Written answers
Thursday, 9 November 2006
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- National Development Plan
Question 9: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has studied the Western Development Commission's submission to the National Development Plan 2007-2013; and if he...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which he proposes to allocate funding under the various schemes available to his Department to groups...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the recent funding that was approved from the dormant accounts fund; the money allocated to provide addiction...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the claim made by the chief executive of Merchants Quay Ireland that the national drugs strategy is...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 5 October 2006 and the ensuing supplementary questions and replies, the...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals for the future development of the CLÁR programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37046/06]
- Rural Development
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding to be spent on the area based rural development initiative in 2006; the type of projects which...
- Inland Waterways
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way his Department plans to support the re-development of the Ulster Canal. [36900/06]
- Departmental Programmes
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the envisaged timescales and completion dates of the works to proceed under the RAPID local authority housing estate...
- Teangacha Oifigiúla
Question 20: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén fáth nach bhfuil dada sna dréacht-rialacháin a chuir sé os comhair na Dála faoi alt 9 d'Acht na dTeangacha...
- Irish Language
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the recently published draft regulations under the Official Languages Act 2003 on the use of the Irish...
- Countryside Recreation Strategy
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the work completed to date in relation to the expert group tasked with examining the legal aspects of the...
- Offshore Islands
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the findings of the recent consumer survey on cost comparisons by a company (details supplied) between...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on whether the current operating co-ordinating role of his Department is the most effective way of operating...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the percentage of his overall departmental budget that was spent in urban and suburban communities, rural communities,...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the types of programmes which have been initiated by the regional drugs task forces in 2006; the projects developed by...
- Irish Language
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on whether the future development of the Irish language requires a long-term strategic plan; if his...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the information he has of a developing use of a mixture of heroin and cocaine being taken intravenously by drug users;...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way he will address the weakness identified with the delivery of the RAPID programme, identified recently in an...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the decentralisation of Pobal to Clifden and the proposed relocation of 30 Foras na Gaeilge...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the recently published report of the Law Reform Commission on charities regulation will inform the proposed...
- Rural Development
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his Department's rural development initiatives; the level of coordination and integration with other Departments...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the internal selection procedures in place for the appointment of chairpersons and board members of non-departmental...
- Community Development
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the approach his Department takes to the national spatial strategy in relation to community development in areas where...
- Official Engagements
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the meeting of the recent Indigenous, Minority and Lesser Used Languages British-Irish Council...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the types of project which will be funded under jointly funded flagship projects initiative; and if he will make a...
- Irish Language
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the outcome of the plebiscite among the residents of the Gaeltacht town of An Daingean to change the name...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the decentralisation of his Department to Knock Airport; the way he expects the relocation of...
- Rural Development
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department will be involved in sourcing alternative economic activity for coastal communities in view of the...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the new study An Overview of the Nature and Extent of Illicit Drug Use Amongst the Traveller Community...
- Security of the Elderly
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that thousands of elderly people living in rural areas who have availed of...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the initiatives which have been funded by his Department under the White Paper on voluntary activity; the status of...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 3 of 5 October 2006 and the ensuing supplementary questions and replies, the...
- Community Development
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the success of the projects which have received funding under the young peoples facilities and service fund; and if he...
- Offshore Islands
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will report on his Department's participation at the European Small Island Network meeting held in Sweden in...
- Fostaíocht sa Ghaeltacht
Question 64: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad iad na hiarrachtaí atá á ndéanamh le fostaíocht a chur ar fáil i gCeantar Chloich Cheann Fhaola; agus an...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, further to his comments in Dáil Éireann on 5 October 2006, he will clarify if the number of heroin users has...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Road Safety
Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of tenders he has received for the roll out of speed cameras: the cost for the provision of same;...
- Crime Levels
Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of shooting incidents and the location of same in Limerick each month to date in 2006. [37124/06]
- Drug Seizures
Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug seizures and the location of same in Limerick including the amounts seized and the date of...
- Arms Seizures
Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of arms seizures and the location of same in Limerick including type of arms recovered and the date...
- Crime Levels
Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of incidents involving explosive devices including the location and date of incidents to date in...
