Written answers
Tuesday, 14 November 2006
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if public transport operators have been monitoring passenger volumes following the lifting of the free travel pass restrictions;...
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Question 92: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to offer all qualified adults, in addition to pensioners, the opportunity to be paid directly; and if he will make a...
- Pension Provisions
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he will take arising from criticism by the Pensions Ombudsman of what he called the theft by employers of pension...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if legislation is not imminent in relation to the Money Advice and Budgeting Service; the immediate measures he will put in place...
- Social Welfare Information
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the extent of information packages on welfare entitlements available in all the foreign languages of the principal migrant...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on making the family income supplement payment automatic to ensure that all entitled will receive it in view of the poor...
- Pension Provisions
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the situation whereby many companies with defined benefit pension schemes are unilaterally...
- Community Development
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will confirm that funding is available to community based education groups, including in RAPID areas, that are providing...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has received final figures on the number of applications received under the back to school clothing and footwear allowance...
- Poverty Levels
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the research his Department has carried out into food poverty levels, in particular amongst children; and if he will make a...
- Energy Costs
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he intends to respond to the call from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to provide additional assistance for poorer families...
- Budget Submissions
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the main features of his discussions and conclusions with voluntary and community groups at his pre-Budget forum on 23 October...
- Poverty Levels
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has accepted the new indicators for consistent poverty levels recently proposed by the ESRI; and if this measure...
- National Strategy for Carers
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will implement a national strategy for carers. [37652/06]
- Unemployment Levels
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people who are long-term unemployed; the targets he has set to reduce the amount of people who have been out of the...
- Budget Submissions
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has received the pre-Budget submission from the national one parent family organisation, One Family; his response to the ten...
- Waste Management Charges
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will introduce a waiver on waste charges available nationally to all those on low income. [37670/06]
- Departmental Schemes
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made to date with regard to consideration by his Department of a new mortgage support plan; when he expects the...
- Family Support Services
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the range of payments and supports to families where it is clear that the family need additional support particularly in the area...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the level of take-up of the back to work scheme over the past five years; if he is satisfied in relation to the scheme; and if he...
- Migrant Issues
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the NESC conclusion in the NESC publication Managing Migration in Ireland A Social and Economic Analysis, that the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has completed his consideration of the recent report he received from the Pensions Board, entitled, Special Savings for...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there are proposals to increase the living alone allowance for pensioners. [37651/06]
- Family Support Services
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department offers parenting courses; if not, his views on the introduction of same; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Payment Delivery Services
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has finalised his discussions on the opinion of the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice regarding the decision...
- Child Support
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on paying all child dependent allowances at the same maximum rate; the cost of same; and if he will make a statement on...
- Payment Delivery Services
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is his Department's policy to encourage people to receive payment via electronic funds transfer; if so, the way this is...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has examined the possibility of making alterations to the social insurance system to allow a more flexible approach to...
- Family Support Services
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he expects to complete his consideration of the proposed new package of reforms of state aid for lone parents; when he...
- Tenancy Agreements
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has undertaken a study to investigate the extent to which landlords are refusing tenancies purely because they...
- Pension Provisions
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the European Commission's proposed directive to protect the occupational pension rights of EU workers who change jobs...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made in discussions with the EU Commission regarding the possibility of providing free travel passes to Irish...
- Pension Provisions
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in receipt of dependent parents pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37646/06]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to introduce paid paternity leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37636/06]
- Pension Provisions
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there have been discussions on establishing the right for women to a pension in their own right. [37649/06]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average amount of time people remain on disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37638/06]
- Social Insurance
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on altering the two year rule which prevents a person who has no social insurance benefits for more than two years from...
- Social Welfare Information
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on a national advertising campaign to promote greater awareness of social welfare entitlements, similar to the campaign...
