Written answers

Tuesday, 21 November 2006

  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the discussions he has had with ComReg and the action he will take in view of the recent problems experienced by...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is prepared to implement any of the measures from the new 75 step programme to tackle energy inefficiency...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in regard to the separation of TG4 from RTÉ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38794/06]
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the progress made with the European Union in establishing new recording mechanisms for fishing boats operating...
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the recent new €2.2 million package to develop the Irish aquaculture sector; where these...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to provide cutting edge telecommunications technology in all areas throughout the country, urban and...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his policy in regard to the future of An Post and the retention of the maximum number of upgraded post offices...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which an evaluation has been carried out of the use of bio-diesel for domestic heating purposes;...
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department retains the bond for £420,000 lodged by the Drogheda Port Company in 1998 in relation to the...
    • Geological Survey
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the full extent of the GSI with particular reference to the extent to which modern technology has been used to...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 9 November 2006, the options being considered to ensure full...
    • EU Directives
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the Government's position on the recent EU discussions on the extension of the Television Without Frontiers...
    • Postal Services
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has issued policy directives through An Post, directly or through the Regulator, in regard to the future...
    • Energy Supply
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the lessons which can be learned from the most recent power blackout throughout Europe; the steps that can be...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the progress his Department has made in co-ordinating the existing backhaul networks that are in the ownership...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has held discussions with the management of the ESB in relation to media reports of a possible ESB...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the support mechanism he is considering for the roll-out of broadband accessibility to the whole of the country;...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he has entered into discussions with the relevant Departments with a view to achieving...
    • Prospecting Licences
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had discussions with oil, gas or other exploration companies with a view to identification of a new...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the alternative energy services that have been given consideration by his Department; the status of alternative...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the body to be charged with overseeing the implementation of the new salmon regime; the legislative powers the...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of post offices that have been closed or downgraded in the past five years; the number of new...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if there is a maximum timeframe limit for approving foreshore licence applications; and if there are plans to...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the arrangements he will take with regard to wind farm developments which were approved under the AER support...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans for the development of microgeneration; if his Department is making a submission to CER on the...
    • Energy Policy
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the role he intends for the ESB in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38751/06]
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to research linking mobile phone use to male infertility; if he will review the...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the Government strategy on the post office network; if he will provide the full list of the closures to date in...
    • Postal Services
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in the context of the future development of postal and packaging services here and notwithstanding his...
    • Gas Network
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the development of the gas network throughout Connaught; the reason towns such as...
    • Energy Supply
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the Government expects to make a decision regarding the construction of a new east west inter-connecter...
    • Energy Costs
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has received a copy of Forfas' statement on the Costs of Doing Business in Ireland; if in view of Forfas'...
    • Fish Quotas
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will make a statement on the reductions to Ireland's 2006 mackerel quota arising from allegations of...
    • Energy Costs
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that the regulatory system as transposed into Irish law is capable of giving Irish consumers...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if it is intended in the context of the Broadcasting Bill to provide for subtitling with a view to meeting the...
    • Energy Costs
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in other EU jurisdictions, deregulation and competition in the...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that texts of an explicit nature are being randomly sent to mobile...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the further discussions he has had with State or semi-State bodies such as ESB, Bord na Móna, Iarnród...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the ongoing digital terrestrial television trial; if he will provide details on the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects all telephone exchanges and cable networks to be broadband enabled; and if he will make a...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the Government's approach to the annual EU sea fisheries negotiations under the Common...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide details on the forthcoming Single Electricity Market Bill; when it will be fully published...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that deregulation in the Irish context is sufficiently focused to ensure the delivery of the...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the long term target his Department has set for the reduction of greenhouse gases from the energy sector; and...
    • Postal Services
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if An Post has achieved sufficiently high following day delivery throughout the service; if he proposes to take...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the action he has taken in response to complaints from householders and businesses in relation to the adoption...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will raise the problems of overfishing and the use of illegal nets and tackle by other EU fishing fleets...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that sufficient generating capacity exists to ensure the continuity of supply and the...
    • Bord na Móna
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans for the future of Bord Na Móna and the role he expects the company to fulfil in the future; and if...
