Written answers

Tuesday, 5 December 2006

  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Information
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason it took so long to introduce an education campaign on antibiotics as was recommended in 2001; and if she will make a statement...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that on 28 November 2006 there were 274 people on trolleys according to the INO; and if she...
    • General Practitioner Services
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason investment in general practice development was reduced in 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41396/06]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Government will carry out a review of the proposals to relocate the new children's hospital at the Mater site in view of new...
    • Health Services
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her Department's policy in relation to the provision of speech therapy services; the service and waiting period for commencement of...
    • Water Fluoridation
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in implementing the 33 recommendations from the fluoridation forum; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date for the completion of the next census of psychiatric hospitals; the number of patients of psychiatric hospitals that have been...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of radiotherapy services in the north west of the country; her further views on earlier...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reports commissioned by her Department from which she expects primary care and hospital services to be guided in the future; the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the opposition of many patients to the proposal to move cancer treatment facilities from St. Luke's to...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the Health Service Executive regarding the report showing that almost 300 children and adolescents were...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on publishing all pre-school and crèche inspection reports on-line; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41438/06]
    • Health Insurance
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that a report by the Health Insurance Authority states that BUPA would have had to pay €37 million in risk...
    • Health Services
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is concerned that a member of the Health Service Executive appointed review group on orthodontics has called for an inquiry into...
    • Primary Care Strategy
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of primary care centres established, as outlined in the primary care strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has sought an explanation from the Health Service Executive regarding the circumstances in which a number of nursing homes were...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the Health Service Executive national neurosciences needs assessment report to be published; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is acceptable that almost eight years since an inquiry was established into alleged abuse (details supplied)...
    • Screening Programmes
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce a screening programme for haemochromatosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41398/06]
    • Food Safety
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the Food Safety Authority to address the ongoing deficiencies in relation to the labelling of beef at...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether an increased bed capacity is urgently required in Mayo General Hospital in view of the increasing numbers on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of inpatients and outpatients on waiting lists for non-emergency neurosurgical services from 2003 to date in 2006; the length...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that all high dependency patients who have been, or are being, placed in nursing homes on foot of the policy of...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of the number of public health nurses per county; the number of vacancies for public health nurses per county; the...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the Health Service Executive regarding the pay claim of the Irish Nurses Organisation and the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the recruitment process of the 32 elder abuse officials or care workers following publication of the report into the deaths...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide full regional services in the south east; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41433/06]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on concerns that the average cost of a patient treated through the National Treatment Purchase Fund can be €400 more...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the tendering process for the co-location of private hospitals on public hospital grounds; her views on reports of...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has carried out a review of the impact on private stand alone hospitals who can no longer employ public hospital...
    • Health Services
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the intentions she has of expanding the teen parent support programme throughout the country. [37660/06]
    • Screening Programmes
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on population health screening programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41400/06]
    • International Agreements
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason Ireland has yet to ratify the European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals used for Experimental and Other...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the report submitted by the Health Service Executive to An Bord Altranais in conjunction with the O'Neill report...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the most up to date figures on MRSA and deaths attributed to MRSA; her views on the setting up of a national directorate for the...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the Health Service Executive on the stated opinion of the HSE that an over reliance on the nursing home...
    • Health Services
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on calls for an independent person to examine the reason thousands of children are waiting for orthodontic treatment or being...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the location and number of community nursing beds provided to date in 2006 and in 2005; the number of beds lost in the same period; the...
    • Health Services
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether a tribunal of inquiry is needed into the public orthodontic service (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Food Safety
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of officers dedicated to the inspection of catering outlets to check for compliance with labelling regulations for beef; and...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding that will be provided for care of the elderly in County Wexford; when funding will be provided specifically for phase two and...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the development of services at the County Hospital Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41174/06]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients on waiting lists for admission to each of the neurological units from 2002 to date in 2006; the length of time...
    • Screening Programmes
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce a screening programme for hypertension, cholesterol and obesity as part of a population health screening...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to fast-track the development of neurology services in Beaumont Hospital and Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to the fact that the Health Service Executive has stated that no judgment has been formed where there is a difference of opinion...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take following recent reports of an elderly woman being charged for private service after attending accident and...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the view expressed by a senior official of the Health Service Executive that what happened in Leas Cross was due to a...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to develop community care units to provide specific care for the elderly with regard to convalescence, respite and high...
    • Primary Care Strategy
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to develop primary care teams in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41434/06]
    • Health Insurance
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her plans to move 1,000 private beds out of the public system will have the effect of increasing private health insurance premiums;...
    • Suicide Incidence
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures in place aimed at reducing the number of deaths by suicide; her Department's policy and strategy; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of acute neurosurgical beds in each neurosurgical unit here for each of the years from 1997 to date in 2006; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the alternatives to methadone treatment that exist for heroin misusers; the structures in place to allow them to become drug free; and...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the co-location of public and private hospitals represents good value for money; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the BreastCheck roll-out nationwide and particularly the roll-out for the north west; the budget spend on the...
