Written answers
Thursday, 16 November 2006
- Department of Defence
- Weapons Amnesty
Question 9: To ask the Minister for Defence if any weapons handed in by members of the public are held in storage by the Defence Forces; if so when these were handed in; the number of same; and...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made to date in the investigation into the death of a soldier (details supplied); when the Garda enquiry will be completed; when he will...
- Defence Forces Staff
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on whether rates of sick leave in the Defence Forces are running at almost twice that for civilians; the reason for same; and the steps he...
- Overseas Missions
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Defence the position in relation to the recent submission by PDFORRA seeking an increase in overseas allowance; if this will be granted; from when it will be...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of property which has been disposed of by his Department to other statutory bodies since 1 January 1998; the amount received for same; and...
- Ministerial Meetings
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the Long Term Vision report from the European Defence Agency presented to the EU Defence Ministers meeting in Levi, Finland on 3...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Defence the total acreage of Haulbowline, County Cork; the amount of this in the ownership of the Defence Forces; the person who owns the remainder; and if...
- Defence Forces Schemes
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Defence the position in relation to proposals for an officer's course for non-commissioned officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38120/06]
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Defence the maximum and minimum number of personnel required to man our ships on fishery patrol with a breakdown by ship; and if he will make a statement on...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Defence the capital budget in each of the past ten years for purchasing new equipment for the Permanent Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on...
- Defence Forces Retirement Scheme
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of members of the Defence Forces who retired on age grounds in each of the past ten years; the number of members who resigned or took...
- Defence Forces Schemes
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Defence the position in relation to the provision of third level education in the Defence Forces under the USAC scheme; if there are plans to change this;...
- Aerodrome Use
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Defence if non military aircraft have used Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel since January 2006; and if so, the purpose for this; and if he will make a statement...
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the Air Corps providing a permanent search and rescue facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38142/06]
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Defence the career path a recruit who joins the Defence Forces can take; the length of time they can remain in the Defence Forces as a three star private, a...
- Overseas Missions
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Defence the role his Department will play in the new Rapid Reaction Humanitarian Force as outlined in the White Paper on Development Aid; and if he will make...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of non-nationals who have enlisted in the Permanent Defence Forces, by reference to nationalities, ages and gender, in 2005 and in 2006 to...
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Defence the maximum strength proposed for the Defence Forces in the White Paper on Defence; when he proposes to reach it; and if he will make a statement on...
- Overseas Missions
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Defence if members of the Defence forces are involved in training for EU Battle Groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38182/06]
- Defence Forces Pay
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Defence the pay scales for members of the Defence Forces; and Ireland's ranking in terms of army pay in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Retirement Scheme
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Commandants and Lieutenant Colonels due to retire on age grounds for each year from 2012 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Defence the location of the firing ranges and training grounds located throughout the country; the precautionary mechanisms in place to protect the Defence...
- Military Archives
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Defence the position in relation to the development of the military archives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38149/06]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Defence the position in relation to the decentralisation of the Civil Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38139/06]
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Defence if the voluntary code of conduct drawn up by the European Defence Agency to encourage competition in the European defence equipment market has been...
- Hearing Impairment Claims
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of queries he has received from former and serving members of the Defence Forces who had pursued hearing loss claims and were now claiming...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Defence the way his Department disposes of old, non military, Defence Force equipment; if there are procedures for making redundant vehicles such as vans and...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Defence the position in relation to Wexford military barracks; his plans to develop same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38134/06]
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Defence the plans he has to upgrade the information and warning signage in the vicinity of the Glen of Imaal firing range, County Wicklow; and if he will...
- Army Barracks
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of people residing at Cathal Brugha barracks, Rathmines; his plans to sell off sections of the land there; and if he will make a statement...
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Defence if recent major exercises have been carried out by the Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38136/06]
- Army Medical Corps
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is correct that the Defence Forces have less than half the number of serving doctors that it should have; the reason for same; and the steps he...