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the national sea fisheries and seafood strategy and on the way this will be facilitated by...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if all religious broadcasts from the various churches here which were discontinued on the FM service have been...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the contribution his Department makes to formulating the Government's climate change policy; if, in view of the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the new metropolitan networks due to be constructed in 2006 and in 2007; and the contracted cost for the...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to the recent research in the International Journal Science that concluded that by 2050 there will be...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is currently examining an extension of Ireland's strategic gas reserves; his views on the development of...
    • Energy Policy
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is in favour of the introduction of net metering for domestically produced electricity as exists in...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he proposes to examine again all aspects of the Corrib gas issues with particular reference to the need to...
    • Postal Services
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to deficiencies in the postal delivery services which appear to affect specific...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason the Postal Services Miscellaneous Provisions Bill was withdrawn; if it is intended to replace it...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will review and improve the compensation package proposed for drift net fishermen particularly in areas...
    • Communications Infrastructure
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the advice and submissions he has received with regard to safety issues associated with mobile phones and...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has examined the Price Waterhouse Report and analysis of petroleum exploration terms in Ireland, UK,...
    • Broadcasting Legislation
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will publish the Deloitte and Touche and William Fry Solicitors report on the future of TG4 in the...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department has held discussions with the energy and exploration departments of experienced oil and gas...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects to extend the broadcasting and transmission of RTÉ radio and television to neighbouring...
    • Energy Policy
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has reviewed the new World Energy Outlook 2006 from the International Energy Agency which warns that many...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the way his Department assesses the latest claims by offshore exploration companies which seem to indicate a...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to alleviate interference with television or radio reception caused by mass turbines or other...
    • Communications Infrastructure
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he proposes to implement the recommendations of the Dingle Report with particular reference...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the way the salmon surplus will be distributed following the ending of drift netting and the introduction of...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on Gate Two of the renewable generation offers and commitments; if he will provide an...
    • Digital Hub
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the degree to which the digital hub is achieving its targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps he will take to provide a State controlled broadband and telephone network; and if he will make a...
    • Postal Services
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred options for the retention of the maximum scale of services to An Post with particular reference...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will introduce measures for the regulation of the content of mobile phone products and services; if he...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Employment Statistics
      Question 183: To ask the Taoiseach the number and the percentage of the overall workforce who earn twice the average industrial earnings; the number and percentage of the overall workforce who...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 186: To ask the Taoiseach the statutory processes involved in the appointment of chairs and board members of executive bodies, advisory bodies, task forces, accountability agencies and...
    • Consumer Price Index
      Question 187: To ask the Taoiseach the trend in prices in the Eurozone countries and in Ireland under each of the ten product categories covered in the harmonised consumer price index in each...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 188: To ask the Taoiseach if he will be meeting European Parliament President Mr. Josep Borrell MEP when he visits Ireland later in November 2006. [38508/06]
    • Minimum Wage
      Question 189: To ask the Taoiseach the number of the two million people employed here who are receiving a wage of less than €10 per hour; and the number of these who are receiving a wage of...
    • Oireachtas Committees
      Question 190: To ask the Taoiseach the total costs, including administrative costs, costs of publishing reports and travel costs, associated with the All Party Committee on the Constitution...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Garda Operations
      Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some Garda speed checkpoints appear to be concentrated at...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the land registry offices in Roscommon Town will be available for occupation; when staff based in Dublin...
    • Terrorist Threats
      Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures being taken to allay people's fears that terrorist attacks at Irish international airports are a...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the budget of €5.1million for the Garda closed circuit television programme has been allocated for 2006;...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the status of the visa applications for persons (details supplied). [38500/06]
    • Missing Persons
      Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department received a request for funding on behalf of the Irish Missing Persons' Helpline; if such...
    • Family Reunification
      Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a pending family reunification application for a person (details supplied) will be decided on; and if he...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied with the way in which the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 was handled;...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 for residency will be made; and...
    • Judicial Appointments
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person can apply to become a peace commissioner; the criteria required for same; the process involved;...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the holiday visa granted to a person (details supplied) can be altered to enable them to travel to Ireland...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of staff in his Department who have indicated willingness to decentralise; and if he will make a...
    • Firearms Restrictions
      Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [38602/06]
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the date on which An Garda Síochána submitted a file to the office of the State Solicitor in County Mayo in...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for a visa by a person (details supplied) in County Carlow has been received by his...
