Written answers

Tuesday, 28 November 2006

  • Department of Education and Science
    • School Staffing
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if extra language support teachers will be appointed to Tallaght schools in 2007; her views on the demand in that regard; and if she...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of post-primary schools offering the full complement of science subjects to leaving certificate level; and if she will make...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will direct the building unit of her Department, in conjunction with the Office of Public Works, to change the policy of...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of single sex girls schools offering the subject music to both junior and leaving certificate respectively; and if she will...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of agencies funded by her Department working in the area of educational disadvantage; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of secondary schools covered by the services offered by the National Educational Psychological Service; the target she has...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she is taking to reduce class sizes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39915/06]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools to receive funding under the DEIS scheme; when such funding will come on stream; and if she will make a statement...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an evaluation or review of the National Educational Psychological Service has been undertaken or is planned; if so the details of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to an application by a group (details supplied) for her Department to establish a dedicated school in...
    • Multi-Denominational Schools
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that, of the 23 new schools established under the patronage of Educate Together since 2000,...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reintroduce the grant scheme for both primary and secondary schools to provide sports and physical equipment to reduce...
    • School Transport
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if all children at primary and secondary level using the school transport service have their own seat and seatbelt; and if she will...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of extra educational psychologists who will be appointed in the context of the recently published Government Estimates 2007;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to accelerate the school building programme with a view to meeting accommodation needs on time, at both primary and second...
    • Library Grants
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make representations to the Department of Finance to adequately increase the allocation for library grants which have only...
    • Standardised Testing
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in the introduction of standardised testing at primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money granted in 2006 to fee paying schools under the summer works programme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Facilities
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the procedures in place to ensure that facilities provided at public private partnership schools are available to the community free of...
    • Third Level Education
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of the right to higher and further education for non-EU nationals here who have not attained nationalisation or...
    • Irish Language
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects to be able to make changes to the examination of Irish to place more emphasis on the spoken language; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the arrangements in place, in view of the need for a local contribution or ongoing local contributions towards the capital cost of...
    • Schools of Podiatry
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the decision was taken by her Department to locate the proposed school of podiatry in a university; the reason an institute of...
    • School Management
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department's computer system cannot deal with recording half or quarter days for teachers. [40203/06]
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of the capitation charge for third level education; the increases in the third level capitation charge for each year since...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of investment to be allocated by her Department in 2007 towards the refurbishment of science buildings and facilities at...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will expand junior certificate science participation to 100%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40184/06]
    • Educational Planning
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of new post-primary schools that will be needed in County Kildare to cater for the estimated population growth over the next...
    • School Discipline
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the full recommendations of the Task Force on Student Behaviour will be implemented. [40221/06]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in primary classes of 20 to 24 children inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40212/06]
    • Education Schemes
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the fact that the Society of St. Vincent de Paul has to subsidise schools to rent books to children whose families cannot...
    • Educational Planning
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of new primary schools in Louth Meath that will be needed to cater for estimated population growth over the next 10 years;...
    • Third Level Education
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her response to Barriers to Access to Further and Higher Education for Non-EU Nationals Resident in Ireland published by Pobal in...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the latest situation regarding the provision of a suitable new site for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools listed on her Department's school building programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40236/06]
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will introduce a grant to assist schools with the cost of taking children to public swimming pools as part of the physical...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of school building projects assessed as being of Band Four priority awaiting progression by her Department; and if she will...
    • Educational Planning
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the Area Development Plan for north Dublin, south Louth and east Meath is only due to commence in December 2006 in view of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will continue to pay home tuition grants to parents of children with autism who wish to use those grants to provide an ABA...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied that all second level students at junior cycle level have the opportunity to carry out experiments as part of the...
    • Subject Evaluations
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of subject evaluations which are planned to be undertaken by her Department in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Adult Education
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the full recommendations of the McIver report will be implemented. [40231/06]
    • Whole School Evaluations
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of whole school evaluations that will be completed by the end of 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Curriculum
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of girls taking higher level physics at leaving certificate level for each of the past 10 years; and if she will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will present her proposed changes to Section 29 of the Education Act 1998; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Teaching Profession
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has examined research by a person (details supplied) in Trinity College carried out for her Department which found that males...
