development of...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 702: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proportion of the cost of each tribunal made up of legal fees, and the amount of money spent on legal...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 703: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the decentralisation plans in his Department; when his Department will be fully...
    • Waste Management
      Question 704: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of dedicated recycling centres in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Election Management System
      Question 705: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost to store the electronic voting machines in County Wexford in the years 2002 to date in 2006; when...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 706: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding Wexford County Council received for rural roads for each year from 2000 to date in...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 707: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons currently employed in his Department whose status has changed to that of disabled since...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 709: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to develop Gormanstown Airfield as part of the Government affordable housing initiative; if the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 710: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authority housing units which, having been returned to the local authority, are boarded...

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