    • Lottery Licensing Laws
      Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the failure of the Gardaí and his Department to enforce the...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí working in community policing in the Tallaght Garda station in each year over the past...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he is taking to reform family law to ensure equality for all parties in the family law process....
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will substantially increase the resources available to the Legal Aid Board in view of the fact that...
    • Garda Training
      Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if training will be made available to the Gardaí to specifically address the problem of domestic violence...
    • Legal Services Ombudsman
      Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in the interests of accountability, he will introduce an ombudsman to regulate the law industry. [38670/06]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an invitation was extended to a person (details supplied) at a meeting in January 2006 to meet with him;...
    • International Agreements
      Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has received documentation from the authorities in Ecuador regarding its wish to operate...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take into account humanitarian consideration and letters from a psychiatrist in relation to an...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the status of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who is a non-EU national and was granted a visa...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the persons who fund the operation of The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. [38705/06]
    • Garda Transport
      Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of An Garda Síochána who are driving official cars and only have the chief superintendent's...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 204 and 207 of 14 November 2006, the location of each station in...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of meetings officials from his Department have had with officials of Fingal County Council with...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of kilometres covered by each Government Minister's car; the amount and type of fuel used and the...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for the future of the Garda station at Watercourse Road, Blackpool, County Cork. [38941/06]
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will not deport a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will work with the Department...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason neighbourhood watch brochures are no longer available for distribution within participating...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is a discriminatory distinction regarding exemptions from PRSI contributions in respect of...
    • Prison Services
      Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a list of those matters not related to imprisonment for which prisoners will be required...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of motorists that have been penalised for travelling at speeds between 80kph and 100kph on the...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the report published by the ESRI entitled Migrant's Experience of Racism...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in finalising the application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to tackle anti-social behaviour in Tralee; the resources he has allocated to Gardaí in recent...
    • Suicide Incidence
      Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of the persons who committed suicide in each year since 1999, who had been reported missing prior...
  • Department of Finance
    • Garda Stations
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Finance when the Garda barracks will be constructed at Kilfinane, County Limerick. [39009/06]
    • Asbestos Removal
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress to date on surveying all primary and post-primary school buildings in order to identify the presence of asbestos; the timescale for...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Finance when the underspend in the Border Midland Western region will be made up by the Government; his views on whether funding is urgently needed in the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of reducing the higher tax band from 42% to 40%. [38486/06]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax projections by source underpinning the forecast tax reserve of €47.4 billion in 2007 and the implied absolute and percentage growth on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to have completed drafting of the National Development Plan 2007 to 2013; if an independent ex-ante evaluation will be commissioned...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Finance the position on the arrangements for an application system modelled on the central applications facility for civil servants and public servants who...
    • Tax Code
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the representations from a person (details supplied) with regards to the reintroduction of a limited form of rollover to assist in...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue generated in 2005 by stamp duty on ATM cards; the revenue generated in 2005 by stamp duty on debit laser cards; and the revenue...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Finance the respective roles of his Department and the Financial Regulator in the formation of policy in key areas, specifically in the reform of credit...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works intends to locate a driving test centre at the old AIB building in Main Street, Blanchardstown; and if he will make a...
    • National Parks
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of the Office of Public Work's study into opening the Phoenix Park to buses. [38737/06]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Finance his Department has been requested to seek an alternative site for the Garda station at Watercourse Road, Blackpool, County Cork; and if there are...
    • Tax Code
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of increasing the maximum mortgage interest relief available for first-time buyers on or below the average industrial wage from...
    • Motor Vehicle Registration
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in cases where VRT has been paid on commercial vehicles and where subsequently the owner wants to use the vehicle for ordinary passenger use,...
    • Civil Service Staff
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures for removing a person who is employed by or under the State; if an outside body can terminate said employment or instruct it to be...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Medical Cards
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the maximum amount a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 can earn and still retain their medical card; if this amount referred to has...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is her view that the proposed Central Mental Hospital can be located at Thornton, County Dublin without planning permission; and...
    • Health Services
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the majority of physiotherapy graduates from UCD in 2006 have been unable to find work...