    • Youthreach Programme
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of extra Youthreach places she will provide over the next year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40134/06]
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools with an indoor sports hall or similar facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40233/06]
    • Psychological Service
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of psychologists who will be employed to work with specialist behaviour classes at second level; and if she will make a...
    • Third Level Education
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied with the procedure set up by the governing body of UCC to investigate allegations made in relation to certain...
    • Whole School Evaluations
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of whole school evaluations in which content has been disputed to date in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money expended to date in 2006 under the school building programme; the percentage that represents of the total amount...
    • School Meals Programme
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of breakfast clubs, operated by charities, community groups or other groups, which are supported by her Department; and if...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools which offer music to leaving certificate level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40181/06]
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of information required under the Education (Welfare) Act 2000 from parents who wish to exercise their Constitutional right...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of school building projects assessed as being of Band Two priority awaiting progression by her Department; and if she will...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received applications from Vocational Educational Committees apart from County Clare to establish primary schools under...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if in her view the recently announced Estimate 2007 allocation for the National Education Welfare Board will be sufficient to enable...
    • School Staffing
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress she expects to make in the 2006-2007 school year to fulfil the commitment in the Programme for Government in relation to...
    • Educational Planning
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of new primary schools that will be needed in west Dublin to cater for the estimated population growth over the next 10...
    • Educational Projects
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will progress the development of a primary pupil database; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40243/06]
    • School Staffing
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will implement the recommendation from the Teachers' Union of Ireland to ensure an additional staff member for every 28...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money granted annually by the State to fee paying schools by way of teachers' salaries and other supports; and if she...
    • Schools Buildings Projects
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of school building projects assessed as being of Band Three priority awaiting progression by her Department; and if she...
    • Irish Language
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on draft proposals from the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment on reform of the Irish exam at leaving...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has made a decision on the application of County Clare Vocational Educational Committee to become the patron body to two...
    • Youth Services
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the process of the National Youth Work Advisory Committee recommendation for the establishment of a youth work development unit; the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 577 of 24 October 2006 and a personal reply from her on 14 November 2006, if progress has been...
    • Medical Education
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects to decide on the location for post-graduate medical education; the number of places that will be provided; and if she...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the Student Support Bill will be published; the pre-consultation that has taken place with students and representative bodies;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will extend remedial programmes aimed at improving literacy for boys to the area of maths for girls schools; and if she will...
    • Subject Evaluations
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of subject evaluations which will be completed by the end of 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40248/06]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps her Department is taking to progress the school building projects in the Lucan area. [40125/06]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost to her Department of buying and leasing prefabs in the 2005 to 2006 school year; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of people who have applied to the Residential Institutions Redress Board; the estimated cost of paying all of the awards...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she proposes to take to address the issue of class sizes throughout Dublin, throughout Leinster and throughout the rest of...
    • Inservice Training
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of hours in the higher diploma in teaching spent on conflict resolution; and if she has satisfied herself with this amount....
    • Literacy Levels
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way she proposes to improve the literacy level of prisoners both in adult and juvenile detention centres; if monitoring is done on...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the introduction of information and communications technology as a subject for the junior certificate; and if she will...
    • Radon Gas Levels
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools which have not been tested for radon; the names of these schools; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Internet Access
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures in place for young people in order to promote appropriate use of information and communications technology particularly...
    • Multi-Denominational Schools
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Educate Together can no longer assist groups of parents in certain parts of the...
    • State Examinations
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the changes she will introduce in the leaving certificate examination; if she proposes to hold some parts of the examination prior to...
    • School Insurance
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take to assist schools with the escalating cost of insurance; if her Department will consider a centralised system...
    • Whole School Evaluations
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of whole school evaluations which are planned to take place during 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Legal Actions
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of legal actions her Department is currently engaged in; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40194/06]
    • School Enrolments
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures taken by her Department to ensure that all schools comply with their own enrolment policies; and if she will make a...
    • Bullying in Schools
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her response to More than a Phase, a resource guide for the inclusion of young lesbian, homosexual, bisexual and transgender learners,...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Office of the Attorney General
      Question 165: To ask the Taoiseach if his attention has been drawn to the position arising from the 2006 Assistant Parliamentary Council Competition Grade 2 where only three Irish lawyers out of...
