Written answers
Wednesday, 22 November 2006
- Department of Finance
- Performance Management
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance if any Department failed the end of 2005 deadline for the development of performance indicators set out in his Department's recent report on a new...
- Travel Insurance
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no code of practice to protect consumers in the sale of travel insurance; and if he will...
- Tax Code
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the work of the RCT monitoring group; the number of audits that have been carried out to date in 2006 on construction companies;...
- Tax Evasion
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the section of the Comptroller and Auditor Generals report that states that only two custodial sentences were imposed in 2005 on tax...
- Tax Code
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the statement by the chairman of the Revenue Commissioners that only one in five tax payers have claimed tax relief to date in 2006 and...
- Capital Expenditure
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent report by the ESRI and in particular the warnings from the ESRI that the Government should restrict capital spending over...
- Tax Code
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the equity of tax relief provisions for pensions. [39150/06]
- Capital Expenditure
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance the capital underspend for each of the Departments to date; the percentage of this underspend that will carry forward to 2007; and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a tax on second properties in order to reduce demand from persons purchasing second and subsequent homes for investment which is...
- Pension Provisions
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance if he sees merit in modifying the requirement in approved pension schemes of taking out an annuity in view of the poor value in such annuities....
- Revenue Commissioners
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the criticism of the Revenue Commissioners by the Institute of Taxation; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce measures to end the ability of high income persons to declare themselves non-resident for tax purposes. [39116/06]
- Tax Yield
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the heavy reliance of the Exchequer on revenue from the housing sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39130/06]
- House Prices
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has assessed the affordability of house purchase for young families in view of the 40% increase in the cost of mortgages in the past twelve...
- Tax Code
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of earners exempt from income tax; the number paying at the basic rate; the number paying at the higher rate; and if he will make a...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance the latest information available from the central applications facility in respect of applications from civil servants and other public servants...
- Tax Code
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax incentives, promoted as green tax incentives introduced by the Government since 1997; and the tax foregone in each category of incentive in...
- Business Expansion Schemes
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the suggestion from Chambers Ireland to raise the ceiling of business expansion schemes pertaining to SMEs from the current €1 million...
- Tax Code
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on extending the taxation benefit for long term leasing of land to farmer's sons, daughters or other relatives; his views on whether at a...
- National Development Plan
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance the latest returns he has received in respect of progress in the expenditure profile and the profile in delivery of planned outputs from the various...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the Credit Union Act and regulations which have hampered their development. [39136/06]
- Tax Code
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will replace the system of vehicle registration tax with a system of car taxation based on pollution levels. [39115/06]
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance the most recent figures on private sector debt; and his views on the implications of this debt level for the economy. [39239/06]
- Tax Code
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance the basis on which forecasts of capital tax are made by his Department; and the assumptions in respect of the number of taxable transactions and the...
- Tax Yield
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance the receipts on an annual basis from DIRT tax for each year from 1997 to date in 2006; the number of people or accounts it levied on in each of those...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has assessed the implication of the Central Bank's Financial Stability Report for Government policy; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance the property based tax reliefs for which no termination date has been set; and if he has requested any reviews of these or other reliefs by the...
- Export Performance
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the medium-term implication of Ireland's export performance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39162/06]
- Revenue Commissioners
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are proposals to provide additional staff and resources to the Revenue Commissioners Office in view of the findings of the Comptroller and...
- Tax Code
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on restoring the rollover tax to farmers and property owners who are being forced to sell property under CPO for the greater good of their...
- Garda Stations
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance when construction of the new Garda Station for County Wexford is due to start; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36328/06]
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the recently published Three Year Strategy document from the Financial Regulator. [39230/06]
- Tax Code
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of taxpayers currently paying tax at the top rate of 42%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39227/06]
- National Development Plan
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance the schedule of presentation of programmes under the National Development Plan. [39173/06]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants and other public servant who applied for relocation under the Government's decentralisation programme and who...
