Written answers
Wednesday, 29 November 2006
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the volume of genetically modified produce and seeds imported here; and if she will make a statement...
- Sheep Industry
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will introduce a ewe welfare and quality scheme, similar to the suckler cow scheme for the sheep industry; and if she will make a...
- Green Paper on Energy
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the role of her Department in the Government Green Paper on Energy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40455/06]
- Animal Welfare
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of animal welfare officers here; the funding provided by her Department to the ISPCA; and if she will make a statement on the...
- EU Directives
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of Ireland's request for a derogation on the Nitrates Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36622/06]
- Social Partnership Agreements
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the main elements of the recent partnership agreement with the farming organisations. [40264/06]
- EU Regulations
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the implementation of EU regulations under her aegis; the discussions she has had at EU level with regard to same; and if...
- Poultry Industry
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps already taken and which have yet to be taken to prepare Ireland for the implementation from February 2008 of rules requiring...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason her Department underspent its allocation in 2006; the reasons for underspends in previous years; and if she will make a...
- Food Labelling
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to ensure that non-organic food is not mislabelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40484/06]
- Afforestation Programme
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to develop the forestry sector and increase its uptake; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40456/06]
- Organic Farming
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will increase the rate of payment made to organic farmers; the last time this payment was increased; and if she will make a...
- Alternative Farm Enterprises
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her input into the national bioenergy action plan; if the plan is on target to be completed by the end of 2006; the efforts she is...
- Milk Quota
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her position on the abolition of milk quota; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40475/06]
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied that the CAP reform agreement which is expected to form a basis for the WTO poses a serious threat to the...
- Bovine Disease Controls
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress made to combat incidents of BSE and brucellosis in the livestock industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Milk Testing
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to provide for independent milk testing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40452/06]
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the situation with regard to farm retirement schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40267/06]
- Veterinary Service
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to provide a countrywide and weekend veterinary service for the issue of prescriptions for animal remedies; and...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on reports (details supplied) that organic farmers in Spain are finding traces of genetically modified strains in their crops;...
- Alternative Farm Enterprises
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to improve incentives for farmers to grow bio-energy crops; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40585/06]
- Freedom of Information
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the outcome of each of the requests her Department has received under freedom of information legislation during each of the past five...
- Milk Supply
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the average somatic cell count in the Irish national milk supply and the impact it is having on the industry; her plans to improve the...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will put a moratorium on trials of genetically modified organisms in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Organic Farming
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied that sufficient support is being made available to the organic sector; her views on the fact that Ireland is still...
- Animal Diseases
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 377 of 27 June 2006 regarding equine infectious anaemia, if she will furnish a response to the...
- EU Regulations
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the recent correspondence or discussions she has had with Commissioner Fischer Boel on the simplification of EU regulations as these are...
- Food Labelling
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland and the Department of Health and Children on the enforcement of...
- Sheep Industry
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will implement the recommendations of the strategy report for the Irish sheep sector; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Bovine Diseases
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason butchers cannot bone out bovine animals on their premises over 24 months; the reason same is not increased to 30 months in...
- Food Industry
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of meetings of the Food Agency Co-operation Council in 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006; the number of times that its successor...
- Horticulture Industry
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the possible effects on the horticulture industry here if a proposed landfill (details supplied) in...
- State Aid
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a meeting scheduled for October 2006 was held in which the European Commission's draft of the community guidelines for state aid in...
- EU Directives
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to address the burden placed on farmers by the nitrates directive; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Food Industry
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the recommendations of the consumer liaison panel which her Department has implemented; the recommendations of the consumer liaison...
- Agricultural Processing Sectors
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the development of the dairy, beef and sheep processing sectors; the policies she will put in place to support such...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding changes to the farm retirement schemes. [40265/06]
- Infectious Diseases
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the situation regarding the procedures in place to deal with an avian flu outbreak; if new initiatives have been put in place by her...
- Mushroom Industry
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the inspection regimes administered by her Department in relation to the mushroom growing industry; the frequency with which such...
- Health Issues
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had with the Irish food industry to address the issues of obesity in the Irish population; and if she will make...
- Alternative Farm Enterprises
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the development of the biofuel sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40445/06]
- Horticulture Industry
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the assistance her Department provides to apple growers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40546/06]
- Rural Development
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide grant aid to support handling, drying and storage facilities for grain farmers to facilitate farm to farm trading;...
- Single Payment Scheme
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to address the burden of cross compliance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40440/06]
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her position on the release of genetically modified crops; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40495/06]
- Social Partnership Agreements
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the main provisions of the partnership agreement with the farming organisations. [40276/06]
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the insurance industry's stance on covering Irish farmers in the case of genetically modified...
- Animal Welfare Bodies
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on setting up an animal procedures group here which would perform the research necessary to institute proper evidence based...