    • Eating Disorders
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding for a dedicated eating disorder service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39159/06]
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on concerns that the Irish Osteoporosis Society may have to close due to lack of funding; the steps she will take to support...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has to provide independent living for people who have a disability and in particular in relation to a person (details...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is proposed to introduce a new Pharmacy Act; if the heads of such legislation have been approved by Government; and if she will...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in getting a medical card; and the reason for the hold-up regarding this...
    • Drug Trials
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of drug trials involving psychiatric patients in 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006. [38492/06]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons with an intellectual disability in psychiatric hospitals. [38493/06]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures she is taking in relation to the urgent requirements for the development of an acute in-patient unit at Beaumont Hospital...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a full medical card will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite the...
    • Health Services
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department intends investing to a greater extent in cardiovascular health services following recent research which found that...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the non-payment of a specific type of grant approved by the Health Service Executive in respect of a person...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the health care assistants working at St. Joseph's Hospital, Ennis, County Clare who have passed their full examinations will be...
    • Health Services
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time nationally for consultation and treatment for public orthodontic patients; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will appoint a specialist orthodontist for the Kerry area to cope with the present public waiting list which has been closed due...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a full time palliative care unit will be established at Mayo General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 27 September 2006, the mechanism a voluntary group (details supplied) in County Kildare can...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average length of time involved in processing a payment under the nursing home repayment scheme from receipt of application to final...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a special needs assistant has been removed from a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if the decision will be...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received for repayments under the national repayments scheme to date; the number of those applications that...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the availability of BreastCheck in County Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38589/06]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene with St. James's Hospital on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo and have them called for...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist the Centre for Independent Living in Castlebar, County Mayo; and if she will support them in their request for...
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the procedures in place in hospitals, health centres and Government offices to minimise the risk of Legionnaires' disease from showers,...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the proposed health Bill will provide for controls for bacteria commonly found in water systems in hospitals and health care centres...
    • Health Services
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if additional funding will be provided to a group (details supplied) in County Mayo in 2007 to ensure the continuation of its good...
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding cleanliness and hygiene matters in hospitals here and on the strategies to end MRSA. [38646/06]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will include under services to the elderly, massage therapy for senior citizens with severe pain problems in order to give them...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the appeals mechanism in place in relation to the inspection process for privately owned child care facilities in County Mayo; if there...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the 20 hospitals where it is proposed to remove seven day 24 hour ambulance accident and emergency services. [38674/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if crowding comes within the 1985 guidelines of her Department in respect of orthodontic treatment; if she will confirm that it is...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding the dermatology services in Ballina District Hospital, County Mayo; the plans for the service at the hospital...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding available to stand alone autism units in secondary schools from her Department and agencies controlled by her Department;...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the financial supports available from her Department or other organisations to the Irish Osteoporosis Society; if her Department will...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the outcome of an appeal for nursing home subvention for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 receives a day care place; and the action she will take regarding the...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent of compliance now and the steps underway to implement the recommendations of the Inspector of Mental Hospitals regarding...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a decision has been made to appoint a permanent breast cancer surgeon for Letterkenny General Hospital; if the appointed consultant...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the maximum single enhanced nursing home subvention granted to date in 2006 in the Health Service Executive east, south and west areas;...
    • Health Services
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive speech therapy in view of the fact that they will need regular speech...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures which are being taken to develop a dedicated acute unit to cater for persons with intellectual disability and challenging...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the annual provision for investment in health care services for the elderly each year since 1997 to date in 2006; the improvements to...
    • Health Services
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there has been a change in designation of the respite care beds in a facility (details supplied) in County Mayo; if occasional...
    • International Agreements
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the constitutional ultra vires problems Ireland has with the proposed new intercountry adoption agreement...
    • Health Services
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason smear tests that were done in March 2006 are only now being processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39058/06]
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the Commission of Inquiry which was set up by the Western Health Board in April 1999 to enquire into allegations...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the findings made by the working group that was established to resolve the problem of duplication in the Dublin region between the two...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of crisis nurses at accident and emergency departments in the health service. [39090/06]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of finance allocated to the Mental Health Commission which was not spent in 2005; and the areas where these measures were...
