Written answers
Tuesday, 7 November 2006
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Proposed Legislation
Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the promised new regulatory authority for auctioneers and estate agents will be established on a...
- Weapons Amnesty
Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the low yield of the recent weapons amnesty which resulted in 368 weapons being handed over to...
- Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the disciplinary action taken in relation to two gardaí (details supplied) who had pleaded not guilty to...
- Garda Strength
Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of positions within An Garda Síochána scheduled to be civilianised; the number of those...
- Coroners Service
Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the requirement of the Dublin city coroner for doctors to report to him...
- Garda Investigations
Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and estimated value of illegal fireworks seized by the gardaí in September and October 2006; the...
- Departmental Properties
Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the site at Shanganagh Castle, Shankill, County Dublin, which Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council has...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the funding for a closed circuit television system for Mullingar, County Westmeath;...
- Drug Seizures
Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the increase in the use of crack cocaine in the greater Dublin area; if...
- Garda Operations
Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the conduct of gardaí involved in operations at Bellanaboy, County Mayo over...
- Garda Investigations
Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a report from the expert group established in view of concerns arising from the case of a...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it was appropriate that the non-national occupants of a hostel that went on fire in Dublin on the night...
- Garda Investigations
Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the allegation made by a member of the British House of Commons that MI6...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount spent by his Department on staging the Ryder Cup in September 2006 in the K-Club, County Kildare;...
- Fireworks Offences
Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of licences that have been issued under the Explosives Act 1875 as amended for the importation or...
- Missing Persons
Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the recommendations of a report (details supplied) he will reintroduce funding for the...
- Crime Levels
Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the figures for headline offences for the third quarter of 2006 published by the Central...
- Courts Service
Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the moneys allocated to date for the Courts Service; the level of funding required to progress the Courts...
- Garda Stations
Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations equipped for the video recording of interviews with suspects; the percentage of...
- Election Management System
Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures being put in place to ensure that the maximum number of prisoners possible are allowed to...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to increase the number of juvenile liaison officers in view of the proven success in dealing with...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to his speech in Limerick on 20 October 2006, his proposals for a review of the criminal justice...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will bring forward legislation dealing with privacy issues arising from the development of and...
- Garda Complaints Procedures
Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made with regard to the establishment of the Garda Ombudsman Commission; the number of staff...
- Weapons Amnesty
Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of firearms and knives surrendered under the recent amnesty by the closing date of 31 October...
- Inspector of Prisons
Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the term of office of the Inspector of Prisons is due to expire; if it is intended to reappoint a person...
- Crime Prevention
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the anti-social behaviour provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2006, will be brought into operation;...
- Garda Operations
Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of weapons seized to date in relation to Operation Anvil; the number of arrests made; the reason...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for reform of the chief State pathologists office; if it is intended to introduce a new system...
- Probation and Welfare Service
Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for further development of the probation service; the additional resources, that will be...
- Garda Investigations
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the investigation that has been held into the circumstances of the wounding of a man by gardaí following a...
- Equality Issues
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reviews the equality division of his Department has carried out regarding equal access to employment...
- Garda Strength
Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has brought to Government his request for approval for the appointment of an additional 1,000 gardaí;...
- Irish Prison Service
Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the general increase in the cost of keeping prisoners in jail and particularly the fact that the...
- Drug Seizures
Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the level, volume and value of illegal drugs over the past five years; the success of the Garda operations in...
- Sexual Offences
Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he intends to implement section 16 of the Criminal Evidence Act 1992 that provides that a video...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a financial discrepancy exists between the cost of applying for Irish citizenship as the spouse of...
- Departmental Reports
Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received the report of a person (details supplied); the main findings of the report; if he has not...
- Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the new draft Garda discipline regulations, regarding their consideration by the...
- Crime Levels
Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of murder in which firearms were used in respect of each year from 1998 to date in 2006;...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his Department sanctioned the funds to purchase the Thornton...
- Prison Education Service
Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason training and education programmes in St. Patrick's Institution for 16 to 21 year olds are almost...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the proposed timetable for the development and completion of the new prison at Thornton Hall; the estimated...
- Departmental Reports
Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received the report of the working group on categories of partnerships and relationships outside of...