- Social Welfare Fraud
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will make a statement on the progress of Operation Gull aimed at curbing cross-Border social welfare fraud; if the operation...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his priorities for the forthcoming Estimates, budget and Social Welfare Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of applications his Department has received for separate payments each year in the past five years; the number of...
- Social Inclusion
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he plans to publish the promised new two year social inclusion action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Migrant Issues
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will verify the accuracy of the claim made by NESC in its recent publication Managing Migration in Ireland A Social and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for his decision not to challenge the findings of the Equality Authority in relation to an initial decision of his...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the discussions he has had regarding the needs of young carers; the plans he has to increase supports to meet the needs of young...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the mechanisms in place for a person who falls ill with a serious illness such as cancer but who does not have enough credits for...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on altering the means assessment process for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37645/06]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on raising the rate of maternity benefit payable to bring it in line with the minimum wage; the cost of same; and if he...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Live Register
Question 173: To ask the Taoiseach the unemployment statistics and figures within County Donegal and especially within the Milford electoral area for the past ten years. [37401/06]
- National Statistics
Question 174: To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 7 November 2006 if he will provide a breakdown of the figures given for injury and poisoning in each of the years...
- EU Directives
Question 175: To ask the Taoiseach the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in his Department; the date by which these directives are to be, or were to be, transposed into Irish law;...
- Equal Opportunities
Question 176: To ask the Taoiseach the criteria for persons with disabilities for seeking employment opportunities within his Department; the application procedures that apply; and if he will...
- Training Programmes
Question 177: To ask the Taoiseach if the Office of the Attorney General has plans to establish a training programme for parliamentary draftspeople. [37924/06]
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if his attention has been...
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ensure that the remaining funds in the Remembrance Commission are spent on the long-term care of...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a Canadian citizen who marries an Irish citizen and is living here; the impact of same...
- Garda Reserve
Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons who applied to join the Garda Reserve from the Dublin 24 area; the number recruited and...
- Garda Deployment
Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí including rank and the number assigned to each duty at the concerts held in Marley Park...
- Crime Prevention
Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of arrests at the concerts in Marley Park during summer 2006; the reasons for those arrests; and...
- Garda Deployment
Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí including rank and the number assigned to each duty at the concerts held at the Point...
- Garda Operations
Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of arrests at the concerts in the Point Depot on 3, 4 and 5 November 2006; the reasons for those...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 2 November 2006, the status of an application for citizenship by...
- Garda Stations
Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the instructions he has given to the Office of Public Works for the provision of a new Garda station in Sligo...
- Garda Investigations
Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his position in regard to action he has taken in respect of a matter (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Asylum Applications
Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for leave to remain here in the case of a person (details...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Crime Levels
Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of headline offences recorded and detected, with a breakdown for each of the 10 headline...
- Visa Applications
Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a visa will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [37514/06]
- Garda Deployment
Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the additional cost to the Exchequer to date as a result of the increased Garda presence at Shannon Airport,...
- Garda Strength
Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of fully trained gardaí as of 7 November 2006. [37533/06]
- Deportation Orders
Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant permission to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 to remain here on humanitarian grounds...
- Visa Applications
Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received correspondences (details supplied); if the person will have to furnish all the relevant...
- Garda Stations
Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda Stations in the Roscommon East Galway division which have living quarters which do not...
- Garda Equipment
Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí authorised to carry a firearm; the corresponding figures for 1997 and 2002; the...
- Garda Operations
Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position on policing near a venue (details supplied) in Dublin 3 and if he will ensure that local...
- Garda Remuneration
Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the basic pay payable to a full time member of An Garda Síochána and a student Garda just recruited. [37831/06]
- Departmental Transport
Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 7 November 2006, if he will provide a breakdown of spending on...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to a previous parliamentary question asking if it was acceptable that Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County...
- Probation and Welfare Service
Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation regarding the implementation of the strategy for a new look Probation Service outlined by him...
- International Agreements
Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he remains committed to retaining the unanimity requirement for EU decisions in the field of police and...
- EU Directives
Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in his Department; the date by which these directives are...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the report published by UCD in October 2006 the nature and impact of...
