Written answers

Wednesday, 15 November 2006

  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Industrial Development
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure that a more even spread of investment throughout the country can be achieved; and if he...
    • Labour Inspectorate
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will ensure that speakers of minority languages are recruited as part of the expansion of the number of labour...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce measures to provide protections to the Irish based employee's of non-Irish based firms who operate here...
    • Redundancy Issues
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the changes made within his Department to optimise the advanced warning period in order to ensure a swifter and more...
    • Research Policy
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the objectives set out under the FP7 framework; the measures he will take to achieve the said objectives; and the budgetary...
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason no prosecutions have taken place under the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 during 2005 and 2006 despite the...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the Office for Employment Rights Compliance will be established as outlined in the social partnership agreement Towards...
    • Job Creation
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he will take to bring alternative employment to Waterford where 200 jobs are to be lost at a company (details...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the success of the IDA policy in attracting direct foreign investment to Ireland over the past seven years; the benefits...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the ESRI has completed its survey on workplace bullying that he commissioned since the report of the Expert Group on...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will appoint a new chief executive to the Health and Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU Directives
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his assessment of the future of the EU Working Time Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37937/06]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of his Department's decentralisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37933/06]
    • County Enterprise Boards
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has satisfied himself that State funding for county enterprise boards is sufficient for them to carry out their remit;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason he has failed to introduce legislation to control arms brokering here by this Autumn; when such legislation will...
    • Working Conditions Survey
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has studied the results of the Fourth European Working Conditions Survey, which states that Ireland has one of the...
    • Research Funding
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of money spent by Enterprise Ireland in each year of the advanced technology research programme; the number of...
    • UN Conventions
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the significant changes that he has indicated would need to be implemented with regard to existing legislation, employment,...
    • Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the implementation of the Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation 2006 to 2013; and if he will make a...
    • Live Register
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his assessment of the failure of 9,000 people on the live register to turn up for interviews with FÁS; the implications of...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 14 of 11 October 2006, and other questions on that day, if he will...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the decentralisation process at the Health and Safety Authority; the number of staff who have formally...
    • Public Services Portal
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work that has been done to date within agencies under the Vote of his Department in integrating services with the Reach...
    • EU Directives
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the compromise on the Working Time Directive reached by the European Parliament on 11 May 2005; his further...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications received for the post of Director of Employment Rights Compliance; the number of candidates who...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the statutory processes involved in the appointment of chairs and members of non-departmental bodies under the remit of his...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether his Department can play a role in improving access to finance for the SME sector; and if he will make...
    • Groceries Order
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his assessment of the effect of the removal of the Groceries Order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37944/06]
    • Company Mergers
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has made representations to the European Commission seeking a referral of the case of a potential merger within...
    • Insurance Industry
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of cases that have been lodged with the Personal Injury Assessment Board since its establishment; the number of...
    • Export Markets
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that Irish export markets are secure and capable of maintaining their position for the future in view of...
    • Jobs Relocation
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he has taken or proposes to take to address the issue of job relocation to the more competitive economies; the...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the changes he believes need to be made to the regulatory regime here in order to foster competition and reduce the cost...
    • Labour Inspectorate
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 9 of 11 October 2006, if any joint investigation units between the...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions he is taking to ensure that the former employees of Greencore are paid their full and correct compensation, as...
    • Competitiveness and Innovation Programme
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 470 of 24 October 2006, if he will confirm he has plans to implement the new class of...
    • Company Mergers
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the administrative handling of the acquisition of a company (details supplied) by the Competition Authority;...
    • Energy Costs
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions he is taking to examine the effect of recent increases in electricity prices on small and medium enterprises;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when it is intended to establish the National Consumer Agency on a statutory basis; the reason this Bill has yet to be...
    • National Regulators
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the collaborative system that is to be established between the National Competition Authority and the...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the outcome of his recent trade trip to Canada; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37934/06]
    • Insurance Industry
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the concerns which have been expressed regarding the operations of the Personal Injuries...
    • Work Permits
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date in regard to the process of consultation with the social partners in regard to the question of...
    • Migrant Issues
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the report published by the ESRI entitled Migrant's Experience of Racism and...
    • Corporate Enforcement
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the situation with regard to the request by the Director of Corporate Enforcement for additional staff; and if he will make...
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the next review of the minimum wage will take place; the process by which this review is undertaken and the persons or...
    • EU Legislation
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of reasoned opinions received by his Department from the European Commission relating to European legislation...