    • Suicide Prevention
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons working in the individual suicide resource offices in each Health Service Executive region. [39092/06]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures being taken to develop a dedicated acute unit to cater for persons with intellectual disability and challenging behaviour...
    • Hospital Land
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures she is taking in relation to the sale of land at St. Ita's Hospital and St. Brendan's Hospital. [39095/06]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures being taken to make capital investment available in the Health Service Executive northern area in order that appropriate...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite the renewal of a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [39104/06]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress of the review of expenditure on demand led schemes such as the drug payment scheme; the implications of same for services;...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will increase the level of funding provided to mental health services in her 2007 budget in view of the dramatic decrease,...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify her statement and name the 26 hospitals that will lose there doctor led accident and emergency services in June...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in the progress of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, for heating and two doors under...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the timetable for the decentralisation of his Department to Cavan town; if a site has been obtained for the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the likelihood of 100% broadband availability throughout the country within a reasonable time on the basis of...
    • Vessel Decommissioning
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38477/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the assessment of proposals under the biofuels mineral oil tax relief scheme will be completed; when the...
    • Coastal Protection
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to provide the necessary finance for urgently needed coastal protection work at Ballyvoile,...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the inquiry which this Deputy made to him regarding a person (details supplied) in County Dublin;...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the full terms of reference, composition, date of establishment and the proposed time frames for the report of...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has examined the Price Waterhouse report and analysis of petroleum exploration terms in Ireland, UK,...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that all former Smart Telecom customers have been provided with alternative and satisfactory...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred options to generate competition in the electricity industry with particular reference to the need...
    • Energy Policy
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the role he intends for the ESB in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38867/06]
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if it is intended in the context of the Broadcasting Bill to provide for subtitling with a view to meeting the...
    • Prospecting Licences
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had discussions with oil, gas or other exploration companies with a view to identification of a new...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to provide cutting edge telecommunications technology in all areas throughout the country, urban and...
    • Communications Infrastructure
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he proposes to implement the recommendations of the Dingle Report with particular reference...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans, either directly or through the Regulator, to accelerate the delivery of broadband to all areas...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his policy preferences in respect of the development of terrestrial television transmissions in the future; and...
    • Prospecting Licences
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred options in respect of his anticipated review of the exploration licensing regime in the future;...
    • Postal Services
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in the context of the future development of postal and packaging services here and notwithstanding his...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of post offices that have been closed or downgraded in the past five years; the number of new...
    • Postal Services
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred options for the retention of the maximum scale of services to An Post with particular reference...
    • Energy Costs
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in other EU jurisdictions, deregulation and competition in the...
    • Digital Hub
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the degree to which the digital hub is achieving its targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if all religious broadcasts from the various churches here which were discontinued on the FM service have been...
    • Postal Services
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the cost of postcodes; the degree of implementation; and the benefit to consumers; and if he will make a...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in regard to the separation of TG4 from RTÉ; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that sufficient generating capacity exists to ensure the continuity of supply and the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 9 November 2006, the options being considered to ensure full...
    • Energy Supply
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the lessons which can be learned from the most recent power blackout throughout Europe; the steps that can be...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects 100% broadband availability will be achieved here; if specific steps are required to achieve...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to alleviate interference with television or radio reception caused by mass turbines or other...
    • Geological Survey
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the full extent of the GSI with particular reference to the extent to which modern technology has been used to...
    • Bord na Móna
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans for the future of Bord Na Móna and the role he expects the company to fulfil in the future; and if...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the further discussions he has had with State or semi-State bodies such as ESB, Bord na Móna, Iarnród...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred options for the incentivisation of alternative energy production; and if he will make a statement...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason the Postal Services Miscellaneous Provisions Bill was withdrawn; if it is intended to replace it...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which an evaluation has been carried out of the use of bio-diesel for domestic heating purposes;...
    • Energy Supply
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if it is intended to provide ore or two interconnectors; if this is expected to happen by way of public or...
    • Energy Costs
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the noticeable divergence or energy prices here with those in neighbouring and competing...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the expected timeline for the execution of dredging work and the building of a breakwater at Buncrana Harbour;...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the levels of non-ionising radiation that are internationally recognised as being injurious to health arising...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the progress of renewable energy projects issues under consideration by his Department with regard to renewable...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the benefits or otherwise to the consumer arising from competition in the telecoms sector here; the measures in...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the status of the project for the redevelopment of Dunmore East Harbour in County Waterford which is expected...