- European Arrest Warrants
Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who was found guilty of dangerous...
- UN Conventions
Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the Government will ratify the separate protocols to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the hours of opening of the Garda National Immigration Bureau Offices in different locations; if it is...
- Visa Applications
Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Government can give a satisfactory answer as to what Government policy, as described by his Department...
- Departmental Staff
Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason he has failed to furnish the information as requested in Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 24...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether there is a case for separately dealing with applications for post-nuptial naturalisation...
- Ministerial Transport
Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the traffic accidents involving ministerial cars in the year 2005 and to date in 2006, including the...
- Visa Applications
Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite the holiday visa of a person (details supplied) who wishes to visit Dublin for Christmas....
- Garda Transport
Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if all new Garda patrol cars will be fitted with mobile phone hands free kits to facilitate use of phones in...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who applied for naturalisation...
- Garda Transport
Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of mountain bikes available to An Garda Síochána; his views on whether, particularly in the...
- Department of Finance
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the decentralisation of a section of his Department to Tipperary Town, including completion of site purchase, appointment of...
- Tax Code
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Finance the additional cost to the Exchequer of keeping those on the minimum wage out of the tax net if the minimum wage was increased to €9.30 per hour...
- Budget Submissions
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Budget 2007 submission by a group (details supplied) to Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37436/06]
- Tax Code
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will comment on a newspaper report (details supplied) regarding liability for stamp duty; and the legislative basis for this situation. [37437/06]
- Public Works Projects
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properly equipped vessels at his disposal to clean lakes of excessive growth and weeds; the programme he has in place to have action...
- Tax Code
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of loss of revenue generation in this jurisdiction due to the different rate of VAT applicable in Northern Ireland on renewable energy...
- Civil Service Appointments
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is an alternative route for re-entry into the Civil Service for women previously employed in the Civil Service who left after getting...
- Public Works Projects
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the Office of Public Works to clean out a river (details supplied) in County Mayo. [37528/06]
- Tax Collection
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Finance if the tax affairs of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare are in order for 2005; if this person is entitled to a tax refund; and if he...
- Child Care Services
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of home based childminders who availed of the income disregard introduced in Budget 2006, specifically to encourage child minders to...
- Valuation Office
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ask the Valuation Office to make available information they have on a property (details supplied) in County Cork, with particular...
- EU Directives
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Finance his views regarding the European Commission proposal of a Directive presented on 5 July 2005 that would require Member States to re-structure their...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the proposals in the A Call For Action report by an association (details supplied) that is concerned with re-inventing credit...
- EU Directives
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in his Department; the date by which these directives are to be, or were to be, transposed into...
- Tax Code
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of increases in the standard rate tax band which would keep those on the average industrial wage outside of the tax net for the 2007 tax...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Service Staff
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people currently at grade VIII in the Health Service Executive; the cost of their salaries to date in 2006; and the number...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her strategy in relation to the elderly; the measures she is taking to improve their position; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Child Care Services
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that funding is allocated under the national childcare investment programme 2006 to 2010 private sector capital...
- Health Services
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that funding is allocated to undertake the agenda to implement the Comhairle na nOspidéal report as the rheumatology...
- Hospital Acquired Infections
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department plan to fund a study on the economic implications of hospital acquired infections; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health Service Staff
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of clinical infection control nurses currently working in the public health service; the number of beds currently in the...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in receipt of GMS cover in the Tallaght, Dublin 24 area giving a breakdown by individuals over the age of 65,...
- Medical Cards
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of families with a medical card in the Dublin 24 area, where a family consists of one child or more under the age of 18; and...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in receipt of GMS cover in the Dublin 2, 4, 6W and 8 areas, giving a breakdown by individuals over the age of 65,...
- Medical Cards
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of families with a medical card in the Dublin 2, 4, 8 and 6W areas, where a family consists of one child or more under the...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in receipt of GMS cover in the Ballyfermot and Clondalkin areas of Dublin, giving a breakdown by individuals over...