- Tax Code
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance if the vehicle registration tax relief for flexible fuel vehicles and the excise relief for biofuels measures announced in Budget 2006 have been...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance when the new common framework for testing the fitness of directors and senior managers of financial services published by the Financial Regulator,...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance the anticipated costs, in terms of acquiring, and equipping premises and other related costs at the latest date for which figures are available, of...
- Tax Yield
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the way stamp duty receipts have been made up in 2006 to date. [39079/06]
- Pension Provisions
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the options for pension reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39171/06]
- Fiscal Policy
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the latest developments in the European Commission in relation to corporation tax harmonisation and recent comments by EU...
- Tax Code
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected distribution of income earners for income tax payments for 2005 and 2006 broken down in number and percentage terms into the categories...
- National Debt
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance the level of the national debt as a share of national income in 2006; the way this compares to 1997; the share of income tax revenues required to...
- Tax Code
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an arrangement whereby stamp duty on a property transaction can be substantially avoided by using a company sale...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of the proposed decentralisation moves announced in December 2003, in respect of which no property solutions have yet been identified....
- Tax Code
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has instructed the Revenue Commissioners to conduct an estimate of under claiming of tax reliefs by taxpayers; and the latest estimate which...
- Tax Yield
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners Office have set an increased target level of random audits following from their findings that 30% of targeted...
- Aer Lingus
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance the proceeds received to date by the Exchequer from the sale of shares in Aer Lingus; and if these funds are to be placed under management by the...
- Tax Code
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance if, further to the appearance of the Irish Charities Reform Action Group at the Finance Committee, there are proposals to alter the tax status of...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on calls from the Credit Union Development Association for a State savings protection scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Yield
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the dependence of the Government on revenue generated from taxes related to construction and consumption. [39114/06]
- Construction Industry
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to reports that there has been a sharp increase in the number of construction companies making bad debt claims from...
- Traffic Management
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent report published by the Office of Public Works in conjunction with consultants (details supplied) in relation to traffic...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Financial Regulator has conducted a study into the penalty charges charged to consumers here by credit card companies; if there are proposals...
- Tax Yield
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected rise in income tax receipts in 2007 as a result of termination of SSIA accounts; and if these moneys are being allocated to particular...
- Tax Code
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on zero rating VAT on road safety products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38957/06]
- Tax Collection
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid to date to the Revenue Commissioners Office in respect of settlements made in connection with its investigation into the use of life...
- Ethics in Public Office
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance the circumstances in which a gift to a serving Minister will be deemed to be a conflict of interest under the purposed new amendment to rules...
- Freedom of Information
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance the public bodies and agencies exempted from the full remit of the Freedom of Information legislation; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mortgage Credit
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance his position on an EU wide mortgage credit market. [39078/06]
- Taxation Policy
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance if the objectives for tax policy set out in the 2002 Programme for Government remain the priorities for the last Budget within which they can be...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance the leases taken out by the Office of Public Works, by Government Departments or by State agencies since the announcement of the Government's...
- Inter-Agency Procurement Group
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures that have been put in place arising from the work of the inter-agency procurement group in his Department; and if he will make a...
- Taxation Policy
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance the Government's view on the potential for taxation to play a role in promoting energy efficiency and emission reductions. [39169/06]
- Special Savings Incentive Scheme
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount received to date by the Revenue Commissioners' Office in respect of deductions of tax at maturity on maturing SSIA accounts; the total...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance if an estimate has been undertaken of the number of civil or public servants, who do not wish to relocate, who will be surplus to requirements as a...
- Tax Code
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the rate of income tax paid by persons earning in excess of €100,000 per annum and upwards in bands of €20,000 per annum from the year 2000 to...
- Investor Compensation Scheme
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the ICCL compensation scheme for clients of a company (details supplied); the percentage of clients who have received...