- European Court Judgments
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Government's position on the recent judgment by the European Court of Justice on a case (details...
- Garda Investigations
Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made with regard to the Garda investigation into the murder of Ms Donna Clery in Coolock on 5...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the discussions his Department has had with Fingal County Council in regard to the provision on...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the number of people here who continue to drink and drive as evidenced by the 418 arrests made...
- Departmental Procedures
Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has put in place the procedures he promised in the Houses of the Oireachtas on 8 June 2006 for...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date on the construction of a new prison on Spike Island; and if he will make a statement on...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the findings of a recent survey, Child Pornography and the Criminal Justice System, which found...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the main proposals for dealing with child offenders following the raising of the age of criminal...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the projects and initiatives that have received funding under the €5 million provided in July 2006 for...
- Garda Reserve
Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications received to date in regard to the Garda Reserve; the number of applications...
- Crime Levels
Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of his contention that serious crime has reduced significantly as compared with 1995, there has...
- Restorative Justice
Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the terms of reference and membership of the working group to produce proposals for the development of...
- Crime Prevention
Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has information which might suggest that a number of serious criminals serving prison sentences are...
- Departmental Reports
Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a response from the chief inspector of the Garda inspectorate to the copy of the Barr...
- International Conferences
Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the conclusions reached at the recent international conference on gambling which he attended; the action that...
- International Agreements
Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the Government has decided not to participate in the negotiation and implementation of new EU...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Export Trade
Question 156: To ask the Taoiseach the estimate of the number of trees exported annually from Donegal to Northern Ireland. [36387/06]
- State Property
Question 157: To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 222 of 24 October 2006, if his Department will request all State buildings including the Four Courts to so arrange the...
- Departmental Properties
Question 158: To ask the Taoiseach the name and location of every vacant building under his Department's ownership or control; the security arrangements in place in respect of each property; the...
- National Statistics
Question 159: To ask the Taoiseach the number of deaths registered in each of the past five years and in the first quarter of 2006 by sex, cause of death, and age. [36374/06]
- Departmental Transport
Question 161: To ask the Taoiseach if vehicles used by his Department use fuel from a particular fuel supplier; if so, the name of that supplier; if departmental staff are issued with fuel cards...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Garda Investigations
Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he received documentation on the case of a person (details supplied) and the allegations of forgery; and...
- Parliamentary Questions
Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to Parliamentary Question No. 377 of 27 September 2006. [36084/06]
- Residency Permits
Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the breakdown of the number of applications for residency visas over the past ten years; the number of...
- Visa Applications
Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures available to overturn a visa of a non-national if they are found to have terrorist connections...
- Garda Strength
Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the personnel strengths of An Garda Síochána for Dublin city and north Dublin metropolitan area; the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures associated with processing an application for naturalisation; if applicants are aware of the...
- Garda Investigations
Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the escalation in the number of private security and cash in transit personnel and their families who have...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his Department's position in respect of the proposed prison at Thornton Hall on the installation of sewerage,...
- Garda Deployment
Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a crime prevention officer will be reappointed to Navan Garda station. [36123/06]
- Asylum Applications
Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for family reunification for a person (details supplied) in...
- Deportation Orders
Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will allow persons (details supplied) in County Waterford to remain temporarily in the State; and if he...
- Residency Permits
Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if permanent residency will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Properties
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the name and location of every vacant building under his Department's ownership or control; the security...
- Anti-Racism Measures
Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the fact that racial discrimination claims by migrant workers have more than doubled in the...
- Crime Levels
Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people murdered in each of the past 12 years through violence on the streets, or by whatever...
- Crime Prevention
Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps being taken by gardaí to stop the recent escalation of thefts from shops in Wexford town; and if...
- Equality Issues
Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the disability equality section of his Department has carried out a review of the 3% employment quota in...
- Road Traffic Accidents
Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of road traffic accidents involving Garda or ministerial cars over each of the past five years....
- Citizenship Applications
Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications currently before his Department for certificates of naturalisation on the basis of...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the funding for a closed circuit television system for Longford town; and when he...
- Voluntary Repatriation Schemes
Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in Britain and Ireland on the repatriation application of a person (details supplied); and...