- Medical Cards
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of families in the Ballyfermot and Clondalkin areas of Dublin with a medical card, where a family consists of one child or...
- Grant Payments
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will work with the Department of Finance on funding for groups (details supplied). [37405/06]
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if doctor on call charges for children under six weeks old are covered by the mother and child scheme; if this policy has changed...
- Health Services
Question 270: 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....
- Medical Cards
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has been refused the medical card; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a grant for a hearing aid is available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Medicinal Products
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to address the over prescription of antibiotics. [37480/06]
- Health Services
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an interim report has been prepared by the National Taskforce on Obesity; when this report will be available; and if she will make a...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will overhaul the subventions to meet realistically the cost of care for those who need it in nursing homes. [37500/06]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the efforts she is making to reduce the waiting times for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; if it is acceptable for these...
- Mental Health Services
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her manpower plan for introducing the recommendations on the report A Vision for Change. [37680/06]
- Child Welfare
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when all sections of the Children Act 2001 will be introduced. [37681/06]
- Suicide Incidence
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of suicides by gender for 2003, 2004 and 2005 for the age groups (details supplied). [37682/06]
- Health Services
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of public speech therapists providing treatment to pre-school children throughout the country; the locations where each...
- Health Service Staff
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the practice of members of the board of the Health Service Executive attending meetings by phone as referred to in minutes of board...
- Health Services
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a decision has been taken to move GMS patients in the Rathcoole area (details supplied); if patients who do not want to move...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the reintroduction of maintenance charges for persons (details supplied) in County Cork attending a specific...
- Health Service Staff
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive has yet to implement the decision of the Labour Court...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date the new psychiatric unit at the James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Blanchardstown will be officially opened for use; the reason...
- EU Directives
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in her Department; the date by which these directives are to be, or were to be,...
- Mental Health Services
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for research to be undertaken on the mental health of young people in areas with high incidence of joy-riding in...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for minimising patient overcrowding and the incidences of patients on trolleys in hospital accident and emergency departments;...
- Experiments on Animals
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the frequency of visits by inspectors from her Department to registered user establishments licensed for animal experiments. [37897/06]
- Parliamentary Questions
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in replying to Parliamentary Question No. 706 of 27 September 2006; and if she will arrange for a reply to be...
- Health Service Staff
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a list of speech therapists available for the south east, with addresses and contact numbers. [37909/06]
- Mental Health Services
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) will continue to be cared for at Kincora Hostel, Kilkenny in view of their age, the location of their...
- Departmental Properties
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the use of a property known as Crannog, Cedarwood Avenue, Loughboy, Kilkenny; the length of time this property has been...
- Health Service Staff
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the recommendation of the rights commissioner relative to nurses who acted in higher posts and to whom premium payments applied...
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received from applicants in County Limerick under the scheme for refund of nursing home charges; the number...
- Medical Research
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to new scientific evidence in Canada that links the intake of drinking water, with high levels of...
- Departmental Staff
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff employed by her Department prior to the establishment of the Health Service Executive; the current number of staff...
- Health Services
Question 314: 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 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the public hospital sites now involved in the proposed private hospital co-location scheme; the position regarding tenders at each site;...
- Hospital Services
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar will continue to play a role in the provision of cancer services following the implementation of the...
- Health Service Staff
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff employed in the Health Service Executive; the number of non-front line staff employed by the organisation; the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Post Office Network
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of post office closures in County Donegal and specifically within the Milford electoral area for the...
- EU Directives
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when will he comply with the EU shellfish directive in respect of Carlingford Lough, County Louth particularly...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the initiative by a group (details supplied) on 6 November 2006 that an...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department has received representations from organisations representing people with hearing disabilities...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of fish counters currently in operation in Irish rivers; the location of rivers and specification of...