- Weapons Amnesty
Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the type and amount of weapons surrendered in the recent amnesty in Limerick and elsewhere. [37129/06]
- Crime Levels
Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of shooting incidents and the location of same in Dublin each month to date in 2006. [37130/06]
- Drug Seizures
Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug seizures and the location of same in Dublin including the amounts seized and the date of...
- Crime Levels
Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of arms seizures and the location of same in Dublin including type of arms recovered and the date...
- Advertising Standards
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the daily advertisements on the European Union carried on a national radio station...
- Deportation Orders
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) was deported; if an opportunity to appeal this decision will be...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Garda Ombudsman Commission
Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that no former members of An Garda Síochána will be appointed as Garda Ombudsman...
- Drugs Offences
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug related offences detected by An Garda Síochána in Mayo in the past year; the parts of...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2. [37258/06]
- Deportation Orders
Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 16 February 2006 if the application for the revocation of the...
- Garda Stations
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason Kilkenny Garda station does not have access to a computer to examine closed circuit television...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for naturalisation for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he...
- Residency Permits
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for residency by a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be processed; and if he...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the ongoing delay in deciding the citizenship naturalisation application of a person (details...
- Irish Prison Service
Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the programmes of reformation and rehabilitation available in our prisons; and the funding available therefor....
- Recidivism Rate
Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the rate of recidivism among our prison population and those who in recent years have been released. [37283/06]
- International Agreements
Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the arrangement in respect of extradition between this country and the United States of America; the...
- Residency Permits
Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and if he will make a statement...
- Visa Applications
Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider the application for reunification by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Refugee Status
Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that full due process has been observed in the application for refugee and residency status...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will arrange for the return of green card, passport or other documentation for the convenience of a...
- Deportation Orders
Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are circumstances, humanitarian, health or otherwise, in which he can intervene in the case of a...
- Residency Permits
Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position on residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford in view of the family...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if all documentation required in respect of the application for naturalisation in the case of a person...
- Residency Permits
Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37343/06]
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the negotiations he has had on the establishment of a dedicated court to deal exclusively with drink driving...
- Department of Finance
- Regional Airports
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the use of customs sniffer dogs at Knock Airport as a detection tool and as a deterrent to drug pushers in view of the escalating drug...
- Departmental Staff
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance the customs presence at all main airports including Dublin, Cork, Knock and Galway and the smaller airports and in each case to list the percentage...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures that he has taken to reduce the number of citizens who are forced to have recourse to the Ombudsman's office due to their failure to...
- Tax Code
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a capital gains tax or capital acquisitions tax liability for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Yield
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of stamp duty collected each year since 2000 from residential property transactions; the amount paid each year since 2000 by first-time...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer in each of the past five years of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers tax concessions scheme; and the number of...
- Tax Code
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance when a P45 and outstanding documentation and entitlement will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has left their employment...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance when a site purchase (details supplied) will be completed; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37346/06]
- Department of Health and Children
- Child Care Services
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has proposals to introduce a national system of affordable child care, in view of the current disincentive that exists for...
- Cancer Incidence
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will initiate an environmental study of an area (details supplied) in Dublin 20 where 17 out of 30 people have contracted breast...
- Health Services
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some years after telephone numbers were changed and the restructuring of the health...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason an elderly person's care in the west of Ireland is only a maximum of €190 plus one fifth of their pension; and if she will...
- Organ Retention
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the initiatives she plans to respond to the issues raised by parents whose children had organs retained by hospitals without obtaining...
- Mental Health Services
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way she plans to ensure that the policy, A Vision for Change, will be fully implemented and that action will be taken on its...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of elderly people in County Galway awaiting admission to long stay care in public nursing homes; the number that are waiting...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if she will make it a priority case. [37208/06]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an explanation for the circumstances of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 in relation to the supply of...
- Hospital Services
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is proposed that the Health Service Executive will implement the Comhairle na nOspidéal report; if the necessary funding from the...
- Health Services
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home help hours allocated to County Kerry in 2005 and to date in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Service Staff
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will appoint a consultant rheumatologist in County Mayo. [37244/06]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting list, on a county basis, for an appointment with a rheumatologist; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the percentage of acute hospital bed nights actually taken up by privately insured patients; the percentage of surgical procedures...
