Written answers

Wednesday, 1 November 2006

  • Department of Health and Children
    • Child Care Services
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the recent OECD Report which found that child care costs here are among the highest in Europe and are...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the person responsible for highlighting new or existing protocols to the medical and administration staff of hospitals in regard to...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the criteria for eligibility for public health sector pension schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35452/06]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the efforts which have been made to overcome the problem of VAT being charged by commercial suppliers of home care packages; if persons...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has published its cost benefit analysis on the multi-million project to provide 1,000 private beds in the...
    • Health Service Reform
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the abolition of the health boards may have been premature in view of the setting up of regional fora for...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the new consultants' contract; and the way this will fit with her view of private hospitals in the grounds of public...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the general practitioner only cards do not cover a patient wishing to obtain the...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if Cavan Hospital consultants are still precluded from doing major GI surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35545/06]
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of advanced paramedics working in the Health Service Executive in an operational capacity to administer drugs such as cardiac...
    • National Cancer Strategy
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to launch a renewed campaign to highlight the issues surrounding prostate cancer; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to build new hospitals in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35380/06]
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the legislation which has been passed since she became Minister. [35526/06]
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the difference between a patient waiting in accident and emergency for an acute hospital bed and a patient waiting in an admission...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the Health Service Executive commissioned report that recommended a restructuring of obstetrics and gynaecology services...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Pharmacy Bill will be introduced. [35522/06]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if Cavan General Hospital is expected to receive all surgical transfers from Monaghan Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the recruitment process of the 32 elder abuse officials or care workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to the call by the MRSA and families organisation for a judicial inquiry into the non-implementation of the national...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the statement by the Joint Committee on Health and Children that the provision of mental health services for adolescents is...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the uneven payouts to elderly people in nursing homes here and the fact that the enhanced financial assistance currently...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will introduce the Alcohol Products Bill; if she has been lobbied by the alcohol industry to cancel it in favour of voluntary...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of payments processed in relation to the long stay charges repayment scheme; the timeframe a person would expect to wait for...
    • Drug Treatment Programme
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to move heroin addicts from drug treatment into regular primary care facilities by training doctors to prescribe the...
    • Health Services
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Western Regional Immunisation Board has not been reinstated following its disbandment in November 2005; and if she will...
    • Health Strategy
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on figures from the Public Health Alliance that the death rates for all cancers among the lowest occupational class is over...
    • Health Service Management
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the corporate plan for the Health Service Executive was published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35548/06]
    • Child Abuse Inquiry
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action to be taken to examine the fact that it is over seven and a half years since an inquiry was established into alleged abuse...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has calculated the cost of introducing free medical cards for both persons under six and 18 years old; the cost in...
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of day ward and elective cases that are cancelled every day due to overcrowding in accident and emergency departments here....
    • Hospital Services
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on reports of proposals for specialist paediatric surgical services for very young children being centralised at Our Lady's...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when national standards for disability services will be published and implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has received representations from persons abused while in foster care; if such abuse will be addressed by means of a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will include pneumococcal immunisation as part of the State-wide universal vaccination programme, as called for by the Meningitis...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to improve the availability of specialist out-patient psychiatry teams for children and adolescents. [35539/06]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which blood testing in the public hospital system is contracted out of private laboratories; her Department's policy in...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish the policy paper on her initiative to put 1,000 private beds on the grounds of public hospitals. [35504/06]
    • Eating Disorders
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the lack of facilities for the estimated 200,000 people with eating disorders; her further views on the fact that the only...
    • Nursing Home Inspections
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is acceptable that some inspections of nursing homes are taken by environmental health officers who are not...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will proceed with closing down St. Luke's Hospital for radiotherapy treatment in Dublin. [35514/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the most recent position of chiropody services for medical card holders; if she will clarify the possibility of chiropodist charging...
    • Competence Assurance Scheme
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the start-up date for competence insurance for all health professionals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35520/06]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received representations from church authorities regarding the location of a new National Children's Hospital. [35190/06]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to increase the number of psychiatric inpatient beds available for children and adolescents from the current level of 20...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, with regard to the hardship, stress and suffering caused to patients arising from the practice of the use of hospital trolleys due...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the Health Information and Quality Authority legislation to be introduced. [35524/06]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the private facilities being used to treat public patients; if access is unlimited or if there are restrictions on access; and if she...
    • School of Podiatry
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the decision was taken by her Department to locate the proposed school of podiatry in a university; the reason an institute of...