    • Death Statistics
      Question 170: To ask the Taoiseach if the number of death certificates of persons who died in nursing homes in what was the Eastern Health Board region which contains a reference to decubitus...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the length of time it takes for police clearance for the employment by the Health Service Executive of a...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation regarding the issue of rogue estate agents and the role of the ombudsman; and if there are...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has considered to possibility of introducing an all-Ireland helpline for missing persons; and if he...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when registration of title (details supplied) will be completed by the Land Registry Office. [40011/06]
    • Rural Policing Initiative
      Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the rural community policing initiative (details supplied) in County Donegal; and...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if towns (details supplied) in County Donegal will be considered for the expansion for youth diversion...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the holiday visa application of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of summonses issued and convictions obtained in relation to the illegal use of Kennelsfort Road,...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of full time Gardaí stationed in Kilfinane, County Limerick; and his plans to augment this in...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures being taken by the Garda to deal with serious disturbances involving youth in an area (details...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application to his Department for permission to remain in the State made on 30 September 2005 and...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for Clonakilty Garda district for the years 2000 to 2005 respectively; and if he will...
    • Witness Security Programme
      Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the Garda Review commenced and was completed in relation to the witness security programme; if he...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the installation of closed circuit television cameras in Clonmel, Carrick-on-Suir,...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a decision has been made on holiday visas for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the wide discrepancy between the level of crime reported or collated by...
    • Prison Staff
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to the statement on page 10 of the Inspector of Prisons Annual Report for 2003 to 2004,...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for relocating the Registry of Deeds Office from Henrietta Street; if he has received...
    • Domestic Violence
      Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the consultants that have been engaged by his Department to undertake an evaluation of the pilot project on...
    • Coroners Service
      Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he can issue a direction to coroners under the Coroners Act 1962; his plans to review such a provision;...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and the reason for the delay in...
    • Remembrance Commission
      Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) is given the maximum support to deal with their injuries....
    • Visa Applications
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria that a person (details supplied) must meet in order to qualify for a visa to visit Ireland in...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for long term residency will be decided on for a person (details supplied) that was...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount and type of fuel used by each Government Minister's car for the last year for which figures are...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for long term residency stamp 4 by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the projected future policing needs of a village (details supplied) in County Tipperary in the context of...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is funding available through his Department for small grants for local neighbourhood watch groups;...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress achieved by Operation Anvil to date in Dublin; the other areas around the country where it is...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision is expected in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow, in relation to...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a US citizen (details supplied) holding a US passport, who is married to an Irish person and...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has deferred the development of a project (details supplied) and if he will confirm if he has sought...
    • Drugs in Prisons
      Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the standard operating procedure that takes place when a prison visitor is found to be smuggling in drugs...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for long-term residency in the State in the name of a person (details...
    • Human Trafficking
      Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will introduce legislation to criminalise the trafficking in persons; and if he will make a...
    • Joyriding Offences
      Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing problem of joyriding and boy racing on Pearse Street,...
    • Domestic Violence
      Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reasons the Garda Síochána did not record domestic violence incidents in the past two years; if his...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive acknowledgement of their application to his...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a private child care creche provider who has received grant assistance to set up has to cease due to lack...
  • Department of Finance
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Finance if help is available to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo to provide suitable transport which would be adapted to take their wheelchair. ...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance when a new Garda station will be provided at Ballyvary, Castlebar, County Mayo; if his attention has been drawn to the dilapidated condition of the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Finance the changes that have been agreed with the social partners regarding public service pensions; when these changes will come into effect; and if he...
    • Social Finance Initiative
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to the social finance fund; if it requires legislation; the amount of funding allocated to it; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to the clawback provisions in respect of stamp duty; the number of occasions the clawback has been exercised; the number...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received the submission on behalf of an association (details supplied) seeking modifications in the medical criteria for disabled drivers...
    • Tax Code
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Finance if persons (details supplied) in County Wexford are being jointly assessed for tax; if they are in receipt of the correct tax credits; and if he...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to the decentralisation of sections of his Department to Athy; if accommodation has been secured in Athy; when the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on proposals to lower or remove VAT on condoms. [40119/06]
    • Special Savings Incentive Scheme
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary has received their full entitlement under the SSIA account scheme as they feel they should have...