- Aquaculture Development
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the programme for aquaculture development he will undertake in order to meet the Government's own targets in...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent of personnel to be recruited in each fishery board area from 1 January 2007 in order to properly...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in regard to the infestation of roach in lakes here with particular reference to western lakes;...
- Shellfish Industry
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will make a statement on the current and prospective strength of both crab and lobster species in Irish...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his assessment of scientific evidence supplied to him on the increase of warm water species being increasingly...
- Fish Quotas
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the species and estimated tonnage of fish taken from Irish waters by Spanish fishing vessels in respect of...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the results of scientific evidence available to him on the matter of salmon survival at sea; the evidence...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will instruct the Fisheries Board to clean out a river (details supplied) in County Mayo. [37524/06]
- Offshore Exploration
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will acknowledge the great potential in terms of hydrocarbon resources that the North Atlantic has to...
- Television Licence Fee
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on having a feasibility study of introducing a special television licence on a composite basis for...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide on a county basis a breakdown of the provision of broadband services and the rate of...
- Energy Costs
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason the standing charges for gas here increased 50% in the past year alongside gas price increases...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the delay in announcing the third call for broadband; when he expects the call to be made; and if he will make...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the action his Department will take in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- EU Directives
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in his Department; the date by which these directives are to...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the numbers of staff in his Department who have indicated willingness to decentralise; and if he will make a...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans for the development of renewable energy resources in view of our continually growing dependence on...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans for reversing the broadband uptake that currently exists, whereby our EU and European counterparts...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Repatriation of Remains
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had discussions with or made representations to the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair regarding the return of the remains of...
- Grant Payments
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of grant aid given to a charity (details supplied) in view of the statement on 10 November 2004 that the Government would provide...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action he will take regarding the killing of Palestinian women in the Middle East by the Israeli armed forces. [37404/06]
- Trade Sanctions
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action he will take regarding the inhuman economic sanctions imposed by the US against Cuba in order to end these draconian measures;...
- Passport Fees
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on making passports available at a prorated fee to persons nearing the age of 65 to ensure that all senior citizens can benefit...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of overseas aid granted in 2005; the way this was distributed and to who; the way this money was audited or accounted for; and if...
- International Agreements
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the provisions in EPAs to deepen South-South trade links among developing countries; and if he will outline the way in which these...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has received representations in relation to human rights issues on behalf of republican prisoners at Maghaberry prison; if he has...
- EU Directives
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in his Department; the date by which these directives are to be, or were to be,...
- Employment Opportunities
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the criteria for persons with disabilities for seeking employment opportunities within his Department; the application procedures that...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Funding
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on a submission made by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37955/06]
- EU Directives
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in his Department; the date by which these directives are to be, or were to be,...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when an application for a work permit for a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be processed; and if he will...
- Departmental Properties
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will establish with Enterprise Ireland if it would be prepared to let, lease or rent an unused playing area (details...
- Job Creation
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of site visits to County Waterford, Dungarvan and Waterford City over the past 12 months; and if he will make a...
- Job Losses
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of job losses in Waterford City and Waterford county in each of the past five years; and if he will make a...
- Work Permits
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new work permit applications filed, the number approved, the number approved on appeal; and the number...
- Energy Costs
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions he is taking to protect consumers following the price increases in electricity and gas in recent months; and if...
- EU Directives
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the outstanding untransposed EU Directives within his portfolio and the deadline for each; the number of warnings received...
- Trade Missions
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his trade mission to Canada during October 2006; the cost to the State of this trade mission; and if...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Government has plans to increase the funding available to a centre (details supplied) in County Mayo, in order to...
- Equal Opportunities Employment
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the criteria for persons with disabilities for seeking employment opportunities within his Department; the application...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of civil servants to be decentralised from his Department to Carrick on Shannon; the number who have applied to...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he will publish the review of the habitual residence condition completed by his Department; the impact the HRC has had on...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the number of sufferers of pneumonocosis arising from the mining industry; if he will examine...