    • Health Services
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide specialist facilities for brain damaged persons under 65 years of age. [35540/06]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she intends to take to ensure an adequate standard of care is provided through home care packages; if she will establish a...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of the 300 additional personnel for primary care teams who have been recruited. [35550/06]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timeframe for the tendering process for the private beds to be built on the grounds of public hospitals. [35508/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the staff guidelines in place for responding to people presenting in hospitals following deliberate self-harm and resource services for...
    • Organ Retention
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason she will not agree to a full statutory inquiry into the issue of organ retention as requested by the parents; and if she will...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the statement by the Joint Committee on Health and Children in June 2006 that funding for mental health services is...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has entered into a service level agreement with the providers of the private radiotherapy facilities in...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to reports from the UK on the superbug C difficile which can cause severe illness and death in patients...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the Pharmacy Review Group's recommendations that there should be no beneficial ownership or business interest of any kind...
    • Health Services
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the lack of adequate aftercare support groups and treatment centres for the Drogheda area; her plans to improve the...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position and timeframe on the national roll-out of BreastCheck by region; the budget spend on the roll-out by region with initial...
    • Health Service Management
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the headquarters of the Health Service Executive is split in two and her views on whether it would be more sensible to have...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the acute hospitals which have a programme of clinical governance in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35547/06]
    • Eating Disorders
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting list for St. Columcille's Hospital, Ireland's only obesity clinic; the steps she will take to aid St. Columcille's Hospital;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when does she expect that legislation on eligibility and provision of entitlements for elderly people will be enacted. [35523/06]
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the overall cost of the flu vaccine; the uptake in 2005 and to date in 2006; if there was a drop in the rates of flu as a result; and if...
    • Health Policy
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Hanly report is still Government policy. [35512/06]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a common waiting list was considered as part of the 2001 health strategy; the reason for its exclusion; her views on whether it would...
    • Health Services
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the studies her Department has carried out on the possible introduction of universal health insurance; the overall cost of such a...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and percentage of general practitioner only cards that have been issued; the number of GP cards waiting to be issued; the...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is her policy to bring in public only contracts for consultants. [35510/06]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the location and number of the 500 nursing beds provided in 2006 by the Health Service Executive; the number of private nursing home...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in relation to the use of private ambulances she will confirm that there should be a certified emergency medical technician or...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Hollywood report on radiotherapy services is still Government policy. [35513/06]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the Government's position on EU Commission Infringement 2004/5152 regarding equal treatment in employment; her views on whether the...
    • Medical Profession Regulation
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the increasing number of complaints being made to the Medical Council regarding doctors; her further views on the concerns...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the social partners who agreed that 5% of the value of an elderly person's house is taken into account for subvention purposes; and if...
    • Health Services
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on reports that three in four children here have decayed permanent teeth by the time they are 15 years old and that half of...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in view of the Government's stated commitment to providing an extra 3,000 beds and of Professor Drumm's previous statements...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the statement by the Inspector of Mental Hospitals that community residences for former long-stay patients is an exercise...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the latest ESRI recommendations regarding spending in the health sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if consultants are keen on her private hospitals initiative due to the fact that public hospitals are under resourced and many...
    • National Cancer Strategy
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects that the implementation plan for the next cancer strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on reports that the blood test laboratory at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda is unable to keep up with demand and...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that 10% of parliamentary questions referred by her to the Health Service Executive in the six months of 2006...
    • Water Fluoridation
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will implement the recommendations of the report from the fluoridation forum; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will recognise and designate dementia as a national health priority; her views on the Alzheimer Society of Ireland's calls in...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way she intends replacing the €1 billion paid to public hospitals by VHI and BUPA when the private beds are removed from these...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of incidents of MRSA reported to date; the number of hospitals free from such infection; her plans to address the issue of...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the legislation she expects to have been passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas before the next general election. [35525/06]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the home supports available in the Dublin area to older people who require a level of support; the level of home care packages...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the commitments she or personnel on her behalf gave to a person (details supplied) regarding the future of Monaghan General Hospital; if...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has considered the introduction of a national diagnostic purchase fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35463/06]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the applications for extra beds or facilities from acute hospitals here; the date of such applications; the location of the applying...
    • Birth Control Products
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the morning after pill should be made available without prescription; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • National Cancer Strategy
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the situation that there is no dedicated funding for cancer patients travelling to radiotherapy services outside the south...