- Tax Code
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will initiate a comprehensive review of the items to which VAT is applicable to ascertain the scope for introducing new anti-regressive and...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been progress or an outcome to the regulatory inspection arising out of the in-depth investigation carried out (details supplied); if...
- Tax Code
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that it is not possible to avoid the stamp duty depending on the way the sale of commercial property is structured; and if he...
- Tax Collection
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of the recent review of customs services at Weston Aerodrome; if an increased customs presence will be put in place at the same...
- Tax Code
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which income tax policies since 1997 have benefited the least well off in society here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 165: To ask the Taoiseach the quantity, cost and suppliers of energy used by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; if an audit has been carried out on his...
- Cabinet Sub-Committees
Question 167: To ask the Taoiseach the number of sub-committees in the Cabinet; the responsibilities of each committee and the members of each committee; [39678/06]
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Maternity Leave
Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has considered maternity leave rights that are available in other European countries; his views on the...
- Garda Equipment
Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procurement arrangements that are in place for the purchase of An Garda Síochána motor cycle uniforms...
- Crime Levels
Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of incidents of money laundering detected here and throughout Europe in the past five years; if...
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Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent of credit card fraud at present; if measures have been taken throughout the banking and finance...
- Data Protection
Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to allow householders to opt out of the delivery of unsolicited or unaddressed direct mail by An...
- Garda Stations
Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the Office of Public Works refurbishment plan for Kilconnell Garda Station in County Galway;...
- Sexual Offences
Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons who are on the Sex Offenders Register. [39278/06]
- Public Inquiries
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the new Stardust evidence; and if he will give the families the maximum support....
- Criminal Assets Bureau
Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of money that has been seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in each year since it's establishment...
- Drug Seizures
Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is possible to determine and if he will report on the amount and estimated value of heroin seized in...
- Crime Levels
Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug offences which came before the courts in 2005; the number of cases in which the mandatory...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if any of the Gardaí who were criticised in the Morris Reports from the Morris Tribunal and who resigned or...
- Court Procedures
Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the in-camera rule; the number of family law cases which have been heard since the new...
- Irish Prison Service
Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a list of the medical treatments that will not be provided by the Prison Service under...
- Prison Staff
Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will introduce privatised prison escorts, as provided for under Part 2 of the Prisons Bill 2006; if so,...
- Irish Prison Service
Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the purpose and terms of reference of the delegation of Irish Prison Service officials that visited prisons...
- Visa Applications
Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application to remain in the State by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the...
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the fact that there was excessive radon levels in a third of schools here, his Department has...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quantity, cost and suppliers of energy used by his Department in the last year for which figures are...
- Asylum Applications
Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that all of the circumstances indicating a life threatening situation in the event of a...
- Garda Strength
Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the strength of the Garda force in the Mayo division by rank and location; the number of vacancies that...
- Garda Equipment
Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of mountain bikes available to Gardaí in the Mayo division; the locations of same; the extra...
- Garda Training
Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made towards achieving equality in the Gardaí for members who can conduct their business...
- Road Safety
Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that speed limits on the outskirts in towns and villages situated...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of a project (details supplied) in County Kildare; the timescale in regard to the project; the...
- Drug Seizures
Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when this Deputy will receive a full reply to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 24 October 2006; and if he...
- Department of Finance
- Garda Stations
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the Office of Public Works refurbishment plan for Boyle Garda Station in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason civil servants who have been offered positions under decentralisation are not being released by their Departments to take up their new...
- Tax Code
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount and maximum percentage of excise relief available to biofuel processors and suppliers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Finance the statutory tribunals and their brief that have been put in place over the past 20 years; the costs and outlay to date for each tribunal; and if...
- Public Private Partnerships
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress with procurement of PPP projects; the areas that have been identified as most suitable for PPP; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Special Savings Incentive Scheme
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have identified potential abuses of SSIA's where there may be breaches of the declaration of the participation on...
- Tax Code
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will get the date for completion extended for their Section 23 relief in view of the circumstances in...