- World Trade Negotiations
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the World Trade Organisation talks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40489/06]
- EU Directives
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the procedure involved for farmers to avail of the 250 kg derogation under the nitrates directive; and if she will make a statement on...
- Animal Welfare
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of people who have been imprisoned and the length of time as a result of being convicted of violating animal welfare related...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to implement the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food report on the ERS; and if she will make a...
- EU Directives
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied that farmers are fully aware of the compliance rules under the nitrates directive; and if she will make a statement...
- Animal Diseases
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on whether the recent outbreaks of equine infectious anaemia here will negatively affect Ireland's reputation in regard to...
- Alternative Farm Enterprises
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the future utilisation of land previously used to grow sugar beet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40481/06]
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the recent developments to the farm retirement schemes. [40263/06]
- Animal Welfare
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will confirm that veterinary staff of her Department carry out visits to registered user establishments licensed for animal...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of applications received to date for the farm waste management grant; the amount of capital that will be involved at farm...
- Animal Welfare
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the persons who represented Ireland at the recent Conference on Community Animal Health Policy Strategy; the views they expressed; her...
- Food Industry
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of and the approved establishments under the control of her Department which are permitted to remove mould from cheese and...
- Social Partnership Agreements
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the main elements of the recent partnership agreement with the farming organisations. [40261/06]
- Food Industry
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the initiatives she has taken to encourage the food industry to invest in research and development; the initiatives she has taken to...
- Sugar Beet Sector
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on whether the State should but back land owned by Greencore, and formerly by the Irish Sugar Company, under a compulsory...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to promote wood energy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40465/06]
- Farmers' Markets
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress that farmers have made in relation to direct sales of their produce to consumers by way of farmers markets; the supports,...
- Social Partnership Agreements
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the outcome of the partnership talks with the farming organisations; the way she expects it to benefit farmers; and if she...
- Tuberculosis Incidence
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures she is taking to eradicate tuberculosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40474/06]
- Food Safety Standards
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if Ireland's 2006 annual residue monitoring plan was approved by the European Commission on 18 October 2006; and if she will provide...
- Farm Household Incomes
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to support dairy incomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40471/06]
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the development, in Scotland, of a €24 million bio-energy plant by a company (details supplied); if...
- Animal Exports
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the countries to which the 2836 dogs certified for export between March 2004 and October 2006 were exported. [40550/06]
- Rural Development
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the degree to which she expects the rural development programme to increase production, encourage speciality or niche development with...
- Afforestation Programme
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reasons for the cut in planned spending on forestry in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40583/06]
- Land Mobility
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to increase land mobility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40479/06]
- Dairy Sector
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her position on the restructuring of the dairy industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40476/06]
- Food Labelling
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to establish an all-island food label; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40482/06]
- Animal Welfare
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of random welfare inspections at transiting ports and airports carried out on consignments for export involving all live...
- Animal Identification Scheme
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the criteria to be used to assess the relative merits of the tenders for the supply of bovine animal identification tags when the...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she perceives a conflict between promoting a clean, green image for Ireland's food industry, including the organic sector and her...
- Food Safety Standards
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps that she has taken to improve her Department's pesticide residue monitoring and food traceability regime since late October...
- Dairy Sector
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of applications she has received for the new capital grant towards the dairy processing industry; if she is satisfied with...
- Food Labelling
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had with the catering industry to promote compliance with the requirement to label beef with the country of...
- Animal Health Policy
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to introduce an all-island animal health regime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40478/06]
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to evaluate the economic implications of the use of genetically modified organisms; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Food Labelling
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland on the enforcement on the food labelling laws in view of their...
- Animal Welfare
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views in relation to the European Commission's proposal to ban the trade of cat and dog fur in the EU; and if she will make a...
- Horticulture Industry
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied that the levels of support for the horticulture industry are adequate to allow it to compete with imported...
- Agrifood Industry
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the enhancement of research and development within the agrifood sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- EU Directives
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will review the explanatory booklet on the nitrates directive; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that farmers consider...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the recent developments to the farm retirement schemes. [40262/06]
- Dairy Sector
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has at EU level to protect dairy supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40483/06]
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Public Inquiries
Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will examine the new evidence outlined by three independent experts and senior counsel on the Stardust...
- Residency Permits
Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the consideration that has been given to the application for leave to remain on the basis of family...
- Missing Persons
Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people currently recorded as missing persons; the degree to which resources are available...
- Residency Permits
Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of the application for leave to remain in the State in the case of a person (details supplied)...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 257 on 9 March, 2005, in which he confirmed his own responsibility in...
- Residency Permits
Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding an application for permission to remain in this State by a person...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has applied for...
- Human Trafficking
Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures his Department is considering to deal with the problem of trafficking in persons, involving the...