    • Health Services
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of the €16 million promised for primary care teams which has been spent. [35549/06]
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the medical practitioners Bill to be introduced. [35521/06]
    • Health Capital Programme
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the major capital projects that were expected to go to tender in 2006 but did not receive sanction from the Department of Finance due to...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the location where the 800 nursing home beds which she is seeking under her winter initiative are being sought; and if she will make a...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Law Reform Commission
      Question 206: To ask the Taoiseach the annual budget allocation to the Law Reform Commission for each year respectively from 1997 to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 207: To ask the Taoiseach the amount expended on photographers by his Department for events and publicity leaflet production in his constituency and the constituency of each Minister of...
    • Registered Births
      Question 208: To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of children born to single mothers in 2005. [35624/06]
    • Census of Population
      Question 209: To ask the Taoiseach if, arising from the latest census of population, reference will be made to the town of Foxford, County Mayo, based on its population as distinct from...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Illegal Fireworks
      Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that sufficient measures are being taken to protect members of the public from illegal use...
    • Remembrance Commission
      Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) receives the maximum support with all their medical...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his Department's plans for the new accommodation centre for asylum seekers in Clondalkin village; the length...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath for permission...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding proposals to upgrade and extend Henry Street Garda Station in Limerick; the new...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for asylum for a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Rented Accommodation
      Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006 regarding business tenancies; and if he...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the date on which the power to impound uninsured vehicles that are registered outside the State was granted;...
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he or the prison service considered in detail any other site other than Spike Island for the new prison to...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for leave to remain here in the case of a person (details...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for citizenship for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be dealt with in view...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applicants from both Waterford City and Waterford County who applied for the Garda Reserve...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the types of weapons the Gardaí have received under the Criminal Justice Act 2006 weapons amnesty; and the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of speed checks carried out by the Gardaí in 2005 and to date in 2006; the number of drink...
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of his request, as stated in his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 601 of 4 July 2006, of the...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí allocated to each Garda station in County Kerry; the way these figures compare with the...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of his publically stated commitment to the rights of victims of crime, and the ongoing problems...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if they will be given the maximum...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people granted humanitarian leave to remain here for each of the years from 2002 to date in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount expended on photographers by his Department for events and publicity leaflet production in his...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason he has not considered submissions made under Part 9 of the Planning and Development Regulations...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when will anti-social behaviour orders come into effect; if An Garda Síochána will be given instructions on...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a special concession will be put in place on humanitarian grounds to avoid the continued separation of a...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda fixed charge processing system is fully integrated with the Courts Service information...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation with regard to an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 239: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the moneys spent on the development of Balseskin Reception Centre, Finglas, Dublin 11; the status of the...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí stationed in Shankill, Dalkey, Dún Laoghaire, Blackrock, Deansgrange and Cabinteely...
    • Making of Wills
      Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the percentage of the adult population who have made a will; and his views on a campaign to highlight the...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 244: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a renewal work visa will be issued early for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and the...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 245: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that the number of Gardaí stationed in Dunboyne, County Meath and Slane, County Meath is...
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the accumulated capital cost of the Dóchas women's facility in Mountjoy prison; the facilities it provides...
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      Question 247: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to allegations made by a person (details supplied) in County Waterford...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 248: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 276 of 24 October 2006, the number of people convicted as a result of...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 249: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria he applied in deciding whether persons who are not Irish citizens are allowed to stay here...
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the nature of the sex offenders register maintained; his plans to extend access to this information to...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 251: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an internal investigation conducted into the issuing of a public service vehicle licence to a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 252: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will allow a person (details suppled) in County Meath to remain here temporarily; and if he will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 253: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant a visitors visa to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driving Licences
      Question 254: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ask the Gardaí at the Carriage Office in Dublin Castle to review the decision on humanitarian...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 255: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the main elements of his strategy for tackling crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35614/06]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 256: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans for a temporary Garda station in Monasterevin, in view of the fact that the current station is...
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 257: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of additional staff who will be required at the Garda vetting unit in Thurles, County Tipperary...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 258: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that there is enough legislative support for the Gardaí to tackle the issue of non-Irish...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 259: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí stationed in the Fermoy District Cork North Division each year from 1997 to 2001...
    • Domestic Partnerships
      Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the breakdown of the budget allocation to the Working Group on Domestic Partnerships; and if he will make a...
    • Weapons Amnesty
      Question 263: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of money spent on advertising and promoting the weapons amnesty. [35676/06]
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 264: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of youths between 16 and 18 years of age who are currently detained in St. Patrick's Institution,...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 265: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress of a proposed 24 hour Garda station in Carndonagh in North Inishowen, County Donegal; and if he...
    • Detention Centres
      Question 266: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to develop the Oberstown Campus in County Dublin as a national centre for the detention of...