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the fact that there was excessive radon levels in a third of schools here, his Department has plans or carried out tests for...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Finance the quantity, cost and suppliers of energy used by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; if an audit has been carried out...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Finance the use, locations and costs to date of lands acquired or contracted to acquire, buildings purchased, built or leased, acquired or contracted to...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance the quantity, cost and suppliers of water, both tap and bottled, acquired by his Department for its own use in the last year for which figures are...
- Price Inflation
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent and the steps taken to address inflation arising from items not included in the CPI. [39558/06]
- Tax Yield
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Finance the extra revenue expected by way of VAT returns arising from recent gas and electricity price increases in a full year; and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Finance the taxation per litre of petrol or diesel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39561/06]
- Disabled Drivers
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Finance when it is expected to implement the recommendations of the inter-Departmental group dealing with the Disabled Drivers Disabled Passengers Tax...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that adequate steps have been taken through the banking and financial services sectors, here and throughout Europe, to prevent...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has identified the inflationary tendencies which might lead to the lack of competitiveness in the economy; and if he will make a statement on...
- Credit Union Regulation
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received correspondence from the Credit Union Development Association; his views on establishing a task force of key stakeholders with the...
- Garda Stations
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the Office of Public Works refurbishment plan for Ballinasloe Garda Station in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated average value of tax and PRSI concessions on contributions to approved pension schemes including occupational schemes, AVCs, PRSAs and...
- Pension Provisions
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount including AVCs and PRSAs paid by Irish taxpayers into pension plans and schemes approved by the Revenue Commissioners Office in...
- Department of Health and Children
- Care of the Elderly
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if people who care for the elderly should be entitled to at least two weeks respite care from the State in view of the fact that they...
- Health Service Statistics
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the population in each of the eight Health Service Executive regional areas in the last Census and in the most recent preliminary...
- Child Care Services
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of privately owned child care facilities currently in place in County Mayo; the number of children they cater to; and the...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason CPAP equipment is not available to patients here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39271/06]
- Care of the Elderly
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 is being denied a public nursing home place; and if she will get them a place...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Offaly has not gained admission to Dún Laoghaire Rehabilitation Hospital despite the...
- Health Centres
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding a property (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if there are plans to sell this property; and if she will make...
- Children in Care
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given as a matter of urgency to a person (details supplied) in County Louth in view of the serious situation; and...
- Health Services
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will improve the chiropody services in the Marino area, Dublin 3; and the reasons for medical card holders not receiving this...
- Health Service Staff
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been brought to the fact that 35 out of 55 students who qualified as basic grade physiotherapists at UCD in 2005...
- Health Services
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when orthodontic treatment will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [39311/06]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in arranging an early appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if this person will be referred...
- Mental Health Services
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proposals for moving the Mater Child Guidance Service to a more suitable building where its services could be more effectively...
- Health Services
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an increased grant for 2006 relative to the service agreement between the Health Service Executive and a centre (details supplied) in...
- Medical Cards
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the decision not to renew a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if she will expedite a...
- Hospital Services
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the case being made by the action committee to retain St. Luke's Hospital at Rathgar, Dublin; if she...
- Health Services
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to a previous parliamentary question regarding a person (details supplied), the reason the Health Service Executive or old...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive south east assessed persons (details supplied) who are on the autism spectrum prior to their entry to a...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who lives alone in their own home is unable to receive home help at weekends; and...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people waiting for procedures, listed by speciality in each acute hospital; the number in each case waiting over six...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she received a letter, as was received by this Deputy, dated 10 October 2006 from a person (details supplied) regarding the abduction...
- Health Service Staff
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) is still the administrator of St Mary's Hospital, Phoenix Park; and if not, the reason for same; the...
- Clinical Indemnity Scheme
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of EMT's, paramedics and advanced paramedics registered with the clinical indemnity scheme. [39360/06]
- Organ Donation
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the review requested by her Department in 2005, that the Health Service Executive undertake a review and analysis, of the...
- Hospital Services
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has any plans to introduce a screening protocol of infants, post delivery, which aims to identify infants who carry...