    • Tax Code
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Health Service Executive is required to pay VAT on home help services which they provide; if so, the rate of VAT that applies; and if he will...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff decentralising to Dungarvan that are included in the over 2,100 staff who have already been reassigned to decentralising posts;...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Finance the works that are to be carried out in the Waterford constituency in 2007 under the flood relief programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the provision of accommodation for decentralisation to Waterford and Dungarvan; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Services
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the weekly cost to the State for keeping a young person in care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40463/06]
    • Health Service Compensation Scheme
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the committee that was set up to advise on no fault insurance regarding persons with cerebral palsy; and if she will make...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasons for Beaumont Hospital not being able to provide physiotherapy services to patients other than to those within the Beaumont...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff employed in the child care section in County Mayo within the Health Service Executive; the comparison figures for...
    • Health Services
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the shortfall between Ireland's need for rheumatology services and the services currently provided. [39982/06]
    • Health Service Contracts
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the contract cleaning companies employed to clean the respective hospitals under the auspices of the Health Service Executive; and if...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will include certain drugs (details supplied) on the medical card list, in view of the fact that the drugs are not currently...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the projected outturn for 2006, and the forecast revenue in 2007 from the health levy. [40002/06]
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the projected outturn for 2006 and the forecast revenue in 2007 from private charges levied by public hospitals. [40003/06]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the projected expenditure for 2006 and the forecast expenditure in 2007 on medications distinguishing that spent under the drugs refund...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of doses of Tamiflu and Relenza and the number and type of face masks the Government has stockpiled for use in the event of...
    • Home Help Service
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to vet home helps; her plans to introduce a system of training, regulation or supervision of home helps; and if she will make...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date for a hip replacement operation at Tallaght...
    • Health Services
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the youngest age that a child can be assessed by an orthodontist within the health service; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the qualifications needed to become a pre-school services officer or inspector within the Health Service Executive; if a knowledge of...
    • Antibiotic Use
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in introducing a public education campaign on antibiotic use, which was recommended in the 2001 strategy for...
    • Hospital Closures
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason St Luke's Hospital in Dublin is being closed; if it is intended to use the land for social or health purposes or to sell it...
    • Health Services
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to the failure of the Health Service Executive to respond to this Deputy's previous question, the amount being spent on...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 and arrange for the payment of nursing home subvention sought....
    • Health Services
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a complaint made by a senior member of staff at a centre (details supplied) in County Kilkenny has been investigated by the Health...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the implementation of the sectoral plans in her Department as part of the Disability Act 2005; if she envisages...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide additional capital and current funding to the West of Ireland Alzheimer Foundation to meet the demands being placed...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of beds for the elderly in public nursing homes in County Galway in the years 1995 to 2005, inclusive; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the lengthy delays in making appointments for needed eye testing in the Mater Hospital; and if she...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo and have the decision on their medical card appeal...
    • Health Services
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason no response issued from the Health Service Executive in relation to a previous question (details supplied); and when a full...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her policy on independent living for people who have a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40299/06]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the new Children's Hospital will be built on a site at the Mater Hospital; if paediatric services will continue in Crumlin, Tallaght...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the strength of the ambulance service in Dublin City and County; if this is sufficient in the event of a major accident or emergency;...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the blood testing or phlebotomy unit (details supplied) will be reinstated at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth;...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of funding that has been given to the Osteoporosis Society; if increased funding is being made available or if there has been...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps taken to put in place a replacement cardiologist at Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the video fluoroscopy facility in the Children's Hospital Crumlin is out of order; the length of time that it is out of...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for the nursing home subvention in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a contract given by the Health Service Executive to a company (details supplied) to operate a dialysis service in Kilkenny...
    • Health Services
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of occupational therapists servicing the area of Dublin mid west and Dublin as a whole; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is intended to restore the free cervical cancer screening unit in a health centre (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if she...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has received a request to fund a new dialysis unit for the Mid West Regional Hospital in view of the huge demands on...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a shower will be installed for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [40385/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an occupational therapist's report has been submitted in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in relation to the...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a group (details supplied) who appealed a decision disallowing their staffing grant and applied for a...
    • Home Help Service
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people being assisted in County Kildare under the home help scheme; the way the number of hours assistance they receive is...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when BreastCheck will be available in an area (details supplied). [40462/06]
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application for domiciliary care allowance in the name of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited and...