    • Vehicle Registration
      Question 267: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures in place for An Garda Síochána to receive notification from vehicle registration in Shannon...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 268: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 25 October 2006 in relation to property acquired or disposed of...
  • Department of Finance
    • Garda Stations
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the provision of a new Garda station in Castleisland, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35246/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Finance if she will make a special allowance to waive the stamp duty of €30,000 under the favourite nephew clause; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT that different local authorities have paid over the past two years; the breakdown of the figures per local authority and per year;...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of 6 July 2006, when the outstanding information for the properties not included in his correspondence of...
    • Tax Code
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Finance the basis on which VAT is charged on the standing charges for such utilities as electricity and gas; if it is open to him to vary the level of VAT...
    • Special Savings Incentive Scheme
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on allowing SSIA holders to reinvest their accumulated savings into PRSAs; if he will provide an incentive to persons who wish to do so;...
    • Tax Code
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are proposals for the Government to refund VAT payments to registered charities; the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of such a...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of tax revenue raised by DIRT and the number of accounts; the amount refunded to persons over 65 not in the tax net and the relevant...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funds given to his Department by way of the Criminal Assets Bureau; the sums involved in each year since the establishment of the CAB;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Property Management Section of the Office of Public Works has identified a site for the re-development of a school (details supplied) in...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised in stamp duty from residential property in each of the past five years. [35255/06]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount expended on photographers by his Department for events and publicity leaflet production in his constituency and the constituency of each...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Finance the profile, the expenditure, and expenditure versus profile in the Border Midland Western region in the National Development Plan, to June 2006....
    • Flood Relief
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works flood prevention personnel will re-inspect the Tolka River where there is a build up of debris and silt which...
    • Hospital Access
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works will review the access points to St. Mary's Hospital, Phoenix Park (details supplied). [35314/06]
    • Traffic Management
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 17 October 2006, if in view of widespread local concern regarding the impact of the proposed one way...
    • Tax Code
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Finance the threshold for inheritance tax; the off-sets that can be used against it; the amount collected in tax under this category in 2000 to 2005...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of stamp duty collected on residential and commercial properties, by county, for the years 1998 to 2005 inclusive; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the Chief State Solicitor to complete deliberations on the transfer of title for the proposed site for a school (details supplied)...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Finance when he plans to appoint an Irish representative to the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development in view of the fact that Ireland has not...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been progress or an outcome to the regulatory inspection which he promised; and the Government's plans to upgrade and update those...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork, who was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2004, is being refused remission of the VAT and...
    • Ports Security
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of x-ray type machines capable of analysing the contents of a container, which are deployed at ports in the State; if he will identify...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Finance the options available to civil servants who wish to decentralise to posts outside Dublin but whose Dublin based Departments cannot secure...
    • Tax Code
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Finance when a P45 will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35610/06]
    • Registration of Title
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 6 July 2006, if he will report on progress, in respect on the title of a property (details supplied) in...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of excise duty raised on alcohol in each of the years from 2000 to 2005 with a breakdown of the amounts raised in particular from beer,...
    • Company Ownership
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in transferring a directorship from the names of the previous ownership to the name of the current owner (details...
    • Tax Code
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the proposal by the Dyslexia Association of Ireland to have medical tax relief extended to included specific...
    • Irish Language
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Finance the documents including his speech relating to Budget 2006 that were translated into Irish; the cost involved; the number of these Irish...
    • Tax Code
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on introducing a threshold in respect of the new tax on imputed distribution of moneys from approved retirement funds in order to prevent...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Child Care Services
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the future of EOCP funding for community based child care centres; if she will ensure that these centres are put...
    • Nursing Home Inspections
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, following comments made in Dáil Éireann on 18 October 2006 regarding nursing home standards where it was outlined that standard...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures she is taking to ensure the provision of affordable child care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35387/06]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to improve the provision of occupational and speech therapy and other therapies for children with autism; and if she will make...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is a two-year waiting list for orthopaedic surgery in the Cork area; her views on whether such a delay is causing undue...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the role of information technology in the health services here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35756/06]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that patients availing of outpatient services at the National Rehabilitation Hospital in...
    • Health Services
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the operation for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17 was cancelled; and if they will be assisted on this matter. [35104/06]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 18 October 2006, the amount being spent on security; the location where an external...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the need to roll-out a nationwide screening programme for cervical cancer; when this nationwide programme...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the Minister of State responsible for the elderly during the Leas Cross Nursing Home crisis; and if she will clarify the situation in...