- Garda Vetting Services
Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason it is taking so long to roll out the mechanisms for Garda vetting of employees of all...
- Garda Deployment
Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there has been a needs assessment done for a Garda station or sub-station in Palmerstown; the number of...
- Joint Policing Committees
Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if progress has been made on the setting of the 22 pilot Joint Policing Committees; their function; and the...
- Residency Permits
Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider under any other criterion an application for naturalisation in the case of a person...
- Garda Operations
Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 10 May 2006, if the vehicles (details supplied) have been checked...
- Airfield Security Measures
Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he has taken in view of his statement in Dáil Éireann on 16 November 2006, to improve...
- Department of Finance
- National Development Plan
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the Government's approach to spending is unbalanced on a regional basis, in view of the apparent underspend in the Border...
- Tax Code
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a company (details supplied) must supply audited accounts to the Revenue Commissioners in view of the fact that the company has...
- EU Directives
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance if directives 2004/18/EC and 2004/17/EC have been transposed into Irish Law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40872/06]
- Tax Code
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange to have a P21 issued in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Cork. [40693/06]
- Department of Health and Children
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her position in regard to genetically modified food production; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40857/06]
- Health Services
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will commission a study into the adequacy of the speech therapy services delivered by the Health Service Executive to children in...
- Hospital Services
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Louth was refused physiotherapy by the Health Service Executive Dublin north east at...
- Hospital Charges
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Louth was charged €35,000 for an essential service; if they will be refunded by the...
- Health Services
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [40696/06]
- Hospital Services
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an audiologist service will be provided at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, County Louth; the reason this service was removed from...
- Home Help Service
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of personnel employed as home help or home support workers in each of the Health Service Executive regions; the number of...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when respite care will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Louth; the reason this respite care undertaken has...
- Health Services
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange a re-assessment for orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if she will provide copies...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the occupancy rates of designated beds by patients with private medical insurance in each of the ten co-location hospitals for the past...
- Bullying in the Workplace
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an investigation has been or will be carried out in relation to allegations of ongoing bullying of trainees and staff within the...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in providing additional beds in Kanturk Community Hospital; and if her Department provided the necessary funding to...
- Hospital Services
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo and have them called for their operation in view of the...
- Garda Vetting Services
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress being made in establishing mechanisms to manage Garda vetting applications for the complete child care sector, as...
- Hospital Services
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider the decision to move cancer treatment facilities from St. Luke's to St. James from 2011; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Food
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will improve the quality of hospital food; her views on the fact that many patients do not like the food currently served; and if...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application by a group (details supplied) in County Kerry for lottery funding to build a day care centre in Listowel to...
- Medical Cards
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a product (details supplied) is not available on the medical card in view of the fact that many elderly persons require the...
- Ministerial Replies
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason no response issued from the Health Service Executive in relation to a parliamentary question placed for answer several weeks...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Fisheries Protection
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the way it is intended to compensate the drift net fishermen who have only received licences within the past...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Departmental Funding
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Comhlámh Cork office may close due to shortage of funding; and the action he proposes...
- International Agreements
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if it is his intention that Ireland will sign and ratify the UN Protocol Trafficking 2000 and the Council of Europe Convention on Action...
- Emigrant Support Services
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the financial support provided to organisations in London who provide support to Irish people in that city; if he will report on recent...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of staff decentralised to the head office in County Kerry; if an office has been retained in Dublin; if so, the number of...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will support a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in their application for floodlights on their grass pitch. [40752/06]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Job Creation
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether job creation in the Border Midland Western region has not kept pace with other regions here; the...
- Work Permits
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will expedite a decision on the application for a work visa for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 who is...
- Grant Payments
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the persons or companies who received grant aid from the Mayo County Enterprise Board in the past twelve months, including...
- EU Negotiations
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the EU request of ACP countries under EPA services negotiations will include infrastructure services; if this heading...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- International Agreements
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the extent to which he can expedite the process of investigation of entitlements arising from combined contributions in two or...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason incorrect information was given in a previous parliamentary question; if this matter will be examined urgently; and if...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will raise the income limit for entitlement to the free fuel allowance to ensure that those recipients of the State...
- Department of Transport
- Open Skies Agreements
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make representations at EU level pointing out the competitive disadvantage imposed on Ireland by prohibiting a bilateral agreement...
- Driver Testing
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason driving tests have been outsourced to the National Car Test. [41237/06]
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Foras na Gaeilge
Question 196: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta ó bunaíodh Foras na Gaeilge sa bhliain 1999 cá mhéad airgid, arna shonrú bliain ar bhliain, a chuir siad ar ais chuig...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Farm Inspections
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason her Department insists on unannounced farm inspections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40725/06]
- Water Meters
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she or her Department has had with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government on the installation...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the Government will follow the example of regions in Austria, Italy or Greece which have total bans on genetically modified...