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason, on the basis of scientific evidence available to him, no spatfall occurred in Killary Harbour in...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent of works that were carried out in Killary Harbour between 1992 and 1996 on the basis of improvement...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the person who, with regard to foreign gillnet surveys, is granting permission for trials in Irish waters in...
    • Energy Supply
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he has had discussions with An Bord Gáis with a view to the further extension of the gas...
    • Postal Services
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his vision for the provision of postal, delivery and counter services in the future with particular reference...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff in his Department who have indicated willingness to decentralise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38596/06]
    • Middle East Peace Process
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has contacted the Israeli Ambassador and expressed the concern of the Irish Government in relation to the rising toll in deaths and...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has received documentation from the authorities in Ecuador regarding its wish to operate the Strasbourg Agreement as a...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the plan to include Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam in the Irish Aid Programme; if he will provide assurances that this...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Road Network
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the impact of the construction of the M3 on heritage tourism. [38563/06]
    • Arts Funding
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will ensure that funding is allocated to a gallery (details supplied) in County Sligo for its redevelopment which will go into...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the status of the submission from Special Olympics Ireland for funding over the next five years; his views on whether Special...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views in regard to the contents of a submission (details supplied); the meetings he has had in regard to the independent review...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Groceries Order
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when consumers here will see the promised reduction expected from the abolition of the Groceries Order; if his Department...
    • Employment Legislation
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person employed for a three and a half year period with no break of service is entitled to be made permanent under...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the action being taken by the New Zealand competition watchdog, the Commerce Commission,...
    • Competition Authority
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on investigations by the Competition Authority into the lack of choice offered by financial institutions...
    • Research Funding
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding committed to the RTDI initiative under the current National Development Plan; if he will provide a...
    • Job Creation
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs at present provided by IDA supported factories in each of the Border counties of Cavan and Monaghan; and...
    • Job Losses
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he became aware of the difficulties of an operation (details supplied); when his department became aware of the...
    • Work Permits
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will clarify the confusion in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway who is seeking a work permit;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grants paid out by Mayo County Enterprise Board in each of the past three years and to date in 2006; and the grants...
    • Job Creation
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans he has in place to attract more jobs for north Kerry; if Tralee is lagging behind other comparable towns in the...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action he will take regarding employers who want to downgrade pension schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the procedures in place for officers of his Department employed as managers of employment exchanges; the terms of employment; the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount which has been expended on the rent supplement scheme in each of the past 10 years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the payment in respect of a child of a lone parent is €19.30 per week and that of a carer's child is €16.80 per...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost of creating a new back to school allowance (details supplied) payable to families on social welfare payments and...
  • Department of Transport
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department will allocate the necessary funding needed by Ireland West Airport, Knock to enable it to expand to its full potential; and if...
    • Marine Accidents
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Transport the communication he has had with the Marine Accident Investigation Branch regarding the ORA HOPE collision; and the reason for the decision not...
    • Public Transport
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to an alternative transport system for Dublin (details supplied); and his Department's response to same. [38515/06]
    • Road Network
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Transport the definition of a national road, a regional road, a strategic road and a non-strategic road; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce a subsidy to encourage the greater availability of wheelchair accessible taxis; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Air Services
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Transport the way, in view of Aer Lingus' recently promulgated schedule of transatlantic services for Summer 2007 wherein the airline proposes to operate a...
    • Public Transport
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Transport the schemes or initiatives in the area of public transport that have been suspended or cancelled within his Department since 2002; the amount...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of staff in his Department who have indicated a willingness to decentralise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38598/06]
    • Integrated Ticketing
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funding provided by his Department to the integrated ticketing implementation of the RPA to date; if the team is still funded by his...
    • Public Transport
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Bus Éireann services to the town of Carrickmacross on the Dublin Letterkenny Derry routes have...
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has made representations to the Dublin Airport Authority in view of the concern from people with disabilities over the rumoured moving of...
    • Rail Services
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funding allocated to Iarnród Éireann in each of the past five years for the extension and upgrade of parking at railway stations;...