- Departmental Transport
Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if vehicles used by his Department use fuel from a particular fuel supplier; if so, the name of that...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a post nuptial citizenship application for a person (details supplied) has been granted; and when a...
- Visa Applications
Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the rules that will apply in 2007 in relation to Romanian and Bulgarian nationals seeking to travel here for...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the stage of an application for naturalisation for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [36481/06]
- Crime Prevention
Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of calls received by the Garda authorities regarding vandalism and anti-social behaviour in the...
- Garda Investigations
Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 11 October 2006 if the report referred to is available; and if...
- Garda Transport
Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is a maximum mileage limit on Garda patrol cars; if he is satisfied that any of the cars are not...
- Residency Permits
Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 275 of 24 October 2006, if his attention has been drawn to the fact...
- Crime Levels
Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of public order incidents reported in the past five years; the number of prosecutions which...
- Missing Persons
Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people currently recorded as missing persons; the extent to which adequate resources are...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prison spaces currently occupied by more than one person to a cell; the highest number of...
- Crime Levels
Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of incidents of anti-social activity reported to the various Garda stations throughout County...
- Garda Transport
Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda patrol cars available to each station throughout County Kildare on a nightly basis; and...
- Garda Stations
Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations currently operational throughout County Kildare; the number of such stations...
- Crime Prevention
Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he has taken to combat drive-by shootings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36584/06]
- Garda Strength
Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the ratio of gardaí to the civilian population in the years 2000, 2002, 2005 and to date in 2006; and if he...
- Public Order Offences
Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if gardaí have sufficient resources to respond to the needs of residents and community groups who bring to...
- Gangland Killings
Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of shootings, including fatal shootings, attributable to organised crime gangs in the past five...
- Garda Deployment
Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which the number of gardaí deployed to the various Garda divisions throughout Leinster has...
- Witness Intimidation
Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of incidents of witness intimidation here in the past four years; and if he will make a statement...
- Crime Prevention
Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the resources available to the gardaí and the CAB are sufficient to tackle the full extent of organised...
- Court Procedures
Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons charged with serious crime who have been on bail in the past 12 months or are currently...
- Visa Applications
Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps to ensure that an application for a visitor's visa for a person (details supplied) is...
- Prison Education Service
Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the specific steps he is taking and the timeline he has set for the implementation of the positive sentence...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for making the proceeds of the health repayment scheme for nursing home charges taxable in respect of the beneficiaries of the...
- Government Expenditure
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the Government intends to spend the money it realised from the proceeds of the sale of the majority of its shares in Aer Lingus....
- State Property
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by groups (details supplied) regarding the use of the Garden of Remembrance;...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance if the inter-departmental group which examined the disabled drivers schemes examined, or made recommendations regarding, the involvement of blind...
- Tax Code
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Finance if special treatment is given by the Revenue Commissioners in cases where employed persons claim rent tax credit in respect of rent paid to their...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Finance the level of guaranteed deposit savings protection available to customers of licensed banks operating here; the extent of the protection afforded by...
- Pension Provisions
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received correspondence (details supplied); his views on the matter; the options available to the individual involved; when he expects to...
- Flood Relief
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Finance when an offer of compensation will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny relating to the Nore drainage scheme in Kilkenny; and...
- Tax Code
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of abolishing the €125 and €250 deduction that is applied in calculating tax relief on medical expenses; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Properties
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Finance the name and location of every vacant building under his Department's ownership or control; the security arrangements in place in respect of each...
- Flood Relief
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of discussions or agreements reached with Kildare County Council in regard to works concluded to date for the completion of cleaning and...
- Budget Submissions
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a pre-budget submission from an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 12; if he will favourably consider same; and if he will...
- Departmental Transport
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Finance if vehicles used by his Department use fuel from a particular fuel supplier; if so, the name of that supplier; if departmental staff are issued with...
- Tax Code
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of farmers who were able to benefit from the special stamp duty concession towards land consolidation that was announced in budget 2005;...
- Tax Yield
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated value of tax revenue lost through the importing of smuggled cigarettes in 2004 and 2005; if the estimated amount of smuggled tobacco...