    • Price Display Order
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 18 of 11 October 2006, if any prosecutions were forthcoming against the...
    • Manufacturing Group
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the High Level Manufacturing Group promised in Towards 2016 has been established; if so, if he will outline the...
    • Labour Relations Commission
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress that has been made to date in the recruitment of the additional five rights commissioners for the Labour...
    • European Council Meetings
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the business he expects to be transacted at the next meeting of the EU Competitiveness Council; if Ireland will be bringing...
    • Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total invested in delivering commercial intellectual property projects in collaboration with the United States; and the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost to the State of the consultants contracted to examine the effects of the main regulations on companies as referred...
    • Employee Education
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the recent OECD report that showed Ireland to be 17th of 22 European countries in terms of the number of hours...
    • Employment Appeals Tribunal
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the report of the Employment Appeals Tribunal published by the University of Limerick...
    • Work Permits
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the communication he has had with his US counterparts regarding the legalisation of undocumented Irish living in the US in...
    • Health and Safety Authority
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the chief executive of the Health and Safety Authority is leaving his post; if he was consulted before the board...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of prosecutions and convictions recorded by the Health and Safety Authority in each year from 2002 to 2005, and...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his view of the decision by Enterprise Ireland to take out a 25 year lease on two office blocks in Dublin to accommodate...
    • Job Losses
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has noted the recent job losses in the food manufacturing sector; the proposals he has to ensure that indigenous...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans he has to tackle the shortage of Health and Safety inspectors in the State as it has been identified as a factor...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment If he will report on the work undertaken through Enterprise Ireland's productivity improvement fund; the number of...
    • Fair Trade Products
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the roll-out of fair trade products, particularly tea, coffee and sugar, in his Department's offices...
    • Work Permits
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits issued to non-EU nationals to date in 2006; the number issued in each year from 2002 to 2005;...
    • Import Licences
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the significant decrease in the number of import licences applied for in 2006 to date, when compared to...
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans he has to increase penalties for non-compliance of minimum wage legislation. [37768/06]
    • EU Directives
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the likelihood of legal action against Ireland by the European Commission for breaching regulations governing the working...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on progress to date in expanding the labour inspectorate. [37764/06]
    • Live Register
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland now ranks 37th in the world in terms of women's presence in the...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason Gardaí have not been replaced in a town (details supplied) in County Mayo. [38027/06]
    • Garda Operations
      Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the pulse system in the Garda Station at Raheny and Clontarf does not record incidents outside a...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the growth in population in the Castleconnell Lisnagry area of Limerick, he will appoint...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average percentage of gardaí that are on duty at any particular time in respect of each station in south...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will request the Garda authorities to report on the allegations contained in correspondence (details...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will discuss with the Garda authorities the possibility of assigning additional gardaí to Tallaght...
  • Department of Finance
    • Garda Stations
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ask the Office of Public Works to meet South Dublin County Council management to discuss with them potential sites which the council have...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on examining the possibility of securing temporary accommodation in the Newcastle West area to facilitate the 50 people who will be...
    • Tax Code
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a farmer who is in receipt of the farm retirement pension and has his farm leased to his son for 10 years for €3600 per annum is...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Suicide Prevention
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department can now fund a project (details supplied) following the publication of the report Moving Beyond Coping an insight into...
    • Nursing Home Lands
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the lands for the nursing home in Ballinrobe, County Mayo will be transferred to allow this project to progress to planning; and if...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for housing aid for the elderly by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [38026/06]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an action plan has been put in place to progress the issues identified in the Report of the Working Group on the Role of...
    • Clinical Trials
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of clinical trials which were conducted on psychiatric patients over the past three years. [38088/06]
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, when responsibility for the provision of transport for patients under the Health Act 1970 was transferred from community welfare...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the percentage of beds allocated as private in the hospitals on each of the ten hospital sites designated for the co-location scheme;...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for urgent care centres to deliver children's services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38091/06]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home care packages and hours provided in Cork City and suburbs in 2006; the number of packages and hours budgeted for...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card patient is entitled to have an MRI scan carried out free of charge; the average waiting time for such a scan in the...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of elderly people in County Mayo awaiting admission to long stay care in public nursing homes and comparison figures of the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to provide moneys to the Health Service Executive, in order to permit them to implement the Comhairle na...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the consultations she has had with representatives of Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin 12 in relation to the...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Regional Fisheries Boards
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the proposals he has to meet the concerns of the Southern Regional Fisheries Board regarding the implications...