    • Medical Research
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she is taking to ensure that the housing and care of animals and invertebrates used in scientific procedures conforms with...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in implementing the recommendations of the Government's ten-year mental health policy, A Vision for Change; her views on...
    • Suicide Incidence
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the high incidence of suicide among the Traveller community; the measures and supports she will put...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on reports of severe deficiencies in the provision of neurosurgical services here; the number on waiting lists to...
    • National Cancer Strategy
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the lack of ring fenced funding for the recent cancer strategy; the progress that has taken place for the cancer strategy...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps being taken to introduce a comprehensive ambulance navigation system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41175/06]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals for the development of regulations surrounding the use of restraints in nursing homes and care facilities here; and if she...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if capital funding required for upgrading of accommodation to enable additional facilities to be provided for a number of new...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on reports that children with intellectual disabilities are forced to wait up to three years for assessment and treatment; the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on reports that the accident and emergency task force will say in its final report that bed capacity is a problem in a number...
    • Health Repayment Scheme
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is acceptable that public representatives are unable to obtain information from her Department or from the...
    • Health Services
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will implement the recommendations of the report, Sexual Assault Treatment Services, A National Review, published in June 2006;...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the pharmacy review group recommendations were published; if the Government accepts the recommendations; the steps she has taken to...
    • EU Directives
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if Ireland voted in favour of the proposed directive on processed cereal based foods and baby foods for infants and young children at...
    • Nursing Home Inspections
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that only 13 counties are represented on the Health Service Executive website for nursing...
    • Health Service Funding
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the disparity in funding increases in the eight Health Service Executive regions; if she will provide figures for funding...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there will be no further examination of the question of vaccine trials involving babies and children in institutional...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the reported links of sudden deaths in children and an anti-influenza drug (details supplied); the...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details on the finding that the loss of private bed revenue to hospitals would amount to €111million under her...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on Ireland's preparedness and supplies of Tamilfu and Relenza in view of a recent claim by scientists that the UK Government...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on criticisms that a month after Part 2 of the Mental Health Act 2001 was brought into force there remain gaps in the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of general practitioner only cards that have been issued; the number of GP cards waiting to be issued; the breakdown of GP...
    • Health Services
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress she has made in developing a national strategy on rehabilitation for stroke victims and people with severe injuries; and if...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure the Health Service Executive appoints an oncology liaison nurse at Cavan General Hospital, funding for which post has...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if in view of the recent granting of a pan European licence to suboxone, a sister product of subutex, she will develop a protocol for...
    • General Practitioner Services
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason general practitioners received an additional €4 million, after the deduction of back pay, bringing total payments in 2005...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 159: To ask the Taoiseach if an upper age limit applies regarding membership of State boards; if so, the reason for the age limit; his plans to remove same; and if he will make a...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 160: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2003, 2004 and 2005; the number of consultants engaged by his Department in those years; and the...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Coroners Service
      Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average time it takes to obtain results of a post mortem from time of death to report to families. [41109/06]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department is currently drafting legislation or intends to draft legislation in the lifetime of the...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when deeds to property will be issued for a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for naturalisation from a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of traffic corps personnel on road duty on a typical day on average in the Dublin area; and the...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a directive has issued from the Garda Commissioner to all Garda divisions advising that members of the...
    • Family Reunification
      Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the stage of an application for family reunification (details supplied); if the extenuating personal...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community gardaí and their ranks assigned to stations (details supplied) on 1 September 2006....
    • Visa Applications
      Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for a holiday visa for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions and convictions for breaches of the three ton restriction on Kennelsfort Road,...
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the legislation underpinning the Garda central vetting unit and the vetting procedures; when it is proposed...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí involved in traffic duties on a daily basis on the road network here; the annual...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of calls made to Clontarf Garda station, Dublin 3 during October and November 2006 regarding...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of applicants who include an Irish citizen child and a non-national parent or parents who apply...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is seeking employment as a...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will furnish the information sought by way of Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 14 November 2006 and...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that a person (details supplied) in west Cork has permission to remain in the State...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will clarify that local arrangements exist with gardaí covering Chapelizod whereby the school bus is...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a submission from a person (details supplied) in County Cork on the Criminal Justice...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for extended residency for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the recent spate of vandalism and hooliganism in the Sandymount and...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress he has made on the revised documentation submitted with regard to the provision of closed...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if visas will be granted to persons (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if An Garda Síochána has a policy on hospitality; if so, if that policy is available for public inspection;...
    • Prison Committals
      Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons committed to prison for non-payment of fines for each of the years 2003 to 2005 and to...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in respect of the death of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly in February 2002, he has sought...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 17 October 2006, who the adoption society were and the actual...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2003, 2004 and 2005; the number of consultants...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will establish an independent inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied). [41794/06]
    • Crime Levels
      Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 28 November 2006, the reason recorded incidents of domestic...