- Duty Free Sales
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of duty free cigarettes sold in Dublin Airport Authority owned outlets at airports here since 2004 on an annual basis; the amount of duty...
- Tax Code
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will remove the liability for VAT on medical aids for the visually impaired and the handicapped; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 307 of 1 November 2006, the cost of the translation work carried out by staff in his Department referred to in...
- Tax Code
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals to introduce carbon taxes; the way he proposes to minimise their impact on lower income groups; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Collection
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Finance when a tax refund will issue in the case of person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36573/06]
- Garda Stations
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Finance when the original decision to provide a new Garda station at Leixlip, County Kildare was taken; the action taken each year since then to finalise...
- Tax Code
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons on the minimum wage who are estimated to be paying income tax in 2006. [36664/06]
- Tax Collection
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will take steps to address the issues raised in correspondence of 4 July 2006 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Budget Submissions
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the pre-budget submission of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36724/06]
- Department of Health and Children
- Child Care Services
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of funding available under the equal opportunities child care programme over the past three years; the number benefiting from...
- Health Levy
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her latest forecast for the 2006 outturn for the health levy. [36357/06]
- Health Services
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she intends to take to deal with the deficit in facilities to deal with domestic violence; and if she will make a statement on...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she allocated a specific sum of money in 2006 to clear the backlog of applications for aids and appliances for people with...
- Health Services
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on including orthodontic treatment under the terms of the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will make a statement...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to funding and housing schemes for disabled people and for quality projects on the northside for people with a...
- Community Care
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take regarding the Meals On Wheels service in Marino; and if she will give them the maximum support and advice....
- Health Services
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide proper office space and facilities for the home help service in Marino. [36115/06]
- Medical Cards
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 who has a medical card but was obliged to pay to attend a consultant will be reimbursed for...
- Community Care
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the wider welfare remit that is part of the role of the community welfare officer, she will reconsider the decision to...
- Health Repayment Scheme
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a refund will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare in respect of nursing home charges; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding refurbishment of St. Ita's Hospital, Portrane, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the committee set up to undertake a review of acute health services in the Health...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 287: 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...
- Health Services
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for delays in the issue of pathology reports to coroners, which in turn is causing long delays with the issue of death...
- Children in Care
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to bring the standard of care in the majority of high support units for young people with emotional and behavioural problems...
- Hospital Services
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people waiting for hip replacements at Kerry General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36222/06]
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the budgetary allocation for sheltered housing services has been dispersed in 2006 to the Health Service Executive regions; the...
- Departmental Properties
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the name and location of every vacant building under her Department's ownership or control; the security arrangements in place in...
- Hospital Services
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals to reduce to an acceptable level the waiting period for appointments for patients referred to the dermatology department...
- Health Services
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a recommendation that long-term illness cover for medication should be extended to conditions like...
- Departmental Staff
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of the administration and management staff of the Health Service Executive in a full year compared to the last full year when...
- Health Services
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the matter that children with autism at a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow are being denied a...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are charges for services for people with an intellectual disability (details supplied); and if she will clarify the matter....
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the present rates of subvention payable are under review; if she will address the issue of varying rates of...
- Health Services
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when services will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who was diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder; and if...
- Departmental Transport
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if vehicles used by her Department use fuel from a particular fuel supplier; if so, the name of that supplier; if departmental staff are...
- Alcohol Abuse
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 354 of 24 October 2006, the membership of the implementation group established to monitor...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to eliminate the discrimination against elderly people in the west of Ireland who are in nursing homes and...
- Pharmacy Regulations
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to further restrict the availability of analgesics through non-pharmacy outlets; the extent to which the need to balance...
- Smoking Ban
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is proposed to commence the remaining parts of the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2003 regarding restrictions on the sale and...
- Child Care Services
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views with regard to having the grant level increased in response to submissions made to her at a meeting (details supplied). [36482/06]
- Health Services
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the Health Service Executive decision to close local health facilities such as that at Shanbally, County Cork; if this is...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of acute hospital beds, both public and private, in each of the hospitals, for each of the years 1997 to 2006; and if she...