    • Health Services
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding for private care in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if she will expedite a...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for housing aid for the elderly by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [40509/06]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 26 April 2005, when the Health Service Executive will meet with a person (details...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to secure an urgent appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath with an orthopaedic surgeon...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people employed as inspectors in the child care service in County Mayo including their full title, qualifications, roles,...
    • Health Services
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with an appointment for an assessment for orthodontic treatment;...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there will be added provision in her Departmental budget for a mental health awareness programme aimed at addressing the increasing...
    • Eating Disorders
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the initiatives for which she will provide funding which directly seek to address the growing problem of obesity here, particularly...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will meet a group (details supplied) in County Kerry in relation to the lack of funding for the provision of SATU at Kerry...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the research carried out in an area when a community based child care unit is being set up; if her Department have an input into the...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Aggregate Supplies
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that sufficient capacity exists to supply sufficient quantities of sand and gravel for major...
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when a decision will be taken on the implementation of the Farrell Grant Sparks Report on Inland Fisheries;...
    • Corporate Hospitality
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the receipt of hospitality by his Departmental staff from persons or...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if it is the policy of his Department and the Northern Regional Fisheries Board, under the plans for the...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if projections have been carried out into the demand for electricity over the next number of years; if so, the...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the hardship fund for persons affected by the compulsory buy-out of drift net fishermen will apply to...
    • Communications Masts
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if new research evidence has come to the attention of his Department regarding the effects on the local...
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if in respect of Parliamentary Question No. 416 of 21 November 2006 he will confirm that he has received a...
    • Corporate Hospitality
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has been given the name of a civil servant who is alleged to have accepted corporate hospitality during...
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in respect of Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 21 November 2006, he will confirm that An Bord Iascaigh...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the situation in relation to technical staff in the Overseas Aid Section of his Department who have indicated that they do not wish to move...
    • Undocumented Emigrants
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if discussions have taken place between the Government and the new administration in America in relation to the undocumented Irish living in...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Asbestosis Incidence
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the incidence of asbestosis among dockers at Dublin Port; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39925/06]
    • County Enterprise Boards
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding allocated to Mayo County Enterprise Board in each of the years 2002 to 2005 and to date in 2006; and what this...
    • Industrial Disputes
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the situation regarding the provision of services through a FÁS firm (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn...
    • Work Permits
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the application fee for a work permit is refundable in the event that the work permit is approved but the employee fails...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the lease held on the site currently used by Enterprise Ireland at Merrion Hall, Dublin 4, will expire; the date on...
    • Industrial Disputes
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way a company (details supplied) was able to plead inability to pay redundancy to its workers but was able to hive off...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to new practices of a State funded disability employment service (details supplied) whereby...
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the minimum wage and the way it applies to persons under 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Job Creation
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will impress upon Enterprise Ireland the importance of engaging in a meaningful way with a group (details supplied)...
    • Work Permits
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an application for the renewal of a work permit in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be...
    • Enterprise Supports
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available to a person (details supplied) to progress the development of a new product; and if he will make a...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of site visits to County Wicklow, with a breakdown by town, since 1 January 2005 to date in 2006; and if he will...
    • Job Losses
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of job losses in counties Wicklow and Carlow in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there is a discriminatory distinction as regards exemptions from PRSI contributions in respect of contributions made for...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a rent subsidy is refused entirely when the landlord raises the rent above the prescribed level; and if he will make a...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the projected outturn for 2006 and the forecast revenue in 2007 from social insurance, distinguishing net paid by employers, by...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will issue guidelines to the Health Service Executive which would allow community welfare officers pay an exceptional needs...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the implementation of the sectoral plans in his Department as part of the Disability Act 2005; if he...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if Irish emigrants abroad who are in receipt of an old age contributory or non-contributory pension from this jurisdiction receive...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on extending the household benefits package to all pensioners, including those with family members living with them; and...
  • Department of Transport
    • Marine Accidents
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the collision at Galway Port involving a foreign tanker (details supplied) and that this ship had just...
    • Rail Network
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the serious breakdown problems emerging with the new inter urban train fleet; the cost per new train; the...
    • Rail Services
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied with the problems on the Sligo rail service including overcrowding, poor luggage capacity and a lack of catering services; and...