    • Bus Services
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on providing a subsidy to a Galway City private bus operator for the provision of low floor disabled accessible buses; and if he will...
    • Road Safety
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to set up a pilot scheme to admit motorbikes into bus lanes; if there is a risk assessment for the proposal in relation to pedal bikes;...
    • Integrated Ticketing
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Transport if Dublin Bus intend to introduce a new ticketing system, which involves a disposable card; the details of such a system; if his Department has...
    • Road Safety
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals to introduce on a pilot basis acces to combined bus and cyclelanes for motorcycles; if he will provide details of his proposals in...
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Transport the situation regarding the provision of Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38990/06]
    • Road Safety
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Transport his position in relation to answering parliamentary questions which relate to road safety and the Road Safety Authority; the reason he has sought...
    • Traffic Management
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Transport if a count is available to his Department of the number of car parking spaces available to commuters at each railway station, LUAS stop, major bus...
    • Light Rail Projects
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in relation to extending the LUAS to Blessington, County Wicklow; if this will be extended in view of the increase in population over...
    • Air Services
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the frequent incidences of cardiac incidents with air passengers, he will take the necessary steps to oblige airlines to carry...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Irish Language
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make amendments to the Official Languages Act 2003; his views on whether Section 9 needs amending to make...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of staff in his Department who have indicated willingness to decentralise; and if he will make a statement...
    • Community Development
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will roll out the CLÁR Programme to the remaining parts of north Kerry not covered by the scheme; and the...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the details of grant aid for abattoirs for export plants as recently announced; the agency that will implement same; and if she will...
    • Forestry Sector
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland has been put on a shortlist of countries that are among the world's worst...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the criteria for persons with disabilities for seeking employment opportunities within her Department; the application procedures that...
    • Animal Breeding Regulations
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the percentage of the national herd on which artificial insemination is being used for breeding purposes; if she is satisfied that...
    • Bovine Diseases
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if progress is being made to extend the age of animals that have to be tested for BSE; her views on whether the present regime is no...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farmers in County Cavan who have received the first instalment of their single farm payment; the number still awaiting...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to her announcement on 13 November 2006 on the payment of the ERS top-up, when her Department became aware of the acceptability...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the single farm payment entitlement has been transferred by way of inheritance and payment issued to a person (details supplied);...
    • Poultry Industry
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of Government inspections under the EC Egg Marketing Regulations that have been carried out in each county since the coming...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the low qualification threshold for young farmers who want to purchase entitlements, particularly...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be assessed for the farm waste management scheme. [39006/06]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will be awarded the area aid and single payment; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Sugar Industry
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she is taking to ensure that the former employees of Greencore, Mallow are paid their full and correct compensation as...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • School Transport
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 576 of 24 October 2006 (details supplied), if the transport liaison officer has investigated the...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the efforts being made to resolve the problem with the Internet payment system for substitute teachers wages; the efforts being made...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will assist schools (details supplied) on capitation grant, high insurance costs, special needs education, class size and the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will assist a school (details supplied) in County Limerick with their application for a small-scale permanent accommodation...
    • Clár Tógála Scoileanna
      Question 512: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an bhfuil suíomh aimsithe do Ghaelscoil Dara, An Rinn Mhór, i gcathair na Gaillimhe agus an bhfuil an t-iarstáisiún aimsire san...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will increase the investment in second level education here; if her attention has been drawn to the recent OECD...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the necessary finance will be provided for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received correspondence from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 in relation to the DEIS scheme; if her attention has...
    • School Closures
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the number of new families moving into an area whose children may not yet be of school age, she will consider taking...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason retired school attendance officers have yet to receive a pay award due to them; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if school transport has been arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the situation in some primary and secondary level schools who cater for school children with visual...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, with regard to a school (details supplied) in County Sligo, she will confirm that a site has been identified; if tenders have been...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of education welfare officers in the Dublin area; the number of schools which have a full time education welfare officer to...
    • School Transport
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing transport problems for children attending a school (details supplied) in County Carlow;...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has received an application form a school (details supplied) in County Carlow to address the current and future...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding plans to build a new primary school (details supplied) in County Meath; if this school will be on a stand alone...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the Government's public private partnership programme; and her views on the way it will affect schools. [38628/06]
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an application by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal under the small schools scheme; and if she...