- General Practitioner Services
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to enhance out of hours doctor on call to the North Monaghan area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36545/06]
- Infectious Diseases
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to appoint a national director to implement a national strategy in relation to MRSA; and if she will make a statement on the...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the numbers of patients awaiting cardiac surgery who have been treated under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each year since it...
- Health Services
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent of neurosurgical service provision here; the locations and capacity involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients awaiting hip replacement surgery who have been treated under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each year...
- Health Services
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she has taken to address concerns previously expressed by letter and parliamentary question in regard to the lack of funding...
- Medical Education
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) does not receive payment or remuneration when they are attending a paramedic course at the...
- Hospital Services
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if consideration can or will be given to continue cancer treatment services at St. Luke's, Rathgar, Dublin as same are currently to be...
- Medical Cards
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will conduct an examination of denture provision in this State, including the teaching of dentistry and the manufacture of...
- Cancer Incidence
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the observed number, the expected number, and standardised incidence ratio for all invasive cancers, excluding non-melanoma skin,...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Energy Conservation
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of homes which received energy efficiency measures under Sustainable Energy Ireland's low income...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will direct Sustainable Energy Ireland to provide grant aid for small residential wind turbines in view...
- Departmental Properties
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the name and location of every vacant building under his Department's ownership or control; the security...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount spent to date on the e-commerce and communications infrastructure under the national development...
- Departmental Transport
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if vehicles used by his Department use fuel from a particular fuel supplier; if so, the name of that supplier;...
- Communications Masts
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a phone mast was recently removed from a commercial building...
- Energy Resources
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 434 of 24 October 2006, if he will apply to the EU Commission for state...
- Fishing Industry
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the status of Brandon Bay, County Kerry in relation to trawling; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Staff
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of officials in his Department dedicated to dealing with MLE, Digital, Hub, Interreg, NorthSouth,...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will announce and initiate the third call of the county and group broadband scheme. [36656/06]
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Departmental Staff
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 266 of 6 December 2005 his Department is in a position to have the Labour Court recommendation of...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has considered the proposal for targeted divestment in Sudan as a necessary measure for achieving long-term peace and security in...
- Irish Prisoners Abroad
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made in the study being conducted by his Department into Irish prisoners abroad; the non-governmental organisations that have...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when he will be attending the hearings of the European Parliament's temporary committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA...
- Departmental Properties
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the name and location of every vacant building under his Department's ownership or control; the security arrangements in place in respect of...
- Departmental Transport
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if vehicles used by his Department use fuel from a particular fuel supplier; if so, the name of that supplier; if departmental staff are...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is in a position to assist with the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36551/06]
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Funding
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if Special Olympics Ireland will be assisted with proper funding in 2006 and 2007. [36191/06]
- Departmental Properties
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the name and location of every vacant building under his Department's ownership or control; the security arrangements in place in...
- Departmental Transport
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if vehicles used by his Department use fuel from a particular fuel supplier; if so, the name of that supplier; if departmental staff...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to an article in a newspaper (details supplied) that states that the College of Arms in London has...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received a proposal for the development of a major sport and recreational facility at Cleveragh, Sligo; if funding will be...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- National Training Fund
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his latest forecast for the 2006 outturn for the national training fund. [36357/06]
- Industrial Relations
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an organisation (details supplied) can increase the retirement age of its members without first seeking the approval of...
- Work Permits
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will end this wait for the person....
- Industrial Relations
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will enforce all Labour Court recommendations relating to the workers of Greencore arising from the closure of...
- Work Permits
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will ensure that a decision is made on the work permit application of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo;...
- EU Funding
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the recently approved EU Commission Regional Aid map for Ireland; the effects this map will have on north...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will confirm the restrictions currently in operation for participants on the FÁS community employment scheme. [36170/06]
- National Minimum Wage
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has received complaints in relation to failure by companies (details supplied) in County Roscommon to pay the minimum...
- Departmental Properties
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the name and location of every vacant building under his Department's ownership or control; the security arrangements in...