    • Road Safety
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce a road safety project in Inishowen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39984/06]
    • Penalty Points System
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of penalty points issued in 2006; the number of people subsequently prosecuted in relation to the illegal use of fog lights; the number...
    • Traffic Management
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Transport when Operation Freeflow 2006 for the Dublin area will commence; if Gardaí, as part of this plan, will ensure that motorists do not use bus and...
    • Rail Network
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied with the situation whereby DART carriages which were due to undergo refurbishment in Germany and re-enter service in December...
    • Rail Services
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of new trains and carriages respectively which will be introduced by Irish Rail on its routes nationwide in 2007; the routes which will...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the implementation of the sectoral plans in his Department as part of the Disability Act 2005; if he envisages delays in...
    • Public Transport
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Transport if and when Ministerial approval will be granted to Dublin Bus for the amalgamation of the 102 and 103 bus routes; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can expect a detailed reply from the Secretary General of his Department, acknowledging that an...
    • Rail Network
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Transport if construction work has begun on the new rail depot in Portlaoise as outlined in Transport 21; when this project will be completed; and if he...
    • Public Transport
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Transport if all the disability ramps are working on a bus route (details supplied); if not, the number that are not working; the steps he will take to...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will remove the need for old age pensioners to pay a yearly fee for the provision of the safe and sound home...
    • Road Network
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department will provide adequate funding to complete the road widening of the Curraun Road, Achill, County...
    • Enterprise Supports
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the assistance available to enable a person to establish a manufacturing business in a Gaeltacht, in view of the fact...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the interim progress reports provided by the consultants employed by his Department into the linguistic study of...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when a decision will be made for a group (details supplied) who applied for funding under the dormant account scheme...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the implementation of the sectoral plans in his Department as part of the Disability Act 2005;...
    • Community Development
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals to bring the poor employment conditions of the people working in the community and voluntary sector up...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of participants on the rural social scheme in County Kerry who are recipients of disability allowance, one...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • EU Directives
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the logic of excluding farmers wishing to take in pig and poultry manure from the Nitrates Directive derogation; and if she will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if an application by a person (details supplied) in County Galway for part payment made under the force majeure measure of the single...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if back payment and compensation will be awarded to people who were part of the 1994 early retirement scheme but who are no longer in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo did not receive an application form for the hill sheep compensation package in...
    • Sugar Beet Sector
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if consideration has been given to a financial package to assist beet growers and contractors who are experiencing hardship while...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a number of farmers in the south Kildare, Carlow, Laois regions have not been awarded the single farm payment in view of the...
    • Horseracing Industry
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of equidae registered on stud books with an approved body for the purposes of Regulation 399 European Communities (Equine...
    • Rural Environmental Protection Scheme
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to a parliamentary question on behalf of a person (details supplied) if her attention has been drawn to the circumstances...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farmers who participated in the early farm retirement scheme each year from 1994 to date in 2006; the amount granted in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their REPs scheme payment. [40280/06]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the headings under which her Department is expecting to have an underspend in 2006; the projected underspend under each heading; the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when premiums will be reinstated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Food Safety Standards
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason butchers can not bone out bovine animals over 24 months on their premises; the reason same is not increased to 30 months in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if all outstanding payments due to sheep farmers in commonage areas in destocked counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal, Mayo and Galway,...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the recent developments in respect of the farm retirement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40331/06]
    • Social Partnership Agreements
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the main elements of the recent partnership agreement with the farming organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Grant Payments
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in view of the safety issues involved, she will introduce grant aid for the construction of cattle underpasses on the road network;...
    • Fur Industry
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the trade in dog and cat fur; if there are proposals to ban the trade in dog and cat fur here; her views on the mandatory...
    • Beef Exports
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she will take to persuade Russia that Irish beef over which Russia has expressed concerns is both safe and of a higher...
    • EU Conventions
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason Ireland has not signed or ratified the European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals; and the action she will take...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in advance of any legislative reform of the Forestry Acts, she is waiving or is prepared to waive the replanting obligation to...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be approved for construction by her Department under the farm waste...