- Grant Payments
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact that payment of extensification under the EU single payment scheme has not issued to a...
- Avian Flu
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of applications submitted under the EU avian flu package; when these compensation payments will be made; her views on...
- Food Industry
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the potential for the development of local and regional food economies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40709/06]
- Farm Waste Management
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the incentives in place for farmers regarding farm waste and disposal of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40710/06]
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of incidents where her Department investigated cases of illegally imported genetically modified organisms; the quantities of...
- Grant Payments
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the grants available to farmers under the areas of agri-environment, non-food crops and agri-food; and if she will make a statement on...
- Food Labelling
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied with compliance for labelling and traceability requirements in the food area; if many cases have been brought to...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the schemes in place by her Department or under the aegis of her Department to prevent, detect and combat the spread of infectious...
- Water Meters
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government on the installation of water meters...
- Grant Payments
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will take steps to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has their disadvantaged and single farm payment...
- Afforestation Programme
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of contracts awaiting approval by the forestry division to proceed with planting; and the number of these delays due to lack...
- Single Payment Scheme
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position in relation to the application for entitlement under the national reserve for a person (details supplied) in County...
- Grant Payments
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a single farm payment will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
- Farm Inspections
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the satellite inspection will be carried out on the farm of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a...
- Bovine Disease Controls
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, at any joint meeting with her counterpart in Northern Ireland, the movement of animals across the island was discussed; the items...
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the development of agriculture in the future; if Ireland has been fairly treated in the course of the CAP reform, having...
- Food Labelling
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if is satisfied that food labelling and traceability is being fully observed here and throughout the European Union; and if she will...
- Sugar Beet Sector
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if all EU countries have ceased sugar beet production; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40855/06]
- Grant Payments
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the extent to which payments in respect of various schemes run by her Department have been met in full to date; and if she will make a...
- Poultry Industry
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied regarding the adequacy of supply of home produced turkeys for the Christmas market; and if she will make a...
- Department of Education and Science
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will allocate a grant under the 2007 summer works scheme to a school (details supplied) in County Galway in order to allow...
- School Staffing
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the general allowance threshold for appointing learning support teachers was last reviewed; her plans to carry out a further...
- School Transport
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria for establishing free school transport in the CLÁR areas; her plans to reduce the number of pupils required as part of...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of part-time special needs assistants in schools here. [40727/06]
- Tax Code
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has a mechanism of informing teachers who go on maternity benefit that they are entitled to claim back tax on the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for a school (details supplied) in County Clare regarding the small schools scheme 2007; and if she will...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will advise a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 on the best way in obtaining funding for floodlights for their grass pitch;...
- School Transport
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the school bus servicing a school in County Kilkenny does not collect children (details supplied); if she will expedite a...
- School Accommodation
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of two applications for funding under the permanent accommodation scheme 2007 and grant aid for major works for a school...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, under Part II Section 9 (1) of the Universities Act 1997, the recommendation of an tÚdarás has been sought in regard to the...
- School Placement
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will assist a person (details supplied) in County Dublin in obtaining a suitable school placement as a matter of urgency....
- Medical Education
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on plans by the University of Limerick to develop a graduate school of medicine; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are figures available regarding the class sizes in primary schools in Counties Clare, Laois and Offaly; and if she will make...
- School Management
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the situation of a school (details supplied) in County Offaly where there is no board of...
- Psychological Service
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the revised list of schools, itemised on a county basis that have access to the National Educational Psychological Service is...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reconsider her decision not to grant permanent recognition to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9, in view of the fact...
- School Insurance
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way she is assisting second level schools with high insurance costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40892/06]
- School Staffing
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the principal of a four mainstream class teacher school (details supplied) in County Westmeath which has a specialist autism unit...
- School Accommodation
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take regarding the accommodation and site issue at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22. [40894/06]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the provision she is making to ensure that the students of a special unit for autism at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 256: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received the revised preliminary report and additional information as requested for a project...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 257: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding made available to respective local authorities to enable plastic recovery services to be put in...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 258: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social and affordable houses completed under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000...
- National Development Plan
Question 260: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that all targets for his Department contained in the National Development...
- Housing Schemes
Question 261: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of units of accommodation built by cooperative housing associations, as distinct from voluntary...
- Local Authority Boundaries
Question 263: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position of the application by Limerick City Council to extend the borough boundary; and if he will make...
- EU Directives
Question 264: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the long delay by his Department in issuing guidelines to the forestry sector, in the...
- Register of Electors
Question 265: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedures he had put in place for people who were illiterate and could not read notification regarding...
- Building Energy Ratings
Question 266: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, with regard to the introduction of the certificate for energy rating on houses personnel from his...