- Job Losses
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the best advice for people who are about to be made redundant; and the way they can receive the maximum support. [36393/06]
- Departmental Transport
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if vehicles used by his Department use fuel from a particular fuel supplier; if so, the name of that supplier; if...
- Job Losses
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 468 of 24 October 2006, the amounts awarded to named companies who implemented...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff in his Department who have indicated a willingness to decentralise; and if he will make a statement on...
- National Minimum Wage
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of the national minimum wage and of the standard working hours per week in each year since 2001 to date in 2006;...
- Employment Rights
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the contract for a Bord Gáis network upgrade moves from a company to another company (details supplied), he will ensure...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Insurance
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost of crediting homemakers' work in the social insurance system by changing the disregards in the homemakers scheme into...
- Pension Provisions
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will clarify if a 30% of income pension contribution made by a worker over 50 years old is exempt from PRSI contributions;...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on addressing the problem whereby people on the State pension receive disproportionately more money than some people on...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in view of the fact that planning permission is being sought for decentralised offices of his Department in Buncrana, County...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the €50.80 per week limit in household income over the contributory pension rate in order to qualify for free fuel allowance...
- Departmental Properties
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the name and location of every vacant building under his Department's ownership or control; the security arrangements in place in...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the percentage of elderly people living alone who are reliant on social welfare pensions and the percentage for two or more...
- Departmental Transport
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if vehicles used by his Department use fuel from a particular fuel supplier; if so, the name of that supplier; if departmental...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in the payment of the family income supplement to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 1; when same will...
- Social Insurance
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the specific conditions required for payment of social insurance contributions for partners of self employed persons who are...
- Department of Transport
- Road Safety
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the practice of applying substances to the registration plates of vehicles in order to prevent speed camera...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Transport the position of the provision of taxi ranks within local authority areas; if it is the function of the taxi regulator to provide funding for such...
- Air Services
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Transport the position of the EU-US open skies negotiations. [36134/06]
- Road Safety
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Transport if he or his Department have had meetings with the Department of Finance and other stakeholders regarding the fact that additional safety features...
- Driving Tests
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of additional driving testers appointed since the most recent recruitment campaign; the number of drivers that he will appoint within...
- Public Transport
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which his Department intends to utilise such a substantive allocation of capital funds in view of the news that the new National...
- Road Safety
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on the problems facing the Government and his Department [i]vis-À-vis[/i] the continued and unnecessary loss of life...
- Departmental Properties
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Transport the name and location of every vacant building under his Department's ownership or control; the security arrangements in place in respect of each...
- Road Safety
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has given consideration to the introduction of the use of speed limiters on all cars; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Transport
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Transport if vehicles used by his Department use fuel from a particular fuel supplier; if so, the name of that supplier; if departmental staff are issued...
- Public Transport
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has made representations to Dublin Bus regarding the deployment of the 100 new buses; and if he will ensure that they are used to reduce...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Third Level Education
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on an application by a college (details supplied) in County Galway for the provision of education and...
- Community Development
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on allowing a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 12 access to a €60,000 grant allocated to it without...
- Irish Language
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on amendments to section 9 of the Official Languages Act 2004 and section 95 of the Road Traffic Act 1961;...
- Departmental Properties
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the name and location of every vacant building under his Department's ownership or control; the security arrangements...
- Departmental Transport
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if vehicles used by his Department use fuel from a particular fuel supplier; if so, the name of that supplier; if...
- Rural Social Scheme
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if additional places will be provided for the rural social scheme in view of the fact that the current 2,600 places...
- Rural Development Programme
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the measures to be funded in relation to the €423 million package for the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013;...
- Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will review the proposed regulations to the Official Languages Act 2003 in the context of bilingual traffic...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Sheep Industry
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the sheep strategy report; if she will provide funding for the implementation of same; and if she will make a statement...
- Alternative Farm Enterprises
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures she is taking to encourage farmers to enter the biofuels production market; the incentives she will put in place; and if...
- Food Labelling
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the enforcement measures taken to ensure compulsory country of origin labelling of beef is taking place in hotels, restaurants and...
- Grant Payments
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department will review the case as mentioned in Parliamentary Question No. 555 of 24 October 2006 in view of the fact that the...