- Community Care
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on a recent meeting (details supplied) when she expects to make a decision on the matter; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will work with the Health Service Executive to ensure that chiropody services are made available free of charge to senior...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is grant support for persons completing counselling courses on drug addiction; if so, the mechanism available to a person...
- Hospital Services
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the actions she will take in relation to the rheumatology service in the Mid-Western Hospital, Ennis which has been without a...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the diminution in the numbers of children who receive the mumps, measles and rubella vaccination; her proposals to address...
- Health Services
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients awaiting orthodontic treatment in counties Cavan and Monaghan respectively; her proposals to address this...
- Hospital Staff
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the contract with consultants in public hospitals; the amount of remuneration payable; the number of working...
- Medical Cards
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a medical card has not issued in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Waterford in view of the fact that two...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a primary medical certificate will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of their need to avail...
- Medical Cards
Question 145: 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...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if additional funding has been granted to the Health Service Executive to provide digital hearing aids; and if so, when she expects to...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Coastal Protection
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will allocate funding to Kerry County Council for coastal erosion works at Inch-Annascaul, County Kerry;...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the nature of contents and recommendations of the report commissioned to examine the possibility of the...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide the necessary funding to enable the development of Scraggane Pier, Castlegregory, Tralee,...
- Departmental Staff
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the criteria for persons with disabilities for seeking employment opportunities within his Department; the...
- Energy Resources
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the cost of increasing the number of homes dealt with under the Sustainable Energy Ireland warmer homes scheme...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent and nature of discussions he has had with State or semi-State bodies, such as Bord Na Mona, the ESB,...
- Aquaculture Development
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of all grants given to the aquaculture industry since 2000 with the name and location...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will arrange for a single issue summit with the British Government to discuss collusion. [37119/06]
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Funding
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the level of funding the Government will be providing to Special Olympics Ireland to support its current and future work; if he will...
- Departmental Staff
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the criteria for persons with disabilities for seeking employment opportunities within his Department; the application procedures...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many participants of the community employment schemes are being forced...
- Company Takeovers
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied with the explanation offered by the Competition Authority as to the reason it failed to investigate a...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to instances where engineering projects being undertaken by local authorities have been...
- Departmental Staff
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if all proper procedures were adhered to; and if he...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a back to education grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on expanding the free schemes initiative to include a waiver of fees for the collection of household waste; if there are...
- Departmental Staff
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the criteria for persons with disabilities for seeking employment opportunities within his Department; the application procedures...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost of raising the lowest rate of social welfare by €35.50 per week. [37323/06]
- Department of Transport
- Clár Reachtúil
Question 169: To ask the Aire Iompair an bhfuil sé sásta glacadh leis an Dréacht-Bhille um Thrácht ar Bhóithre (Leasú) 2006 (sonraí tugtha); agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh....
- Harbours and Piers
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Transport if funding will be made available to cover the cost of dredging the inner harbour at Bantry Bay. [37273/06]
- Road Safety
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Transport the range of proposals recently given to him by the Road Safety Authority. [37140/06]
- Public Transport
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is envisaged that the Metro will be entirely funded by way of PPP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37230/06]
- Traffic Management
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will allow motorcycles to use bus lanes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37330/06]
- Taxi Regulations
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Transport the sections and subsections of the Taxi Regulation Act, 2003 that remain to be commenced. [37331/06]
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the claim made by the chief executive of Merchant's Quay Ireland that the national drugs strategy is...
- Social Inclusion
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the initiatives being undertaken by his Department to specifically facilitate the integration of new ethnic groups...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the new measures he proposes to introduce to respond to the drug situation, in view of the new data on fatal drug...
- Community Development
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the level of priority that is attached to infrastructure under the rural development initiatives; and if he will make...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the level of funding made available by his Department to ADM under the Dormant Accounts Act 2001; the applications...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the breakdown of the amount of moneys allocated to support various drug task force groups with their projects over...