- Military Discipline
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Defence the scheme of military discipline in the Defence Forces; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that PDFORRA believes that its officials have...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Defence if Irish troops returning from duty in the Balkans are still being tested for the effects of radiation from depleted uranium used in anti-tank shells...
- Defence Forces Ombudsman
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of complaints received by the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces since the office was established by law in 2004; the various categories of...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Defence his proposals for developing the Irish Defence Forces into a modern light infantry force; the military equipment which has been acquired since 2000;...
- Defence Forces Procurement
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Defence the policy of the Defence Forces to sourcing local food produce for use in each barracks; if certain supplies are purchased centrally; the Defence...
- Employment Equality
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Defence his position on homosexuals serving in the Defence Forces; if his attention has been drawn to claims in a court case against the State that soldiers...
- Army Security Escorts
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Defence the agreement he has made with the financial institutions regarding army escort services for the transport of cash; the institutions that avail of...
- Overseas Missions
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Defence if Irish Defence Forces intending to participate in NATO's response force exercise in view of the fact that our Finnish partners in the EU...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Defence his Department's lands disposed of by the Government in each of the past ten years, the value of each disposal; the purpose for which the proceeds...
- Army Dismissal Case
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) and their complaints regarding unjust retirement from the Defence Forces; if he has...
- Army Bomb Disposal Unit
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of call outs made by the army bomb disposal unit in the greater Dublin area; the Munster area, the Connaught Ulster area and the Leinster...
- Drug Testing
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel tested in 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006 under the drug testing programme; the numbers who tested positive;...
- Defence Forces Budget
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Defence Forces budget has almost halved in the past 10 years as a percentage of GNP; if he has...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Defence the major defence and military equipment purchases and the major equipment deliveries his Department is expecting in 2007 for the Army, Naval...
- Overseas Missions
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the recent deployment of Irish troops to Liberia as part of UNMIL; the plans for this to be Ireland's final deployment to UNMIL;...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Irish Prison Service
Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will request the Office of Public Works to identify an alternative site for the development of a special...
- Asylum Applications
Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures in regard to applying for subsidiary status by persons appealing to be allowed remain here on...
- Garda Complaints Procedure
Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the conduct of Gardaí involved in operations at Bellanaboy, County Mayo on 10...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made in relation to an application for naturalisation on behalf of a person (details...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding applications for closed circuit television cameras in towns in County Mayo; and when...
- Residency Permits
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will arrange for a speedy decision to be given to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who has...
- Visa Applications
Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford for a one year...
- Garda Stations
Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the location of the new 24 hour Garda stations that were established within the past 10 years; the change in...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the statutory processes involved in the appointment of chairs and members of non-Departmental public bodies...
- Garda Communications
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason Email contact other than with senior officers is not generally available within An Garda...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the intake to date into the Garda Reserve; and the intake expected by the end of 2006. [38418/06]
- Garda Strength
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of the Garda Traffic Corps at end December 2005 and the number at end of September 2006;...
- Garda Equipment
Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of specially adapted high visibility and high powered vehicles in operation in December 2005, March...
- Garda Deployment
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí that have been freed up from full time desk duty for frontline Garda duties. [38421/06]
- Crime Prevention
Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of youth diversion programmes in operation to date; the number expected to be in operation by end...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of groups that have received grants for closed circuit television proposals to date; and the...
- Garda Stations
Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a decision has been made on the location of a site for the proposed new Garda barracks in Galway City; if...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date in the application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Asylum Applications
Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
- Garda Vetting Unit
Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application by a special needs assistant (details supplied) has been decided on by the Garda Vetting...
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Staff
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Irish speaking civil servants who have received credits for their ability to communicate as Gaeilge; and if he will make a statement on...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made in the discussions between his Department and the IMPACT trade union in relation to progressing outstanding issues regarding the...
- Tax Code
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons a company (details supplied) in County Kildare must supply audited accounts to the Revenue Commissioners in view of the fact that the...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance the statutory processes involved in the appointment of chairs and members of non-Departmental public bodies under the remit of his Department and...
- Tax Code
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance if the tax affairs of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare are in order; if the person is due a tax rebate, in view of the fact that the...