- National Development Plan
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of national development plan grant aid funding provided by her Department each year since 2002 to companies (details...
- Pesticide Controls
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of times since 2002 her Department's pesticide control service checked residue levels in produce from a company (details...
- Grant Payments
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action a person (details supplied) in County Meath must take to qualify for the 2005 single payment scheme national reserve; and if...
- Dairy Hygiene Scheme
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the new dairy hygiene scheme will replace the existing scheme; the differences in awards and conditions between the two; and if...
- Grant Payments
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received their single payment to date. [36139/06]
- Pesticide Controls
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will arrange an investigation into allegations that illegal chemicals were used by a company (details supplied) in County...
- Grant Payments
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farmers in County Galway who have been paid the single farm payment in 2006; the number of farmers in County Galway who...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position in relation to the waste management scheme; if, in view of the amount of work involved regarding these applications, the...
- Installation Aid Scheme
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farmers who availed of installation aid each year from 2000 to date in 2006; the amount granted under this scheme for the...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farmers who participated in the early farm retirement scheme each year from 2000 to date in 2006; the amount granted in...
- Pesticide Controls
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the inspection regimes administered by her Department in relation to the mushroom growing industry; the frequency with which such...
- Grant Payments
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the total amount of grant aid allocated to companies (details supplied) in County Roscommon by her Department from 1996 to date in...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action farmers, who signed up for REPS, are supposed to take regarding the plastic on their farms; if her attention has been drawn...
- Departmental Properties
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the name and location of every vacant building under her Department's ownership or control; the security arrangements in place in...
- Animal Medicines
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 17 October 2006, the procedure for including new products on the exemption list from 1...
- Departmental Transport
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if vehicles used by her Department use fuel from a particular fuel supplier; if so, the name of that supplier; if departmental staff...
- Animal Diseases
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will arrange an exemption to the capping of compensation in the hardship clause of the tuberculosis eradication scheme of 100...
- Cattle Movement Monitoring System
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of animals at present on the CMMS that do not actually exist; the efforts being made to have the situation rectified; and if...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied that all necessary applications can be lodged before the closing date announced for the new farm buildings grants;...
- Departmental Staff
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of persons currently employed in her Department whose status has changed to that of disabled since the commencement of their...
- Grant Payments
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be issued with their early retirement pension payment; and if she will make a...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Accommodation
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application received by her Department for the provision of an additional classroom at a school (details supplied) in...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 446: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 577 of 24 October 2006, if in view of the need of a seamless transfer from primary to secondary...
- School Transport
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review a school transport re-routing in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; if her attention has been...
- Psychological Service
Question 449: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason children with an autistic spectrum disorder attending a mainstream school are not in receipt of a psychological service...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if financial assistance is available to a person (details supplied); the action they must take to secure a grant; and if she will make...
- Third Level Education
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on an application by a college (details supplied) in County Galway for the provision of education and training at the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a laptop will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36178/06]
- Early School Leavers
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the need for her Department to increase the funding available for the new options programme being...
- School Accommodation
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that a school (details supplied) in County Waterford is provided with funding under the capital funding for major...
- Educational Investment
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Education and Science for the percentage of GNP [i]per capita[/i] invested in each second level student in each of the past ten years. [36187/06]
- Capitation Grants
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of increase in capitation grant to second level schools for each of the past five years. [36189/06]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date regarding the application for and extension to a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the problems that VECs and so on have in processing grant applications; if her further attention...
- Youth Services
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of projects funded under the special project for youth; the amount of funding provided; the location of projects; and if...
- Psychological Service
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if autistic children are entitled to an educational psychological assessment through the National Educational Psychological Service;...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will grant approval for three applications made to the School Planning Section by a school (details supplied) in County...
- Third Level Fees
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a statement on the cost of entry to medicine by graduates as set out in correspondence (details supplied). [36212/06]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will grant State funding to a school (details supplied) on County Dublin to be used as building funds; and if she will make a...
- Psychological Service
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction psychological services from the National Educational Psychological Service to a school (details supplied) in...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the decision to refuse home tuition for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the special...