- Health Services
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people who have applied for drug addiction treatment in the Health Service Executive south region from 2000 to 2005...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are over 2,600 patients on the routine waiting list for dermatology outpatients...
- Health Services.
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 604 of 27 September 2006, if the Irish Osteoporosis Society will receive funding in the future to...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the vaccine for the prevention of the human papilloma virus will be available to private patients; if it will be available on the...
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that there was excessive radon levels in a third of schools here, her Department has plans or carried out tests...
- Compensation Scheme
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a vaccine damage compensation scheme has not been introduced by her Department in view of the fact that there was a...
- Health Services
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that there is over €40 million of unpaid debts to the Health Service Executive which are more than six months old;...
- Adoption Services
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the current policy in relation to adopted children receiving knowledge of their full birth family history, including medical history;...
- Child Protection Systems
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the in-depth study of the powers of the Health Service Executive promised to be undertaken following the publication of the Ferns...
- Child Abuse
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the review of the Catholic Church's guidelines on child sexual abuse which was commissioned by her Department has been completed;...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 1 June 2006 her definition of undue delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Ambulance Service
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the hours of operation of the current Hems service in relation to the service level agreement between the Air Corps and the Health...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has undertaken to review the safety of IVF in view of the delay in legislation in relation to same; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will look into the case of a person (details supplied); the Health Service Executive's position on the matter; and if she will...
- Forum on Fluoridation
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reinstate the Forum on Fluoridation website (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39413/06]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the quantity, cost and suppliers of energy used by her Department in the last year for which figures are available; if an audit has been...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an x-ray; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39657/06]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way the disability structural funds are being spent in the electoral areas in Mayo in 2005 and 2006; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of residential and emergency facilities available to women and men who have suffered personal abuse, injury, sexual...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the considerations given by her Department with the Health Service Executive for the provision of independent living units on lands...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans, in view of the scarcity due to over demand of respite placements in the Kildare and west Wicklow region, in agreement with...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of independent residential units in control of the Health Service Executive in the Kildare and west Wicklow area; the areas...
- Health Services
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of a project (details supplied) in County Kildare; if her Department or the Health Service Executive has provided funds for...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will provide funding to the Health Service Executive to ensure that the needs of a person (details supplied) are met;...
- Health Services
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare with a medical card has to pay for an injection; and if she will make a...
- Child Care Services
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the value of the early childcare payment provided in the 2007 Estimate; and the change which it represents over 2006. [39669/06]
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has made changes in the charges which will be made in public nursing homes the in 2007 Estimates; and the charges which will...
- Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the threshold which will apply for the claiming of drugs refund in 2007 and the extent to which this has been changed as part of...
- Hospital Charges
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the charges which will apply in 2007 at public hospitals for attending accident and emergency or outpatients, for staying a night in a...
- Medical Cards
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the income threshold which will be applied in 2007 for deeming a young person living with their parents to obtain a medical card in...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the qualifying conditions which will apply in 2007 for the receipt of a home care package; the benefits which will be available under...
- Medical Cards
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has issued guidelines to the Health Service Executive on the method they should use for valuing savings or investments in the...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the thresholds which will apply in 2007 under the nursing home subvention in respect of the savings necessary to disqualify an applicant...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Offshore Exploration
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will investigate the case of modelling a State company for Irish oil and gas along the lines of the...
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in view of the fact that there was excessive radon levels in a third of schools here, his Department has...
- Aquaculture Development
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will intervene and support the proposals of local mussel carriers in the Killary area; his views on...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the members of the committee that assess applications for foreshore licences and in each case the expertise...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the quantity, cost and suppliers of energy used by his Department in the past year for which figures are...