- Child Support
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason in May 2004, the habitual residence condition was introduced when assessing families for child benefit payments...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the moneys allocated for supplementary welfare allowances in 2006; the breakdown of the type of payments made under this scheme;...
- Community Welfare Service
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the changes proposed in the role of the community welfare officer nationally; the way he will ensure their independence in...
- Pension Provisions
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) who has made positive suggestions as to how to deal with...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an all-Ireland travel pass. [37562/06]
- Wealth Distribution
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the findings of a recent OECD report which found that the level of wealth distribution here is among the lowest in...
- Family Support Services
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the measures which he will introduce in budget 2007 to assist low income families cope with rising prices. [33228/06]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the costs of increasing dependent allowance to a single weekly figure of €30 for all recipients. [37687/06]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the rent allowance has been refused for persons (details supplied) in County Leitrim; if he will have it reinstated;...
- EU Directives
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in his Department; the date by which these directives are to be, or were to be,...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the extent to which he intends to expand, improve or extend the back to education allowance with particular reference to easing...
- Pension Provisions
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is intended to address the issue of retired Irish missionaries living abroad who only qualify for non-contributory old age...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of countries with which Ireland currently has bilateral social welfare arrangements; the extent to which the process is...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will provide for substantially enhanced free electricity allowance and free fuel schemes with particular reference to...
- Poverty Levels
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of contributory state pensioners in receipt of the fuel allowance; the percentage of the number of contributory state...
- Department of Transport
- Parking Regulations
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will change the law in relation to parking on footpaths in order that occupants of houses in residential areas could park on a footpath if...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of contracts currently entered into for the provision of search and rescue services; the date on which such contracts were entered...
- National Car Test
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in relation to a matter (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37382/06]
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will enact Section 13 of the Road Traffic Act 2002; the reason it has not been enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- National Car Test
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether it is fair that a person who purchased a second hand car in April 2006 which subsequently passed the National Car Test was...
- Airport Development Projects
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Transport the analysis carried out on the need for a future second airport for the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37488/06]
- Public Transport
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount allocated in 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006 for the provision of park and ride facilities; and if he will make a statement on the...
- EU Directives
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in his Department; the date by which these directives are to be, or were to be, transposed into...
- Departmental Staff
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Transport the criteria for persons with disabilities for seeking employment opportunities within his Department; the application procedures that apply; and...
- Public Transport
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to address the lack of public transport facilities in areas (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the lack of proposals...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Transport the penalties that exist for taxi drivers who drive with a wheelchair accessible taxi licence but who do not carry the necessary equipment to make...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Inland Waterways
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if it is proposed to have private companies or community interests take over the management and operation of inland...
- Logainmneacha
Question 432: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén uair atá sé chun teorainn na Gaeltachta a atarraingt chun Daingean Uí Chúis nó Dingle as Béarla a chur sa...
- Pension Provisions
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the plans he has to introduce an allowance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37415/06]
- Postal Services
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if funding can be made available from his Department in conjunction with the Department of Communications, Marine and...
- EU Directives
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in his Department; the date by which these directives are to be,...
- Crime Prevention
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the report published by UCD in October 2006 the nature and impact of joy-riding in...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be allocated additional entitlements from the national reserve as a Category D...
- Environmental Policy
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to suggestions that forest brash should be removed from sensitive sites where the nutrients may be...
- Grant Payments
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for the delay to date; and if she will make a...
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Question 440: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she will take to have a single payment which is due to a farmer (details supplied) immediately paid out to him; and if she...
- Herd Keepers
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the rights of a joint herd owner who is not the keeper of animals; the reason they do not have their name on the animal passports; if...
- Grant Payments
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason decoupling payments were stopped in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois without explanation; if she will...
- Pesticide Control
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the decline in the frequency of inspections by the pesticides control service of her Department in 2002; and the low...