- Department of Health and Children
- Child Care Services
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of child care places provided by year end of 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006, for the equivalent period in 2005 and a forecast...
- Health Services
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ask St. Michael's Hospital, Dún Laoghaire and St. James's Hospital to liaise with each other to enable a person (details...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 with a disability receives proper and adequate speech and language...
- Health Service Staff
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the adjustments that have taken place in health sector employment levels each year since 2002; the number of clinical and non-clinical...
- Eating Disorders
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the policy of her Department on providing health care and support services to sufferers of eating disorders; and the eating disorders...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the statutory processes involved in the appointment of chairs and members of non-departmental public bodies under the remit of her...
- Health Service Staff
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the agreed pay rise to health care chaplains will be awarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38355/06]
- Medical Cards
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical cards issued since April 2005, distinguishing between full medical cards and general practitioner only cards; the...
- Health Services
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when Coovagh House, County Limerick will be re-opened; and the reason for the continued delay in re-opening it. [38454/06]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the statutory processes involved in the appointment of chairs and members of non-departmental public bodies...
- Communications Infrastructure
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the recommendations of the All-Party Committee on Mobile Phone Masts and their proximity to residential...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the towns and village in Cork south west which presently have access to wired broadband. [38406/06]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in relation to decentralisation to Clonakilty and the decision to relocate 13 higher executive officer...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the statutory processes involved in the appointment of chairs and members of non-departmental public bodies under the remit of his...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Arts Funding
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of moneys from his Department or from agencies under the control of his Department which are made available to local...
- National Archive
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the process of designing a brief has commenced in relation to a new purpose built National Archive; if a target date has been set...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the statutory processes involved in the appointment of chairs and members of non-departmental public bodies under the remit of his...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Compulsory Retirement
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some people are being forced to retire at 65 years of age at companies...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the statutory processes involved in the appointment of chairs and members of non-Departmental public bodies under the remit...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Pension Provisions
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will instigate procedures urgently against employers that are closing off all existing pension schemes to new employees and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will facilitate an exceptional needs payment for the purchase of heating oil in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Pension Provisions
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there are proposals to give people on a pro-rata contributory pension the same increases as recipients of the contributory...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if credits can be backdated on the record of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 for the purposes of calculating State...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the statutory processes involved in the appointment of chairs and members of non-Departmental public bodies under the remit of his...
- Department of Transport
- Air Services
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Transport the agency within the remit of his Department which has responsibility for monitoring the frequency, routes, height and flight path of helicopters...
- Road Safety
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the threat of the Voluntary Driving Instructors' Register of Ireland to boycott the new Road Safety Authority's...
- Road Network
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of his statement that 19 of the past 20 road projects have come in on budget reversing the previous experience, he will list for each...
- Public Transport
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of passenger licences granted to public transport providers, including Dublin Bus and private bus operations, for both new routes and...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Transport the statutory processes involved in the appointment of chairs and members of non-Departmental public bodies under the remit of his Department and...
- Public Transport
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Transport when integrated ticketing will be in place in Dublin city. [38427/06]
- Rail Network
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Transport when construction on the proposed Central Dublin railway station will commence. [38428/06]
- Light Rail Projects
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Transport when construction on the LUAS to Cherrywood will commence. [38429/06]
- Rail Network
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Transport when construction on the four tracking of the Kildare mainline route will commence. [38430/06]
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Community Development
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there will be changes regarding the selection of schools to be included in the CLÁR areas; and if he will make a...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the statutory processes involved in the appointment of chairs and members of non-Departmental public bodies under the...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a decision will be made on the 2006 national reserve application by a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Staffing
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry where due to staff shortages teachers are teaching exam...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are proposals to change the cut off point for qualification for resource assistance for dyslexic students; and if she will...
- School Transport
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she received a response from Bus Éireann regarding a review of the situation to the provision of school transport to a school...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a club (details supplied) in County Dublin with mainstream funding in order to assist children and adults with...
- School Funding
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the capitation fees granted to a school with an attendance of between 100 and 150 pupils; the position in relation to schools whose...