    • Television Licence Fee
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if persons who pay a television licence fee to view the State television channels, must pay a further...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the status for the proposed harbour development at Dunmore East; the funding being provided for the...

    • Question 196: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the urgent proposals he has to carry out dredging at Dunmore East Harbour to deal with the chronic silting...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps being taken by the Irish Government and by the European Union to discourage the Israeli authorities from killing Palestinian...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Redundancy Issues
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if workers over the age of 65 are not entitled to redundancy payments while their colleagues who are aged under 65 are...
    • Regulation of Small Businesses
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the strategy he has developed to reduce the regulatory burden on small business; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Insurance Industry
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of cases that have been lodged with the Personal Injury Assessment Board since it establishment; the number of...
    • Retail Sector
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will create a role for a regulator who represented the interests of small independent businesses that are facing...
    • Job Creation
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to attract new jobs, particularly for young people, in the Tallaght region; his views on whether Tallaght has...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of accidents which occurred on building sites for the years 2000 to 2005 and comparison figures for 1990 to...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his Department's policy for people with a disability to avail of training, sheltered employment, employment opportunities...
    • Job Creation
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new jobs created during the years 1999 to 2005 and comparison figures for the years 1979 to 1985; the biggest...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will advise of all employment legislation put in place over the past seven years; the benefits arising from same; and...
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of breaches found of the national minimum wage over the past five years; the penalties imposed; and if he will...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the basis for his belief that high wage or salary employment is less likely to be affected by competition from more cost...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and skills level of job loss in County Kildare in each of the past five years; the number and skills level of...
    • Work Permits
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications for work permits received in each of the past five years; the numbers approved or rejected; and...
    • Skill Shortages
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied regarding the future strength and skills of the labour force; his plans to address the issues; and if he...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that adequate resources are available to FÁS to maintain its various programmes; and if he will make a...
    • International Trade
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the ten countries from whence most Irish imports have come in each of the past five years; the extent to which this trade...
    • Job Creation
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created in the past 12 months; the proportion of these that are valued added or high wage or salary; and...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to address the issue of competitiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38217/06]
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the specific vocational training programmes run by FÁS or through specialist training providers for people with an...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if mortgage assistance can be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of counsellors employed by his Department; the number who have been recruited since April 2005 and where they have been...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reduction in claim processing times for one parent family payment applications in weeks as a result of decentralisation to...
  • Department of Transport
    • National Car Test
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason a NCT certificate (details supplied) is valid for only four months in view of the fact that the vehicle was recently purchased by the...
    • Annual Accounts
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Transport the reasons he has not yet lodged a copy of the 2004 annual accounts of the Dublin Transportation Office in the Houses of the Oireachtas library...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Community Development
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps he will take to ensure that monies which are owed to a voluntary group (details supplied) under the FÁS...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will confirm that he has informed the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources and Donegal...
    • Teangacha Oifigiúla
      Question 235: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuair sé na leasuithe atá molta ag Conradh na Gaeilge ar a dhréacht-rialacháin de bhun Alt 9 d'Acht na dTeangacha...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Herd Keepers
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position in relation to farmers with joint herd numbers with their spouses, parents, siblings and so on who received correspondence...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is assistance available to students wishing to study in Australia for a final year of an Irish course; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will support a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3 with their prefab replacement and replacement of windows under the summer...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the enrolment at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the number of such students pursuing PLC, VTOS or other alternative...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will give approval to a review application for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal to be included in band 1 rather...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm details of plans for a new school building at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason there is a shortage of places in special classes for children with speech disorders in Dublin south west; the action she...
    • School Staffing
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Wexford is losing a teacher that was only approved during summer 2006 in view of the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps her Department is taking to provide a new school building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 1; the steps she is...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reconsider the charges for the four-year post-graduate medical degree, in order to make it easier for qualified applicants...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the services that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 with a disability is receiving; if she will request the N.C.S.E. to assist...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the extension to a school (details supplied) in County Cork has not been approved; the reason funding has not been provided...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Register of Electors
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will give a detailed breakdown on a county basis with respect to the cost of the recent electoral...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authority houses that have been sold to tenant purchasers each year for the past 10...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the location and number of affordable houses which will be available in Fingal County Council over the next...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation regarding the green area at Canalside, Ballina which is protected as part of SAC 002298; and if...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an allocation has been made towards the Killybegs sewerage scheme, County Donegal; the amount of the...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an application has been received towards the provision of a fire station in the Gweedore area, County...