    • School Transport
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will approve revised school transport arrangements for a school (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason resource hours have been withdrawn from a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Third Level Institutions
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will permit the expansion of NUI Galway to establish an Ulster Connacht medical school; if it will allocate funding...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department is giving consideration to the provision of a new post-primary school in North Offaly in view of the increasing...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding available to stand alone autism units in secondary schools from her Department and agencies controlled by her Department;...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the total amount of money spent on temporary school buildings in both primary and secondary schools in the State for each of the years...
    • Home Tuition
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of outstanding applications for home tuition with her Department; the average time taken to process each application; the...
    • School Transport
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is being denied free school transport in view of the fact that other children,...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare did not qualify for a vocational educational committee grant; and if she will...
    • Capital Investment Projects
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the priority projects for capital investment identified in table 7.2 of the report of Review and Prioritisation of Capital Projects in...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria used for deciding on applications under the temporary accommodation scheme and the summer works scheme 2007; when she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the new school at Summercove, Kinsale; and when it is expected to proceed. [38977/06]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of an ABA school for Dundalk, County Louth (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the typical cost of leasing a prefab classroom for a primary school for one year. [39014/06]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved a special needs assistant as recommended by the National Education...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded their third level grant in view of the fact that they have been...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; if her attention has been drawn...
    • School Closures
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the impending closure of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; the prospects of the future...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when there will be progress on a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; if she will give it priority treatment...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on giving each school a tricolour and flag pole to mark the 91st anniversary of the 1916 Rising in Easter 2007; and her...
    • School Staffing
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the post-primary schools that have resource teachers; the number of resource teachers each school has; the schools which have no...
    • Youth Services
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the regulations that exist regarding the expulsion of a pupil from a Youthreach programme; if written notification needs to be given...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is proposed to increase the €2.3 million spent in 2005 to support primary schools for the purchase of information technology...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date on the development of the sabbatical element of the DEIS scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the findings of the fact finding review on special schools and special classes will be published; the issues being addressed by...
    • Early Childhood Education
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the Annual Competitiveness Report of the National Competitiveness Council, which found, inter alia...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date in the review of primary school administration; if she has proposals for the development of administration...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Medical Corps
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will explain the much higher than average absenteeism rates in the Defence Forces and the serious shortage of medical staff; the way he will...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will clarify the serious mistakes regarding the Niemba Massacre of Irish troops in the Congo in 1960 based on the Government's inquiry; and if...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of staff in his Department who have indicated a willingness to decentralise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38594/06]
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Traffic Calming Measures
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will ringfence special funding to the local authorities for traffic calming measures, such as...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take in order to avoid potential fines of tens of thousands of euro per day, for each day...
    • Irish Heritage Trust
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the arrangements made for the establishment of the Irish Heritage Trust; the funding being provided for the...
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the proposed Sutton to Sandyford cycle and pedestrian way; if he is committed to the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will conduct a full and thorough review of the shared ownership scheme in order to reflect the reality...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding provided by his Department to date for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action taken following the meeting with the CSNA in relation to the returns of newspapers and magazines...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the stage the proposed extension of the Tuam town sewerage scheme to include Bermingham Road is at; and if he...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his strategies on global warming; and if he will make this a priority issue. [38624/06]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status in relation to a sewage scheme (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that where an applicant purchasing a house under the affordable...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of all the money received by each local authority from developers under Part V of the Planning...
    • Nuclear Safety
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Government is informed by the British Government on the transfer of nuclear materials on the Irish...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the Doolin and Liscannon sewerage schemes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electoral Register
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will engage with local authorities with a view to making available on request a list of the voters...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedures in place to ensure that the auditing of energy standards for new residential buildings will be...
    • Local Authority Projects
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the capital projects undertaken by Waterford County Council in respect of which they were required by his...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the upgrading of Kilmallock sewerage scheme. [39007/06]
    • Building Regulations
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 546 of 14 November 2006 and the meeting held between the developer and...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the minimum and maximum recommended limit for a percolation test in order to qualify for planning permission...
    • Rural Regeneration
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the Clonmel Wilderness Carrigeen regeneration scheme; when the scheme will be...

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