Written answers
Thursday, 30 November 2006
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- National Concert Hall
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on accommodating the Royal Irish Academy of music on the National Concert Hall site in view of the space available...
- Sports Funding
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of additional sports funding that will be provided in 2007; his views on whether it is sufficient; and if he will make a...
- Greyhound Industry
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the action he proposes to take regarding the implementation of the recommendations of the Dalton Report; and if he will make a...
- Film Industry Development
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will review incentives for the film industry in view of the drop in major film production here; and if he will make a statement...
- Tourism Industry
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the steps he is taking to support regional tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40706/06]
- National Conference Centre
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the commencement date for construction of the National Conference Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40882/06]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason, having included Northern Ireland as part of the development of Horse Sport Ireland, Northern Ireland has been dropped as...
- Arts Funding
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the likelihood of increased funding for arts organisations in Budget 2007; if the Arts Council have sought a specific amount for...
- Child Abuse
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if all of the recommendations of the Murphy Report published in 1998 on the incidence of child abuse in Irish swimming that required...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in Horse Racing Ireland the integrity services are retained by the Turf Club; his...
- Abbey Theatre
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the latest position in regard to the development of the new Abbey Theatre; the situation regarding the international competition for...
- National Aquatic Centre
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the announcement that Dublin Waterworld Ltd is to hand over possession of the National Aquatic Centre to Campus Stadium...
- National Archives
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the outline, brief and schedule of requirements for the new building to be constructed for the National Archives; and if he will make...
- Arts Council Funding
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on whether funding for the Arts Council in the Estimates 2007 falls far short of the total demand for grant aid for...
- Arts Funding
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the projects that have been funded under the Access scheme each year since 2001 to date in 2006 by county; if his Department has...
- Sporting Events
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he is satisfied regarding the economic impact of hosting the Ryder Cup; if the anticipated numbers of visitors travelled here for...
- National Aquatic Centre
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has decided on the new management and operation arrangements for the National Aquatic Centre following the recent Supreme Court...
- National Sports Stadium
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of money that will be allocated by his Department towards the development of Sports Campus Ireland in 2007; the way this...
- Eating Disorders
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the measures he is taking to tackle the problem of obesity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40874/06]
- Sports Funding
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the latest position in regard to Government funding for intercounty GAA footballers and hurlers; if the Government will make money...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the efforts he is making to promote water sports here and to encourage the holding of competitive water sports and international...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Internet Usage
Question 42: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by the European Commission to the effect that...
- Visa Applications
Question 43: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be reached on a visa application for persons (details supplied); and if it will be...
- Courts Service
Question 44: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the lengthy delay in arranging hearings in respect of criminal injury...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 45: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in communicating a decision not to grant a certificate of naturalisation, the reason for refusal is given;...
- Visa Applications
Question 46: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) has not been granted a holiday visa; and if he will make a statement on...
- Deportation Orders
Question 47: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the case of a person (details supplied) who has made an application to his Department; the...
- Visa Applications
Question 48: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; if he will review all...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 49: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take action to ensure that Tallaght is included in his Department's plans for a closed circuit...
- Family Law
Question 50: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that no divorce has been granted to a person (details supplied) living outside the EU under...
- Jury Service
Question 51: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an upper age limit applies regarding eligibility for jury service; if so, the reason for the age limit; his...
- Education Services
Question 52: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department can assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 to avail of a professional development...
- Deportation Orders
Question 53: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Residency Permits
Question 54: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 26 October 2006 and his reference therein to...
- Asylum Applications
Question 56: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will give favourable consideration to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
- Residency Permits
Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Garda Remuneration
Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Gaeltacht allowances payable to An Garda Síochána; the amounts involved; and the criteria and to whom...
- Garda Investigations
Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the internal Garda review into the death of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly has been...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position on the decentralisation programme specifically for County Meath; the timeline on the delivery of...
- Department of Finance
- Vehicle Registration
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in the case of a student from the Republic of Ireland with an address in Northern Ireland, who is currently a full time student on...
- State Property
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 10 October 2006 the status on the sale of the site of Quin Garda Station (details supplied) to a...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals to change the regulations to expand the scope of the disabled drivers scheme; when the inter-Departmental group was set up; when it...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will avail of offices available for rent at Newcastle West to facilitate the temporary, promised, decentralisation of Revenue Commissioners...