    • Organic Farming
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way she plans to improve compliance with rules regarding the advertising of organic produce; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Meat Exports
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has made representations to the Russian authorities regarding Russia's possible ban on EU meat; if she has assessed the impact...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford was refused payment entitlements from the 2005 national reserve; the appeal...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will amend the qualifying guidelines for the special rate top-up maintenance grant in Budget 2007 to include parents who earn...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the weekly cost to the State for keeping a young person in a juvenile detention centre; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the Student Support Bill will be published; the pre-consultation that has taken place with students and representative bodies;...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when all primary schools will be fully covered by the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the consideration given to the Comptroller and Auditor General's report of June 2004, which found that the pilot school building PPP...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide figures, broken down on a county basis, for the number of pupils in primary schools in classes of 0 to 24, 25 to...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application for funding for a school hall for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and to support them...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the new school building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and the reason for the delay for the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will reply and meet with a person (details supplies) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Youth Work
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the appointment of an assessor of youth work to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Examinations
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of appeals by students of their grades in the leaving certificate examinations over the past five years; her views on the...
    • Youth Work
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the work and progress of the North South Education and Training Standards Committee for the Professional Endorsement of Youth Work...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will publish a detailed analysis of primary school figures in respect of the general Tallaght, Dublin 24 area; if she will...
    • Home Tuition
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will arrange for home tuition for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of rapidly increasing local population, a primary school (details supplied) in County Cavan will be provided with...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if additional permanent accommodation will be provided for a primary school (details supplied) in County Cavan to replace five...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will address the main point of Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 16 November 2006 which dealt with the matter of a new...
    • School Fees
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are some second level private schools (details supplied) collecting between €5 to €7 million per year in school fees; and...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if graduates from a college (details supplied) will qualify for an increment in respect of it; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of a school building programme for a primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Eating Disorders
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the supports in place within the school and education setting to support young people who may be vulnerable to developing an eating...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide funding to purchase equipment for a sensory room for autistic children in a school (details supplied) in County...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will prioritise the provision of three prefabricated buildings to a school (details supplied) in County Clare in view of the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a full statement on the establishment of the proposed new community college in Abbeyfeale, County Limerick. [40059/06]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received proposals from a post primary school (details supplied) in County Limerick for the securing, making safe,...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Carlow; if the application will be expedited in...
    • School Transport
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the school transport arrangement for a school (details supplied) in County Carlow will be investigated with a view to providing a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the implementation of the sectoral plans in her Department as part of the Disability Act 2005; if she envisages...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 464 of 20 June 2006, if an application will be approved with her primary building unit for the...
    • Home-School Liaison Scheme
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason schools (details supplied) in County Galway have been informed that they will lose their home school community liaison...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children who have had an educational assessment carried out under the National Educational Psychological Service scheme...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that her Department has received an application for capital funding for the provision of a sports centre or gym...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when will the recognition for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow be awarded; if a decision will be made in time for the...
    • Multi-Denominational Schools
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received an application to approve the establishment of a multi-denominational primary school from a group of parents in...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made regarding an application by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry not to amalgamate with another school in the...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 450: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cén fáth a bhfuil an riail ann go bhfuil sé de dhualgas ar mhúinteoirí atá ag obair sna Sé Chontae an chuid phraiticiúil den...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her projected future enrolments for a primary school (details supplied) in County Tipperary, in view of recent and future house...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to support the role of special schools. [40359/06]
    • School Staffing
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to hire more teachers for Tipperary primary schools. [40360/06]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the next steps for the Bantry schools PPP project. [40365/06]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the extension and refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal. [40370/06]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway started on the lowest salary point as a special needs teacher in March 2005...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has considered securing temporary accommodation to facilitate a forward move of a number of personnel form her...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has received an application for a school extension form a school (details supplied) in County Carlow; and when she...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the negative decision taken by the Vocational Educational Committee in Kilkenny relative to an application for a college grant in...
    • School Transport
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction a change to the school transport service in respect of a location (details supplied), whereby the students will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the first and second level schools in respect of which new schools or major refurbishment or extensions that were approved in the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 452 of 7 November 2006, if the SENO has made a decision regarding a laptop for a person (details...
    • School Staffing
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 4 has applied for a new teacher; if they will be assisted in any way; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the provision of additional school accommodation facilities in Gainstown, Mullingar, County Westmeath; and...
    • School Staffing
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation that currently applies to teachers of restricted recognition; the number who are currently in this situation; the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of temporary teachers in the primary system who teach children in the low incidence category, autism, speech and language,...