    • Health Services
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a proper care plan will be put in place for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and the action she will take regarding the...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding the nursing home subventions and the elderly owning homes above €350,000; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Community Care
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for the home care package. [35146/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of payments made under a scheme (details supplied) for the past year. [35147/06]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the report of the Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35186/06]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when moneys will be made available for a crèche (details supplied) in County Limerick. [35201/06]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position with regard to the provision of a new community hospital in Tralee, County Kerry; if there is a defined catchment area for...
    • Health Services
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in County Kerry currently awaiting an appointment to see an orthodontist; the steps being taken to reduce waiting...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed extension of accident and emergency facilities at Kerry General Hospital; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to the announcement on 29 July 2002, the number of those promised 850 beds which have been provided to date in 2006; the costs...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding for a sexual assault treatment unit in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35206/06]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of a new Community Hospital in Dingle, County Kerry; the timeframe and costs involved in this...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in Kerry currently in possession of a full medical card; the number in possession of a doctor only medical card;...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in County Kerry who have been treated under the National Treatment Purchase Fund since its inception; and the...
    • Health Services
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the person who is the head of immunisation in the west of Ireland; the person who is the head of immunisation in Ireland; and if she...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cases at High Court level initiated by staff members of the old western health board that were settled in the past five...
    • Health Services
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties currently being experienced in the delivery of orthodontic services in the Cork and...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timetable for implementing the recommendations contained in A Vision for Change; the way the Government plan to ensure that A Vision...
    • Health Service Funding
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on increasing the allocation of moneys towards the Alzheimer Society in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for assessment of primary medical certificates in Counties Westmeath, Longford, Offaly and Laois; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount expended on photographers by her Department for events and publicity leaflet production in her constituency and the...
    • Health Services
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 as a matter of priority. [35315/06]
    • Health Service Funding
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist a club (details supplied) in County Dublin with funding. [35316/06]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she or a delegation from her Department or from the Health Service Executive has met with SIPTU regarding the action plan for health...
    • Health Service Funding
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide additional funding for frontline groups that provide services to address violence against women such as helplines,...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can expect to be called for an angiogram; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the recommendations will be put in place in relation to the National Disability Authority's Standards In-Care document, which was...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request the Health Service Executive south to arrange an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for...
    • Community Care
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of funding made available by her Department to the Health Service Executive for home care packages in the Dublin catchment...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of the number of hospital beds available in the Dublin catchment area; the number of beds that have been identified by her...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of employment of people either by her Department or agencies of her Department; the employment status and employee...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider the inclusion of the drug Melatonin for reimbursement in the drug payment scheme in view of the fact that it is...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the role of a person (details supplied) appointed to the Health Service Executive; the salary of the said person; when the person took...
    • Health Services
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied with the provision of orthodontic services in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35410/06]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the development of adult neurosurgery facilities here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35411/06]
    • Home Help Service
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be provided with home help. [35435/06]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the bed capacity in hospitals (details supplied) in each year from 1999 to date in 2006. [35553/06]
    • Nursing Homes
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the nursing home capacity in each year since 1999 to date in 2006; and if a census of nursing home capacity is available. [35558/06]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in arranging to have a person (details supplied) in County Cork admitted to a hospital in County Cork for surgery....
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a crisis situation developing within the ENT section in Mayo; if funding will be made available in...
    • Health Services
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an out-patient appointment in Galway. [35601/06]
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be notified of the decision in relation to their application for the mobility...
    • Suicide Incidence
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of deaths and rate by 100,000 by suicide in the Health Service Executive Regional areas for each of the years 2002 to 2005....
    • Health Services
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason, after six years of transport being provided on two days a week to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, the transport...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients who have been waiting longer than a year for an operation or appointment and who have yet to receive a letter of...
    • Health Services
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is a requirement on a member of the applicant's family (details supplied) to supply certain information; and if she...
    • Eating Disorders
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will outline the immediate steps being taken to address the shortfall in public services available to people with eating...
    • Foster Care
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of social workers or link workers employed in the foster care sections for the Health Service Executive dealing with County...
    • Health Services
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the removal of the county boundaries that were means of designation for health services in the old health board system due...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when work will commence, and work will be completed on the standard ward units in phase 2B of the Midlands Regional Hospital in...
    • Health Services
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of orthodontists currently available to deal with children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35723/06]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which the number of nurses currently in training is expected to be adequate to meet future requirements; and if she will...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which tuberculosis or other respiratory patients who previously dealt with Peamount Hospital are currently receiving...