- Community Development
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will ensure that the maximum financial assistance under the community and voluntary organisation 2006 is...
- Departmental Staff
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the settlement made on 31 October 2006 by his Department with an assistant secretary in his Department; and if he...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the expenditure by his Department under the RAPID programme in the past five years; if the funding is derived from...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the expenditure by his Department from the proceeds of the National Lottery, the dormant accounts fund or other...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding awarded by his Department to various groups in County Kildare in each of the past five years; his...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number and value of applicants for funding currently before his Department from groups involved in the fight...
- Rural Development
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is satisfied that local authority planning criteria are operating in accordance with his previous expressed...
- Community Development
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number, nature and location of urban support and development schemes, he has funded in the past five years; his...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment under the single payment scheme will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [37102/06]
- International Agreements
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the preparations she has made to adopt the European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals; and if she will make a statement on...
- Grant Payments
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the outcome of a REPS appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37201/06]
- Milk Quota
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not been awarded entitlements from the national reserve; if her attention...
- Grant Payments
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when will the advance single farm payment be made for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement...
- Organic Farming
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to develop the organic food production sector here, which currently lags behind all our EU counterparts; and if she will make...
- Animal Diseases
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the herd of a person (details supplied) will be deemed clear following the herd test on 7 November 2006; if she will ensure that all...
- Grant Payments
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will extend the closing date for submission of applications for grants for agricultural buildings beyond 31 December 2006 as,...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) will be approved for construction by her Department under the farm waste management grant; and if she...
- Department of Education and Science
- Third Level Education
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the graduate entry medical training scheme will commence in the next academic year. [37225/06]
- Departmental Reports
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a report (details supplied) will be published, now that she has received a copy of it and in view of the public interest in this...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will fund a pilot scheme to test the effectiveness of the Son-Rise treatment for autistic children. [37142/06]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 which have 30 or more children; and if she will make a statement on...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make arrangements that persons who are employed as special needs assistants can receive increments in respect of previous...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the arrangements that are made for providing additional teachers when a school experiences a significant rise in the intake in the...
- School Curriculum
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding resources that are available or can be applied for to help cover the operating costs of music programmes in primary...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made by her in providing for the development of a sports hall for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if her...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will acquire the further 1.5 acres reserved for primary school development at Littlepace, Castaheany; if her attention has been...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 544 of 1 November 2005, the reason the information sought in the question is not readily...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve the appointment of a special needs assistant for a pupil (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an application for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person who suffers from a disability or illness which requires supervision, for example epilepsy, but fulfils all other criteria...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the application for approval to extend a school (details supplied) in County Clare will be approved by her Department; and if she...
- Departmental Funding
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the categories of funding, other than [i]per capita[/i] grants, available to fee paying schools from her Department; the amount of...
- Second Level Schools
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of voluntary secondary schools that existed in each year since 2001; and the number of pupils enrolled in voluntary...
- Departmental Funding
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the non-pay funding awarded by her Department in respect of voluntary secondary schools in each year since 2001. [37338/06]
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Animal Welfare
Question 275: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will exempt registered packs of hounds from the regulations being proposed to control so called puppy...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 276: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses built under the local authority housing measure of the national development plans; the...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 277: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that the existing law is sufficiently robust to deal with landlords and their tenants who...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 278: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to modify or improve the tenant purchase scheme for local authority tenants in view of the...
- Recycling Policy
Question 279: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make funding available to Kilkenny County Council under the farm plastic recycling scheme where...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 280: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if and when he will approve contract documents for the Kenmare water supply scheme, County Kerry; and if he...
- Waste Disposal
Question 281: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on introducing a waiver of fees for waste collection services for senior citizens; if there are...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 282: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of archaeologists from his Department that are to be decentralised to Waterford; the number that...
- Environmental Policy
Question 284: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he is taking following the publication of the climate change report in London last week; his...
- Register of Electors
Question 285: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the contacts he has had with South Dublin Council in respect of the new voting register regarding the fact...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 286: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the Skibbereen sewerage scheme; if funding has been provided for same; the...
- Planning Issues
Question 287: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a derogation can be given from a local area development plan approved by a local authority for the...