- Food Safety Standards
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the Food Safety Authority has the authority to inspect foodstuffs for chemical residues; if and how frequently it has exercised this...
- Food Traceability
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the legislation or regulations that apply to traceability of foods including fruit and vegetables from farm level; and if she will make...
- Food Safety Standards
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of mushrooms samples tested annually on behalf of her Department since 2002, for residues of banned additives; if she has...
- EU Directives
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in her Department; the date by which these directives are to be, or were to be,...
- Grant Payments
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farmers in County Roscommon who have received the first instalment of their single farm payment; the number still...
- Milk Quota
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to improve the transparency and consultation with milk quota owners before the new quota exchange schemes are announced; the...
- Grant Payments
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farmers in County Westmeath who received their single farm payment in full, reduced rate or not paid at all in 2005 and...
- Pesticide Control
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 426 of 7 November 2006 with reference to the extensive monitoring programme referred to the...
- Animal Welfare
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the ban on electro-immobilisation on live farm animals will include the 1 Brinder Compact as advertised in a newspaper (details...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason her recent announcement on a top-up payment for current farm retirement participants did not include a backdated payment; if...
- Department of Education and Science
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the pupil-teacher ratio will be reduced to acceptable best practice for those children attending first class at a school (details...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be transferred to the Department of Education in Mullingar in view of the fact...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in respect of a group (details supplied) that has submitted an application to her Department and the Health Service...
- School Transport
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason school children have been omitted from the school bus service in County Westmeath (details supplied) in view of the fact...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will increase the investment in second level education; if her attention has been drawn to the recent OECD report...
- School Enrolments
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Louth could obtain a school place as a matter of urgency for the current school year; and if...
- Higher Education Authority
Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has asked the Higher Education Authority to conduct an investigation into allegations relating to management at University...
- School Transport
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason children from Blackwater, County Wexford were deemed ineligible for access to school transport services to attend secondary...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the present position of an application for an extension by a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) is admitted to a school; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Accommodation
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) has not been allocated funding under the summer schools capital programme which the school has...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 212 of 11 October 2006, if she will review this in view of the additional information now...
- School Attendance
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has received an application from schools (details supplied) in Dublin 11 for funding to support a school attendance...
- School Staffing
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of additional posts in full-time equivalents of guidance counsellors appointed under circular letter PPT 12/05. [37581/06]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of each school building project at first and second level sanctioned or approved between 17 May 2001 and 16 May 2002 with...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the supports, funding or otherwise which a project (details supplied) has received from her Department in view of the positive...
- Clár Tógála Scoileanna
Question 485: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cathain a chuirfidh an Roinn litir atá geallta chuig scoil i gContae Phort Láirge (sonraí tugtha); agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas...
- School Accommodation
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her response to the recent recommendation of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child that the State should promote the...
- School Transport
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that she has received an application for financial assistance towards the provision of transport for three...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 488: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will take steps to ensure that a person (details supplies) in County Westmeath who has a place in a school and who is...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will give a ministerial order to the local VEC to have the higher education grant for a person (details supplied) in County...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the application for a special needs assistant for a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; when will a decision be...
- School Staffing
Question 491: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve additional resources to accommodate the 58 children (details supplied) in need of learning support; and if she...
- School Discipline
Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the rules that exist regarding visits by parents to schools to discuss their son or daughter's suspension; if anyone other than a...
- Freedom of Information
Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the files parents can access on their children from primary and second level schools; if this information is at the discretion of an...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason approval for new primary schools can be sanctioned and fast-tracked in commuter belt areas in a matter of months, while...
- School Transport
Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether the safety of students in County Mayo is being compromised due to changes in their school transport provision;...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the analysis carried out regarding future primary and second level school requirements in the Newcastle area in the view of new...
- School Staffing
Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will undertake a review of the staffing allocation to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 4 under DEIS and under the weighted...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is in a position to agree the site for a school (details supplied) as a site and new school is urgently needed as the current...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not entitled to a full-time special needs assistant; if her attention has...