- Departmental Properties
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the name and location of every vacant building under her Department's ownership or control; the security arrangements in place in...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a school building (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Transport
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a concessionary bus ticket has not been issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will increase funding for second level education to the average OECD levels in the forthcoming Estimates. [36348/06]
- Higher Education Grants
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason she cannot sanction a grant to students who are doing a degree course in a college (details supplied) in Dublin 10; if her...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of applications for home tuition received in her Department since August 2006; the number of staff allocated to the...
- School Transport
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to correspondence (details supplied), if she will furnish a reply to the issue raised; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 629 of 4 July 2006, the status of the project now that the site transfer has been completed; and...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason she is not funding the places required for children with autism at an ABA school (details supplied) in County Wicklow, in...
- School Placement
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the constitutional position for a pupil leaving primary school where there is no second level place for them; and if she will advise...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will fund and assist a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will work with the families on this matter. [36391/06]
- Departmental Transport
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if vehicles used by her Department use fuel from a particular fuel supplier; if so, the name of that supplier; if departmental staff...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the extension of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Enrolments
Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is planning for the increased numbers of secondary school pupils in the Dublin 5 and 17 areas; if her attention has been drawn...
- Psychological Service
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in views of the scarcity of personnel and the potential cost to the parents involved, she would consider changing the requirement...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 491: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding proposals for a possible loss of disadvantage status to two schools (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if...
- School Transport
Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria for applicants for the 20% daily rate grant aid available to school buses to enable owners to replace old vehicles, that...
- Departmental Staff
Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of persons currently employed in her Department whose status has changed to that of disabled since the commencement of...
- School Curriculum
Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the persons, groups and organisations that have been consulted on the NCCA draft paper on senior cycle Gaeilge; and the input the...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 11 October 2006, if a decision has been made; if a grant will be awarded to a person...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received a letter from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12 regarding their application to be included in the DEIS...
- Department of Defence
- Pension Provisions
Question 503: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons who are in receipt of pensions for their service in the 1916 Rising and the War of Independence; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 504: To ask the Minister for Defence the position in relation to the provision of facilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36286/06]
- Departmental Properties
Question 505: To ask the Minister for Defence the name and location of every vacant building under his Department's ownership or control; the security arrangements in place in respect of each...
- Departmental Transport
Question 506: To ask the Minister for Defence if vehicles used by his Department use fuel from a particular fuel supplier; if so, the name of that supplier; if departmental staff are issued with...
- Overseas Missions
Question 507: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will reverse the ageist policy being operated by the Defence Forces whereby soldiers who have been passed medically and physically fit are...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Motor Taxation
Question 508: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his latest forecast for the 2006 outturn for motor tax. [36357/06]
- Planning Issues
Question 509: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the 2005 outturn and his latest forecast for the 2006 outturn for local authority levies,...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 510: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make additional resources and staff available to the Private Residential Tenancies Board to meet...
- Environmental Policy
Question 511: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are plans in place at present by the Government to introduce legislation such as the legislation...
- Planning Issues
Question 512: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on exempting small residential wind turbines of under 2.5 metre rotor diameter from the requirement...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 513: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a water scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo; when the construction of the scheme...
- Planning Issues
Question 514: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when work will commence on a project (details supplied) in County Mayo, in view of the fact that planning...
- Departmental Properties
Question 515: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the name and location of every vacant building under his Department's ownership or control; the security...
- Driving Licences
Question 516: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if notifications in relation to renewal are issued to persons whose ten year driving licences are about to...
- Flood Relief
Question 517: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will allocate emergency funding to Waterford County Council to assist them with remedial works as a...
- Departmental Transport
Question 520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if vehicles used by his Department use fuel from a particular fuel supplier; if so, the name of that...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 521: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding returned to his Department by local authorities in 2005 from the disabled persons and...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 523: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason his Department refused an application for funding to replace a section of water mains in Toberona,...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 525: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of all funding across all expenditure programmes administered through his Department to Limerick...
- Waste Disposal
Question 526: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authorities that have a privatised refuse collection service; and the number of these...