- Energy Resources
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the annual value of the energy produced nationally from renewable sources; and if he will make a statement on...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason broadband is not available in the Finney, Seanafannaghaun and Kilbride areas of Tourmakeady, County...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, given there was excessive radon levels in one third of schools here, his Department has plans or carried out tests for excessive radon...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the quantity, cost and suppliers of energy used by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; if an audit has been...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if, in view of the fact that there was excessive radon levels in a third of schools here, his Department has plans or carried out...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the quantity, cost and suppliers of energy used by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; if an audit has...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he will receive a reply to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 24 October 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Bodies
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff employed in Mayo County Enterprise Board, detailing their individual titles and roles and so on; and...
- Work Permits
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding an application for works permits submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary....
- Industrial Development
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the enterprise functions he is retaining for Shannon Development in the Shannon free zone; if the Industrial Development...
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of the fact that there was excessive radon levels in a third of schools here, his Department has plans or...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the quantity, cost and suppliers of energy used by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; if an...
- Departmental Staff
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person requiring a transfer within the Civil Service will have their chances affected by having 56 genuine certified...
- Work Permits
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 362 of 14 November 2006, the status of an appeal application for a person (details...
- Child Labour
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures in place, or being planned, to ensure that products being sold here are not being manufactured through the use...
- Fair Trade Network
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are proposals, both at a national and an EU level, to promote Fair Trade products; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Code
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has made provision in Estimates 2007 for changes in the terms and conditions of the back to education allowance; and the...
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in view of the fact that there was excessive radon levels in a third of schools here, his Department has plans or carried out...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the quantity, cost and suppliers of energy used by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; if an audit...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the campaign to restore universal child benefit (details supplied); his views on same; and if...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of MABS units in the Kildare area; the number of staff involved in the working of the units; the number of applications...
- Pension Provisions
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the period over which years devoted to homecaring can be excluded in assessing average contribution for pension eligibility...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way savings will be valued under the provision of supplementary welfare in 2007; and if the Estimates have included changes in...
- Social Insurance
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the provisions made in Estimates 2007 for the threshold, the exemption limit and the ceiling under social insurance payments; and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the income which is disregarded in calculating a person's eligibility for rent supplement, distinguishing the treatment of...
- Department of Transport
- Traffic Management
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Transport if he proposes to introduce new policies or new regulations governing traffic management for Croke Park and Lansdowne Road national stadia; and if...
- Air Services
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Transport if he or his officials held discussions recently with European Commission officials in relation to negotiating a separate open skies deal between...
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a grant to the Limerick marine search and rescue service for the employment of a caretaker at its premises on the Dock Road,...
- Road Network
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of PPP finance invested in road infrastructure to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39295/06]
- Road Safety
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Transport when and under what statutory instrument section 16 of the Road Traffic Act 2002 was commenced. [39296/06]
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will afford Kerry mountain rescue the same protection as the Garda under the Garda Compensation Act 1941 in order that it can carry out its...
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the fact that there was excessive radon levels in a third of schools here, his Department has plans or carried out tests for...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Transport the quantity, cost and suppliers of energy used by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; if an audit has been carried...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Grant Payments
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a staffing grant is available from his Department to staff a project (details supplied) in County Cork. [39329/06]
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in view of the fact that there was excessive radon levels in a third of schools here, his Department has plans or...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the quantity, cost and suppliers of energy used by his Department in the last year for which figures are available;...
- Grant Payments
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if an application for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo approved for Gaeltacht assistance some years ago to...
- Inland Waterways
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position of a project (details supplied) in County Kildare that needs further allocation of funding to ensure the...
- Irish Language Signage
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the plans he had to amend the Draft Regulations he recently published, pursuant to Section 9 of the Official...
- Security of the Elderly
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the provision which has been made in the 2006 Estimates for the provision of locks, alarms and so on for pensioners...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when outstanding single farm payments will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in view of the fact that there was excessive radon levels in a third of schools here, her Department has plans or carried out tests...
- Sugar Beet Sector
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the compensation for the demise of the sugar beet industry has been finalised for all parties; if not, the position regarding the...
- Grant Payments
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will inquire into the delay in farm payments for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the quantity, cost and suppliers of energy used by her Department in the last year for which figures are available; if an audit has...