    • Irish Language
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the changes she has made in the second level curriculum in regards to content for Irish for the school year 2006 to 2007; the changes...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding improvements and building works at a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; the approval she has authorised...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the assistance she proposes to give in 2006 and for 2007 for the provision of computer facilities at a school (details supplied) in...
    • Irish Language
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the results of the leaving certificate for ordinary and honours Irish for 2006; the way this compares with results for each of the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to meet the accommodation requirements as set out by the school authorities at a school (details supplied) in County...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extra facilities required at a school (details supplied); her plans to meet the schools requirements as set out by the school...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the full facilities and extension at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied regarding the adequacy of the accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare having particular...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to school extension works at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Radon Gas Levels
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if adequate and appropriate action has been taken to address the issue of radon gas in all schools throughout County Kildare to the...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which educational psychologists have been made available to primary and second level schools in County Kildare and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date in the case of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which she expects to meet the requirements in terms of accommodation, staff, remedial, resource or special needs...
    • School Staffing
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when teaching staff numbers will be matched with requirements at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will improve pupil-teacher ratio at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the application for major capital funding by the management authority of a school (details supplied) in...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied regarding the adequacy of the accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare having particular...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has taken place to date to provide the facilities anticipated at a project (details supplied) in County Kildare with...
    • School Staffing
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to be fully occupied with a full quota of staff required to meet the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for the provision of a replacement for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of negotiations in regard to site purchase, acquisition and planning permission for the proposed new primary school at...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the provision of permanent facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
    • School Placement
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the degree to which she has identified the number of primary level school placements required for the next five years in the Kilcock...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if and when she expects to provide or replace facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied with the pupil-teacher ratio and class sizes at each school, primary and second level in Naas, County Kildare; and...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she proposes to address the issue of class overcrowding at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to address the issue of overcrowding in all schools here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40665/06]
    • Drugs in Schools
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to a serious and growing drug abuse problem at both primary and second level schools; the steps being...
    • School Attendance
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she has taken to improve school attendance at both primary and second level; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Bullying in Schools
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has put in place further arrangements to combat school bullying with particular reference to having such incidents reported to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way or when she expects her proposals speech and language therapy in all schools, as required here; and if she will make a...
    • Science Strategy
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date with regard to the implementation of educational elements of the Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation;...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Defence the steps he is taking to increase the numbers at Columb Barracks, Mullingar, County Westmeath, which in understaffed due to the number of overseas...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Defence the date on which the Defence Forces vacated Clancy Barracks, Dublin; the units located there prior to that date; the locations they were relocated...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Local Authority Schemes
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the RAS scheme and reduce from 18 months the time they must wait to qualify for the scheme...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of staff decentralising to Waterford that are included in the over 2,100 staff who have already...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position further to the submission of outstanding information requested by his Department that has now...
    • Public Service Charges
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authorities have the legal right to waiver water rate bills charged to schools and other non-profit...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will sign or ratify the European Convention on Protection of Pet Animals; the reason this convention...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the nature of the works required to be carried out in order to upgrade the treatment plant for the Lough Mask...
    • Local Authority Lands
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is policy for local authorities to deny public leases to community organisations that are seeking them...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the implementation of the sectoral plans in his Department as part of the Disability...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a grant scheme for the installation of central heating for categories of persons who own...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is grant assistance available for the purchase and installation of a system (details supplied)....
    • National Parks
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding provided by him for the upkeep and development of Glendalough, County Wicklow and it environs;...
    • Road Safety
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the safety issues involved, he will introduce grant aid for the construction of cattle...
    • Forestry Licences
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if ongoing building development in Lady's Abbey, Ardfinnan, County Tipperary, conforms to the provisions of...
    • Waste Water Treatment
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way he responded to the decision of the European Court of Justice Case C282/05 Commission [i]v[/i]....
    • Planning Issues
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is an acceptable distance where a dwelling house or a housing development should be built away from...
    • Wildlife Protection
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the expert advice sought by Waterford City Council from his Department in terms of preserving and maintaining...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if section 261 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 has been brought into force; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he supports the multi-disciplinary approach towards combating antisocial behaviour by a minority of...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Private Residential Tenancies Board has adequate resources; the details of the resources available in...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the information available to his Department on the number of local authority dwellings currently boarded up...

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