- Tax Code
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received their entitlement to tax rebate; if his Department will have the persons...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance the position on the decentralisation programme specifically for County Meath; the timeline on the delivery of jobs to the county; and if he will make...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the current trend in exports and its relevance for macroeconomics policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40967/06]
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance the statutory processes involved in the appointment of chairs and board members to bodies (details supplied); and the legislative origin of these...
- Pension Provisions
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amounts charged by insurance fund providers and intermediaries and other agents in each of the most recent three years for which data...
- Vehicle Registration Tax
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason VRT at 13.3% is calculated on motor homes imported here valued at €40,000 even though it value price is less; his plans to change the...
- Departmental Properties
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance the properties his Department or other Departments has leased on long or short term lease from any private company or individual since 1 January 2003...
- Tax Code
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance when a P45 will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41041/06]
- Pension Provisions
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that being without a further contract of employment in 2002 and thus without an income, a person (details...
- Department of Health and Children
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) with a disability will be transferred to a service near their home; and if the family will be given the...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if National Lottery funding will be provided for a centre (details supplied) in County Kerry which is a project that applied for funding...
- Autism Incidence
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether autism rates have increased in the past 10 years; the rate of increase; if the perceived increase is due to better...
- Asthma Incidence
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the increase in asthma rates in the past 10 years; the cost of asthma treatment to the State; the steps she has taken to deal with the...
- Allergies Incidence
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there has been an increase in allergies here in the past 10 years; the cost to the State of treating allergies; the steps she has...
- Health Services
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a mechanism within her Department for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to apply for occupational therapy...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason no funding has been provided for staff at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare for vaccinations; and if she will make...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has arranged immediate talks with the Health Service Executive in respect of the submission made by Our Lady's Hospital for Sick...
- Hospital Services
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 25 October 2006. [40989/06]
- Health Services
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the stroke rehabilitation services on offer in each Health Service Executive area; if an upper age limit exists in any or...
- Hospital Services
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an upper age limit has been set in a Health Service Executive area for access to cardiac services as stated in a document (details...
- Cancer Treatment Services
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is true that in a Health Service Executive area there is no aggressive oncology treatment for older people with cancer as stated in...
- Health Services
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 gaining access to an occupational therapist; the length of time this...
- Hospital Charges
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will waive hospital costs or charges in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if grant aid is available to install wood burning heating systems or stoves (details supplied). [40925/06]
- Fisheries Protection
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the impact of an Irish grant aided fishing factory ship on the livelihoods of coastal communities...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when broadband will be extended to an area (details supplied) in County Westmeath; when the next round of...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the volume of duty free production that will be allowed for each of the successful applicants in the...
- Departmental Properties
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the properties his Department or bodies in his Department has leased on long or short-term lease from a private...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the nature of discussions he has had with existing or potential services providers in regard to the provision of...
- Energy Prices
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his policy in regard to gas, electricity, diesel and petrol prices here, in view of the fact that the...
- Mobile Telephony
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the degree to which the regulatory system as transposed into Irish law delivers equality in terms of cost and...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of recent developments where the IFA has withdrawn their support for Self Help, he has investigated the matter; and if he will...
- Missing Persons
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a further search has taken place for a missing person (details supplied) in Bosnia in the past two weeks; if so, the area covered by the...
- Passport Applications
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his proposals to remove the names of two minors from the passport of a person (details supplied) living outside the EU; and if he will make...
- Departmental Properties
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the properties his Department or bodies in his Department has leased on long or short-term lease from a private company or person since 1...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of unsuccessful applications from Meath under the sports capital programme for each of the years 2004, 2005 and 2006; and...
- Tourism Industry
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the action he proposes to take to ensure the competitiveness of the tourist industry in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Properties
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the properties his Department or bodies in his Department has leased on long or short-term lease from a private company or person...
- Arts Plan
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the measures in hand, or proposed, to promote an awareness of the arts amongst young people; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the extent to which he has received applications for grant aid towards the provision of sporting or recreational facilities...
- Arts Council
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the efforts being made to promote all facets of the arts at local level here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41028/06]
- Arts Funding
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will develop a policy to encourage, promote and offer financial assistance to musical and theatrical societies wishing to...
- Tourism Industry
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the extent to which tourism here has grown in comparison with other European destinations; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff employed by Enterprise Ireland; their present location; the number designated for decentralisation; the...
- Industrial Disputes
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to an ongoing dispute between a company (details supplied) and its former employees...