- Psychological Service
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the additional schools to be covered in 2006 in county Kildare under the NEPS service. [38278/06]
- Departmental Funding
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of funding provided by her Department to Youthreach in each year from 2002 to 2006; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Literacy Levels
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funds which have been allocated to the proposed family literacy project; if targets have been set for the project; the way they...
- Standardised Tests
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in regard to her address to the INTO conference on 18 April 2006, she will indicate the manner in which standardised tests inform...
- School Transport
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 26 October 2006, the reason her Department has failed to make contact with the family...
- School Staffing
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that a school (details supplied) in County Galway retains the full time resource post currently in the school and...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be provided for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [38298/06]
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grant assistance given to schools not eligible for the school support programme to assist them with their respective levels of...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the statutory processes involved in the appointment of chairs and members of non-departmental public bodies under the remit of her...
- Education Grants
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the full financial details of the basis on which the capitation grant is awarded to primary schools including details of minimum or...
- Grant Payments
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the full financial details of the basis on which the capitation grant post primary is awarded to second level schools including...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the full financial details of the caretaker primary 1979 scheme to primary schools including the number of schools to which this...
- Grant Payments
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the full financial details of the basis on which the equipment for special needs pupils second level is awarded to second level...
- School Transport
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of school buses in operation; the number of buses that were fitted with seatbelts for each pupil in 2005, to date in 2006,...
- Departmental Staff
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of new posts created under the delivering equality of opportunity programmes in 2005, to date in 2006, the equivalent...
- School Staffing
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of support teachers and special needs assistants for children in September 2005; the number in September 2006; and the...
- School Transport
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of new and second hand school buses purchased in 2006 and the number of additional vehicles hired in 2006. [38411/06]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the pupil teacher ratio in primary schools designated disadvantaged in Dublin at the start of each school year from 2002 to 2006....
- School Transport
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received an updated report from Bus Éireann following her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 11 October 2006; and...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason funding for the homework club in a school (details supplied) in County Limerick has recently been reduced. [38458/06]
- School Enrolments
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a new policy has been introduced by her Department whereby pupils are required to provide proof of their address before they are...
- Grant Payments
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason disability benefit is not reckonable as an entitlement for top up on third level grant; and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Training
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress of the Government task force on major emergency planning; the issues that have arisen from training and trials; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress of recommendations for the re-organisation of the Reserve Defence Force; if there are difficulties arising with any aspect; and if he...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Defence his Department's policy of equal opportunity for males and females in the Defence Forces; his views on the percentage of females in the force; the...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Defence the statutory processes involved in the appointment of chairs and members of non-Departmental public bodies under the remit of his Department and...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which all obsolete aircraft have been replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38432/06]
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has satisfied himself regarding the strength of the Navy with particular reference to maintaining a sufficiently high degree of coastal...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which military hardware has been upgraded, including vehicles and weapons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38435/06]
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Question 231: To ask the Minister for Defence if all members of the Defence Forces are being issued with the necessary breathing apparatus or protective armour for use in the event of a gas or...
- Defence Forces Promotions
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Army, Air Corp and Navy promotions approved in 2006 and those pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38441/06]
- Army Barracks
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of personnel currently in overholders accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38442/06]
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Local Authority Housing
Question 237: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position of proposals for the refurbishment of houses (details supplied) in County Kildare; his views on...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 238: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; the stage it is at; the breakdown of each...
- Planning Issues
Question 239: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a minimum time limit exists by which housing estates have to be taken in charge by local authorities; his...
- Waste Management
Question 240: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount allocated to each county from the environment fund since 2002; the number by county of civic...
- Rail Network
Question 241: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received a railway order relating to the Kildare route project seeking his consent for the...
- Local Authority Services
Question 242: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in instances where there is a consistent level of poor performance in areas that are the subject to local...
- Register of Electors
Question 243: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the basis on which he is considering providing additional resources to local authorities in relation to the...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 244: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the statutory processes involved in the appointment of chairs and members of non-Departmental public bodies...