    • Health Services
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way it is intended to effectively respond to the needs of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; the way it is intended to...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the hospitals in respect of which there have been the most reported incidents of MRSA to date in 2006; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical, surgical and nursing beds available throughout the entire hospital system; the extent to which this compares with...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of nursing home beds currently available; the number of such beds available in 1990; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of nurses now employed throughout the public health service; the numbers in 1990; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the role she expects the Naas General Hospital to play in the future delivery of health services; the number of wards currently...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a European Court of Human Rights ruling recognising the rights of transgendered people and their right to have their birth...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will conclude the discussions between her Department, the Department of Finance and the Health Service Executive regarding the...
    • Health Services
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Health and Children regarding orthodontic services will be implemented; when the review...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Tax Code
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the NORA levy on unleaded petrol in 1997 and 1998. [35156/06]
    • Energy Policy
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the outcome of the recent meeting between the heads of the European Union and the Russian President on energy...
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if there is to be a cessation of salmon fishing in a location (details supplied) in County Cork in 2007. [35118/06]
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will appoint a facilitator to hear the view of all the mussel farmers in an area (details supplied) in...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in view of the incidence of malicious anonymous text messages on mobile phones that can be sent from ready...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount expended on photographers by his Department for events and publicity leaflet production in his...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the progress in relation to the transmission of RTÉ for Irish emigrants living in...
    • Emergency Services
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department intends to promote the In Case of Emergency system in order that individuals' next of kin can...
    • Television Licences
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason tourist accommodation providers must purchase a separate television licence for each self-catering...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Economic Partnership Agreements
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact EPAs are being put in place to bring clear benefits to ACP countries; the measures in place to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount expended on photographers by his Department for events and publicity leaflet production in his constituency and the constituency...
    • Road Network
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in relation to the development of the road network linking Strabane and Letterkenny; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount expended on photographers by his Department for events and publicity leaflet production in his constituency and the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the decentralisation of staff from the Arts Council to Kilkenny City will take effect in view of a commitment to do so in...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Job Creation
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created with IDA support in County Kerry in 2006 to date and for each year since 2000; and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount expended on photographers by his Department for events and publicity leaflet production in his constituency and...
    • Work Permits
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the situation regarding a work permit request for a person (details supplied); and to make this a priority case. [35311/06]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on extending the age limit for participation in community employment schemes in line with the Government's policy...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position of an application for a bereavement grant by a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the procedure to be followed to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who appeals a decision of his Department...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to make information on the way to obtain a PPS number available in multiple languages. [35169/06]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will review the means assessment for farmers to allow for revenue returns where available as an alternative to the farm...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person on disability allowance can qualify for a living alone allowance...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will restore the MABS supplement to assist people with debts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35250/06]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is being paid unemployment assistance; and if not, if there is an active application...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount expended on photographers by his Department for events and publicity leaflet production in his constituency and the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is only receiving €180.40 per week disability allowance in view of the...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the discussions he has had with the Department for Finance regarding the continued operation of illegal moneylenders here; his...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the measures he is taking to improve the position of widows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35388/06]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be dealt with. [35437/06]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 269 of 19 October 2006 the views, reports or recommendations from a paternal perspective...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the value of the income limit on secondary sources of income in order to qualify for the fuel scheme in each of the past 10 years....
  • Department of Transport
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Transport the spend on national roads in the Border Midland Western region as against the planned spend to June 2006 under the National Development Plan....
    • Traffic Management
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures he is taking to improve the traffic situation in the Greater Dublin Area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35384/06]
    • Marine Safety
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason a foreign flagged tanker (details supplied) which in early 2006 was involved in a collision with potentially serious consequences while...
    • Marine Accidents
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Transport if an investigation was conducted by his Department into an incident whereby a foreign flagged tanker (details supplied) was involved in a...
    • Air Services
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Transport the function he has in issuing directions to bodies or agencies which report to him regarding the levels of aircraft noise while on the ground and...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Transport when persons (details supplied) in County Mayo can expect a reply from the Secretary General of his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Registration of Vehicles
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Transport if a scheme exists to allow for the testing of imported vehicles before registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35154/06]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount expended on photographers by his Department for events and publicity leaflet production in his constituency and the constituency of...
    • Public Transport
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to provide additional buses to serve the Clonmellon to Dublin bus service; if his attention has been drawn to plans of Bus Éireann to...
    • Road Network
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Transport the policy directions he has given to the National Roads Authority since January 2005; the basis on which he provides funding to the NRA; and if...