- Grant Payments
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if and when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will qualify for installation aid; if consideration will be given due to age...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Staffing
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will urgently assist a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 with extra staff in order to reduce its high pupil teacher ratio;...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of the €2 million allocated in 2005 to implement the recommendations of the Task Force on Student Behaviour which has...
- School Enrolments
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if schools which are not in the fee paying category are entitled to levy a non-refundable enrolment fee of €150; and if her...
- School Accommodation
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of primary school pupils and secondary school pupils currently being taught in prefabs. [39306/06]
- Medical Education
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to reduce the number of points required to gain entry to a medicine course in UCC for 2007. [39307/06]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that her Department has received an application for sanction from a school (details supplied) in County Louth; if...
- Adult Education
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason adult literacy classes for a group of intellectually disabled adults (details supplied) have stopped; her proposals to...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a higher education grant was refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4; if an appeal will be arranged...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she proposes to sanction a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow as children attending primary level will need this school...
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the fact that there was excessive radon levels in a third of schools here, her Department has plans or carried out...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the quantity, cost and suppliers of energy used by her Department in the last year for which figures are available; if an audit has...
- School Facilities
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the gradual encroachment of staff car parking into areas formally used as playgrounds, particularly in schools located on...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will restore the disadvantage status to a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if her attention has been drawn to the...
- School Accommodation
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the necessity to replace existing prefab classrooms at a school (details supplied) in County...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for commencement of work on a new Gaelscoil in Clonakilty County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Transport
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 28 September 2006, if she will furnish a response to the queries raised; and if she will...
- School Staffing
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 29 September 2006, the status of the review of one-teacher schools; when she expects the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position on the school buildings programme of a school (details supplied) in Westmeath; when this school is expected to proceed to...
- School Staffing
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason funding for part-time teachers at a special needs school (details supplied) in County Kerry under the heading teaching...
- School Management
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the situation in a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; if she is satisfied with the progress being made;...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received an application for a specialist autism unit for County Mayo from concerned parents; the facilities that exist for...
- School Staffing
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the categories of teachers that will make up the 800 extra to be employed in 2007; if it is intended that these teachers will be on...
- Third Level Charges
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has included in Estimates 2007 any provision for increase in the registration charge for college students; and the charge that...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has made provision in Estimates 2007 for the increase in the income limits and in the maintenance payments, under the higher...
- Department of Defence
- Ambulance Service
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of missions in relation to the service level agreement between the Air Corps and the Health Service Executive with regards to air...
- Army Barracks
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Defence when his Department sold Clancy Barracks, Islandbridge; the name of the developer who purchased it and the price; the reason his Department refused...
- Pension Provisions
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the recommendations of the Gleeson Commission on Remuneration and Conditions of Service in the Defence Forces...
- Early Retirement Schemes
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Defence if there is an early retirement scheme for civilian employees within his Department. [39330/06]
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Defence if, in view of the fact that there were excessive radon levels in a third of schools here, his Department has plans or carried out tests for...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Defence the quantity, cost and suppliers of energy used by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; if an audit has been carried out...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Refuge Accommodation
Question 427: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of residential and emergency facilities available to women and men who have suffered personal...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 428: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the stage the Lower Liffey Valley sewerage scheme is at; when the relevant works will be commenced; when they...
- Housing Strategy
Question 430: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the provision of accommodation for people with mental health problems in new housing developments; and if he...
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 431: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the fact that there was excessive radon levels in a third of schools here, his Department has...
- Natural Heritage Areas
Question 433: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position on motorcyclists with specially adapted vehicles and persons on quads who persist in riding...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 434: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the quantity, cost and suppliers of energy used by his Department in the last year for which figures are...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 436: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation with respect to the allocation of funding for a sewage treatment plant at Arklow, County...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 443: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will take into consideration the special requirements of resorts like Tramore, County Waterford when...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 444: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is a provision under the affordable sites scheme for extra funding to be made available; if one of...