- Job Losses
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures that have been taken or are proposed to support the furniture industry in Navan, County Meath which is...
- Job Creation
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the ratio of jobs in a locality to the labour force resident in that locality in County Meath; and his plans to improve the...
- Job Losses
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and skills level of job loss in County Meath in each of the past five years; the number and skills level of...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the statutory procedures involved in the appointment of chairs and board members to bodies (details supplied); and the...
- Departmental Properties
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the properties his Department or bodies in his Department has leased on long or short-term lease from a private company or...
- Work Permits
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the decision to refuse a work permit in respect of a person (details supplied) from the Philippines; and...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on extending the deadline for applications for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance from the end of...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average wait to process a appeal with the Social Welfare Appeals Office; if his attention has been drawn to the financial...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an upper age limit exists regarding eligibility for the back to education allowance scheme; his plans to remove same; and if he...
- Pension Provisions
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the Pensions Board has plans to review whether pension schemes offered to directors and to trustees of pension schemes are...
- Departmental Properties
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the properties his Department or bodies in his Department has leased on long or short-term lease from a private company or person...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if and when an exceptional needs payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [41052/06]
- Department of Transport
- Rail Services
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to speed up the delivery of the critical rail link from Pace to Navan; if this project will be delivered sooner than 2015; and if he...
- Driving Tests
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Transport the pass and fail rate for each NCT centre in the State for each of the years 2003 to 2005 and to date in 2006 in tabular form. [40971/06]
- Public Transport
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Transport if the bus regulator due to be established under the proposed new Dublin Transport Authority will have the powers to direct Dublin Bus to amend...
- Departmental Properties
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Transport the properties his Department or bodies in his Department has leased on long or short-term lease from a private company or person since 1 January...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in issuing a single farm payment to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the steps required to...
- Livestock Marts
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of marts that have ceased operating in each of the years 2002 to 2006 inclusive; the county in which each mart has closed;...
- Poultry Industry
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the contacts she has had with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government regarding the effects of IPPC licensing...
- Grant Payments
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 384 of 22 November 2006, the situation in respect of the person (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Properties
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the properties her Department or bodies in her Department has leased on long or short-term lease from a private company or person since...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has received correspondence from people who are concerned regarding the future of national hunt breeding stock, in particular...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Transport
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will grant a request for school transport from Drogheda to Cootehill for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if...
- School Staffing
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a teacher has not been appointed as a replacement in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will reconsider...
- State Examinations
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will take action regarding the notations that are currently being put on pupils' leaving and junior certificates, who have...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will take urgent measures to reduce class sizes at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 as some classes have over 33...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the Saplings schools concept or project status will be accepted and this concept of teaching autistic children be given permanent...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of the information technology grant awarded to each primary school in County Meath for each of the years 2003, 2004, 2005...
- Primary School Statistics
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of pupils enrolled in each primary school in County Meath; the number of teachers for same; and if she will present the...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the policy on recreational space per pupil in new and existing schools; if sanction from her Department is required to reduce such...
- School Discipline
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the policy on the use of mobile phones by teachers and pupils in primary schools. [40979/06]
- School Curriculum
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; if she will address the issues raised; the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position on an application to her Department for funding under the devolved grant scheme for smaller schools for a school (details...
- School Staffing
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers, resource teachers, special needs assistants and other teaching staff employed in each primary and each...
- School Enrolments
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the fact that for the school year 2006 to 2007, her Department gave its approval for the enrolment of one pupil in a...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Property
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Defence the properties his Department, or bodies in his Department, has leased on long or short-term lease from a private company or person since 1 January...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Control of Animals
Question 168: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if legislation on the control of animals has any application with regard to wild cats in urban area; if not,...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 169: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he received correspondence from two members of Wicklow County Council dated 12 November 2006 relating to...
- Motor Taxation
Question 170: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of vehicles registered for motor taxation within County Meath for each of the years 2002 to 2006,...
- Departmental Funding
Question 171: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding from his Department to Meath County Council for each of the years 1990 to 2006...
- Kyoto Protocol
Question 172: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Government will be formally responding to the request from the [i]ad hoc [/i]working group within the...
- Departmental Properties
Question 173: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the properties his Department, or bodies in his Department, has leased on long or short-term lease from a...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 174: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the limitations placed on housing authorities in relation to the claw back associated with affordable...