    • Air Services
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will grant improvement for the improvement of the Irish airlines superannuation scheme; his views on whether the scheme is out of line with...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Transport the regulations in force governing the setting down of double yellow lines in estates not taken in charge by the local authority; the regulations...
    • Public Transport
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that students from the village of Ratoath in County Meath must use separate Bus Éireann and Dublin...
    • Motor Insurance
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Transport the obligation that rests on the users of motorised wheelchairs to have insurance cover when they use roads, footpaths and cycle-ways; his views...
    • Regional Airports
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of the proposal he has received from the board of Waterford Regional Airport to extend the runway at the airport; when he will...
    • Public Transport
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received an application from Dublin City Council for funding towards park and ride facilities; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Air Services
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the proposed hostile takeover of Aer Lingus by Ryanair; the action he is taking to prevent this; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rail Network
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Transport the timetable for the construction of the western rail corridor from Ennis to Athenry and from Athenry to Claremorris; his views on the ESRI...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
      Question 504: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé i gceist aige na dréachtrialacháin a foilsíodh faoi Alt 9 d'Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003 nó Alt 95...
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      Question 509: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén méid de dheontas Fhoras na Gaeilge, bliain ar bhliain, a tugadh ar ais don státchiste agus an ndéanfaidh sé...
    • Irish Language
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the recommendations in the report linguistic study of Irish usage in the Gaeltacht which commenced in April 2004 and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount expended on photographers by his Department for events and publicity leaflet production in his...
    • Community Development
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if projects relating to biofuel production can be funded under the Leader programme; and if he will make a statement...
    • An Teanga Ghaeilge
      Question 514: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cathain a bheidh leaganacha Gaeilge agus Béarla de Bhillí ar fáil ag an tráth a bheidh leasuithe á ndéanamh ag baill...
    • Community Development
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position with regard to a group (details supplied) in County Mayo; their future participation in the delivery of...
    • Ceist Phleanáta
      Question 516: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad iad na pleananna atá á mbeartú le breis fostaíochta a chur ar bun i gceantar Chill Chárthaigh, Dún na nGall, go...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on documentation (details supplied) in relation to the draft Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2006; and if he...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if funding will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35100/06]
    • Milk Quota
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the legal status of milk quota; if it is an asset or a licence; if the Revenue Commissioners concur with her view; if ownership is...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Sligo has not received their forestry premium payments since 1992; and if she will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount expended on photographers by her Department for events and publicity leaflet production in her constituency and the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding an application for 2006 single farm payment by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [35294/06]
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the communication from the European Commission in early 2006 regarding environmental problems with Ireland's forestry...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide a full report of the entitlements of a person (details supplied) in County Cork for 2006; if she will ensure they...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position of Ireland in relation to the United Nations Convention on Biodiversity; the meetings which have taken place in the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in respect of extra allocation from the national reserve was not...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Third Level Education
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which the number of students currently studying medicine is expected to be adequate to meet future requirements; and if...
    • Education Services
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has been consulted by the Reception and Integration Agency or the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform regarding its...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a copy of a report (details supplied) which has been completed will be made available to this Deputy; and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed extension of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and when her Department officials will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be assured that they will continue to receive the help they need in order to make...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department own and are registered title holders to a school building (details supplied) in County Mayo or if it is vested in...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Kerry with class sizes of less than 20, between 20 and 30, between 30 and 40 and greater than...
    • School Transport
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will initiate a review of catchment boundaries for secondary school bus transport; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if and when a second education welfare officer will be appointed for County Kerry; the number of referrals to the board from County...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a building project for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a building project for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to a situation regarding a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and her views on whether any...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will examine the rights granted to a person with humanitarian leave to stay here with regard to availing of the free fees...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the benefits of the SSIAs are being taken into account for third level education grants; if so, her views on whether this is fair...
    • School Transport
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if additional seating has become available for students who previously availed of concessionary transport on a bus service operating...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the income threshold for students to qualify for the top-up higher education grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount expended on photographers by her Department for events and publicity leaflet production in her constituency and the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary that has applied for the devolved grant for small schools...
    • School Fees
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of grant aid paid to each fee paying private school by her Department in each of the past five years. [35357/06]
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received an application seeking approval for a Gaelcoláiste at Arklow, County Wicklow; the stage same is at; and if she...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the applications she has for schools, primary and post primary (details supplied), for accommodation and facility improvements; the...