- EU Directives
Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in her Department; the date by which these directives are to be, or were to be,...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 506: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the resource hours automatically granted to children with Down Syndrome were withdrawn; if an appeals process is in place...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 507: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has received a recent application for grant aid for improvement works from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 508: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 22 June 2006, the reason there has not been direct contact with the person concerned...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 509: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if review can be undertaken in the application for an educational grant in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 510: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason children who attend a school (details supplied) in County Kildare and who are autistic have never received an educational...
- School Staffing
Question 511: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 285 of 18 October 2006, if she has received clarification from the Office of Public Works; if...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 512: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application for approval and funding of school based educational provision throughout June and not July of 2007 has been...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 513: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students per local authority who were refused higher education grants in each of the years 2002 to 2005 even though...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Staff
Question 514: To ask the Minister for Defence the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37383/06]
- State Property
Question 515: To ask the Minister for Defence when the transfer of lands (details supplied) will be finalised by his Department. [37435/06]
- Defence Forces Operations
Question 516: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost to the Exchequer to date as a result of the requirement to have a military presence at Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 518: To ask the Minister for Defence the procedures a Latvian citizen living here must go through in order to join the Irish army. [37539/06]
- State Property
Question 519: To ask the Minister for Defence the total size of the island at Haulbowline, County Cork; the amount of the island which is in the ownership of the Defence Forces; the amount which...
- Defence Forces Operations
Question 521: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a general estimate of the number of members of the Defence Forces engaged in regimental duties on a daily basis; and if he will...
- Defences Forces Training
Question 522: To ask the Minister for Defence when the apprentice school was closed; the number of apprentices taken into the apprentice school for each of the three years before its closure;...
- Naval Service Vessels
Question 523: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of patrol ships in the Naval Service fleet; the number of personnel assigned to each ship; the maximum number of personnel that may be...
- Defence Forces Training
Question 525: To ask the Minister for Defence if there is a mechanism through which members of the Defence Forces can have qualifications gained during service with the Defence Forces recognised...
- Overseas Missions
Question 526: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a provision for the EUFOR and KFOR troops serving in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct a search of the Medjugorje area...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 527: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in his Department; the date by which these directives are to be, or were to be, transposed into...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Wildlife Statistics
Question 528: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimated number and population of common seal at estuary entries; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Collection
Question 530: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the value of motor tax in each of the years 1994 to 1997; and the value expected in 2006. [37874/06]
- Recycling Policy
Question 531: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will assist a charity (details supplied) in Dublin 10 in finding a suitable location for a textile...
- Shooting Rights
Question 532: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on a query (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Environmental Policy
Question 533: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to suggestions that forest brash should be removed from sensitive sites where...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 534: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the location where raw sewage still enters the sea in this jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement on...
- Road Network
Question 535: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the expenditure allocated by him for the development for a road (details supplied) in County Mayo for the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 536: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amounts granted to each local authority to fund sewerage schemes and plants in each of the past five...
- Local Authority Boundaries
Question 538: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will immediately make provision for the transfer of estates (details supplied) in County Limerick from...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 539: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he proposes to take to compel developers to commence and progress to completion, in tandem with the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 540: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the Ministerial order he has given for the allocation of funding for a new sewerage system for Grange as the...
- Rural Regeneration
Question 541: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a certificate of qualification under the rural renewal scheme will issue to a person (details supplied)...
- Register of Electors
Question 542: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the fact that many young people are being knocked off the voters register if...
- EU Directives
Question 543: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in his Department; the date by which these directives are...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Question 545: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the report published by UCD in October 2006 the nature and impact of...
- Building Regulations
Question 546: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reasons for the delay in issuing floor area compliance certificates to persons (details supplied) in...
- Register of Electors
Question 547: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself or has caused any enquiry to be made as to whether for the purpose of the...