    • Third Level Grants
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the income limit for qualification for a third level grant; the expenses that can be offset against this; her plans to increase this...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of post primary schools that offer a transition year; the percentage of post primary students who could avail of the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures she is taking to reduce class sizes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35381/06]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures she is taking to improve school buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35382/06]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures she is taking to improve special needs education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35383/06]
    • Third Level Funding
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the capital funding and the revenue funding provided to each of the universities and to each of the institutes of technology in each...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 11 October 2006, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the NCSE have twice...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the research carried out by an organisation (details supplied) linking back pain in children and...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if financial assistance will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the remedial steps she proposes to take, arising from the position of Irish in the educational system as outlined in the recent Harris...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding the building of a new school (details supplied) in County Cork and specifically the efforts to date to secure...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the assistance available to persons (detail supplied) in County Mayo; if assistance will be given to them; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when school placement will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will issue a directive to the Office of Public Works to purchase a site for a school (details supplied) in County Galway....
    • School Accommodation
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the future plans her Department has for a primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount invested by her Department in new school computers in County Kildare in the past five years; the amount invested in the...
    • Schools Enrolments
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of pupils in junior infants and in senior infants. [35643/06]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an application for a schedule of accommodation which has been sanctioned by her Department for a school (details supplied) in...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has met with the Road Safety Authority in relation to developing a specific additional road safety resource suitable for...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm receipt of a request for additional temporary classroom accommodation for September 2007 from a school (details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to having school building projects (details supplied) in County Donegal move to work commencing stage; and if...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a review will be undertaken in the application for educational grant in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria used for deciding the level of capitation grant in primary and secondary voluntary schools; and the estimate of the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make special provisions for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [35741/06]
    • School Insurance Scheme
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to meet the State Claims Board to discuss the possibility of a single national insurance scheme for schools. [35742/06]
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the budget for second level vocational schools and for community and comprehensive colleges; and the amount of this spent on...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the numbers of secondary pupils in secondary voluntary, in vocational educational committee and community and comprehensive schools....
  • Department of Defence
    • Army Barracks
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Defence the situation regarding the proposed acquisition of the lands at Collins Barracks, Cork, by Cork City Council; and if the offer made by Cork City...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount expended on photographers by his Department for events and publicity leaflet production in his constituency and the constituency of each...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • EU Directives
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the recent decision by the European Court of Justice that there was no protection under Irish...
    • Public Service Charges
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the mounting feelings of discontent amongst farmers and their families...
    • Whaling Regulation
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recent decision by the Icelandic Government to permit the whaling of...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding available towards the restoration of a mill along the River Barrow in Bagenalstown, County...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the state of the proposed new extension to the Mountbellow, Ballinasloe, County Galway sewerage scheme; if...
    • EU Directives
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if Ireland had applied prior to 13 August 2004 for an extension on the deadlines in the provisions of Article...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Galway; the area it will service; when...
    • Radon Gas Levels
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken to address extremely high levels of radon gas recorded by the RPII in respect of areas...
    • Local Authority Grants
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding allocated in 2006 from his Department to Kerry County Council for the disabled persons...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount expended on photographers by his Department for events and publicity leaflet production in his...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 648 of 14 February 2006, if as part of his review he will consider the...
    • Planning Regulations
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if maps without references to the Ordnance Survey Ireland and necessary licensing information interfere with...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to reduce the fee for an environmental licence from the Environmental Protection Agency for poultry...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on new research mentioned on a television programme in October 2006 (details supplied), which...
    • Tax Yields
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimated amount of uncollected car tax on a yearly basis for each year since 1997; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will grant aid the proposals from Louth County Council to construct the Drogheda port access route...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1528 of 27 September 2006, the status of these regional water schemes;...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average development levy per new house in each council in 2002 and in the most recent year for which...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he set up an independent electoral commission to deal with all aspects of elections; and if he will make a...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when approval will be given for the provision of a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Donegal....
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when tenants of local authority flats complexes will be able to purchase their dwellings from the relevant...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to bring in official certificates for septic tanks and assorted wastewater treatment systems....
    • Road Network
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received an application from Waterford County Council for funding to upgrade the approach road to...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimated revenue from planning fees received by local authorities in 2005. [35662/06]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the application to provide a new sewerage system at Milltownpass, County Westmeath; if same...
    • Local Authority Grants
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to evaluate the DPG scheme in relation to increasing the present ceiling on the grant, in...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 275 of 25 October 2006, the progress made in regard to the enactment of...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of loans approved and the number paid, in respect of new houses and of second hand houses in each...
    • Motor Vehicle Registration
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of changes of ownership recorded in respect of motor cars in each year from 2000 to 2005...

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