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in respect of works carried out at a location (details supplied), he will confirm that the building works...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 28 November 2006, if emergency temporary visas to come here will...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an upper age limit applies regarding membership of State boards under his aegis; if so, the reason for the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Finance if persons paying tax under PAYE receive relief in respect of the health levy, of standard pension contributions, and AVCs; and if similar...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the injustice which exists within the Border Midland Western region; the way he will address the injustice to the BMW region in...
    • Tax Code
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimate of the amount of excise duty that would need to be added to a litre of petrol if vehicle registration tax were removed; the equivalent...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue accruing to the Exchequer from excise duties on bio-fuels for each of the years from 2000 to date in 2006; and if he will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of investments per month since the SSIA scheme was operative in May 2006 in relation to the pension incentive introduced in the Finance...
    • Oireachtas Members' Remuneration
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of TDs and Minister's salary structures; the percentage increase of the recent raise in salaries; the arrangements in relation to...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria a person must meet in order to qualify for the disabled drivers fuel refund; his views on expanding the scheme to include long-term...
    • Tax Code
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Finance when a tax refund will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41117/06]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount charged for the collection, management and investment, and other services including the provision of advice services connected...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans the Office of Public Works has for the Debtors Prison, Dublin 1. [41144/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 299 of 24 October 2006, if the results of the examination are available to him. [41145/06]
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Finance if he provide the necessary funding to bring to completion the reconstruction works that are being carried out at Doe Castle, County Donegal,...
    • Tax Code
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals to introduce equity between the treatment for stamp duty purposes of first time buyers of new dwelling houses for personal occupation...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason 14 mature trees were removed from the surrounds of Irishtown Garda station during the period 20 to 25 November 2006; if his attention has...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works will surface dress the area in front of Carrigafoyle Castle, Ballylongford, County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [41352/06]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals in regard to entitlement to the Civil Service retirement pension being extended to women who had to retire from the Civil Service due...
    • Tax Code
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason singers do not qualify for artistic tax relief here; if he will change this rule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41501/06]
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to Irish public investment, made through the National Pension Reserve Fund, in companies complicit with ongoing...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 28 November 2006, the estimated cost of the Tramore Road element of the proposed Waterford city flood...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2003, 2004 and 2005; the number of consultants engaged by his Department in those...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Finance if an upper age limit applies regarding membership of State boards under his aegis; if so, the reason for the age limit; his plans to remove same;...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Child Care Services
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 10 can obtain funding for the preschool overheads in order that no charge will be imposed on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if in respect of children who attend special schools in the Dublin area, she will confirm that where such children have an existing...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if community welfare officers are supplied with mobile phones to help them carry out their work; if not, her plans, to supply same; and...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there has been no increase in funding for the regional planning committee against violence against women over the past four...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application for the refund of nursing home charges has been received which was submitted by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 243: 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 treatment in Sligo General...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason no response issued from the Health Service Executive to a parliamentary question placed several weeks ago (details supplied)....
    • General Practitioner Co-operatives
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of vehicles currently being used by a service in the west (details supplied) giving details on a county basis; the number of...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 who had applied for assistance with a new special bike as they need this as a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite the provision of a bed at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will increase the level of home care and home help hours in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite a response....
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Osteoporosis Society has not been allocated funding for 2006; if she will make a statement on the fact that due to the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the prospect of radiotherapy facilities being provided in the north west region; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive will not give extra home help which had been agreed previously to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Smoking Ban
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people who have been convicted for smoking in company cars and vehicles since the smoking ban came into effect; the number...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the outcome of a recent High Court case regarding risk equalisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41254/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 4 October 2006, if she will consider an orthodontic reassessment for a person (details...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if expressions of interest have been received arising from the proposed health campus building at Tuam, County Galway; the closing date...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timeframe for the transfer of oncology services out of St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar; her plans for the hospital site once this takes...
    • Health Services
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be granted to persons (details supplied) in County Louth in view of their tragic circumstances; and if she will make...
    • Health Promotion
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures introduced by her Department to promote cycling as a healthy form of exercise; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money provided in 2006 for the treatment of public patients in the new radiotherapy unit at the Mid-West Regional...
    • Health Services
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress being made in implementing the Government's policy on obesity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41321/06]
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the hospitals where it is proposed to remove seven day 24 hour accident and emergency services; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of long-stay elder care beds purchased in the private sector in each of the Health Service Executive areas to date in 2006;...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the percentage of the total allocated health budget that is allocated to mental health services; the percentage allocation for the years...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her Departments policy and strategy regarding the provision of support services to children with an intellectual disability; the...
    • Suicide Incidence
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the allocation for suicide prevention; the breakdown of the allocation of such funds; the additional services that have been put in...
    • Health Services
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding to extend hours in a day care centre (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 10 October 2006, she will request the Health Service Executive to issue a comprehensive...
    • Health Services
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason information (details supplied) which was requested was not given and still has not issued; when this information was sought...
    • Health Service Charges
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the changes made to the medical card system for persons with a physical and intellectual disability living in community residences where...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 who had been diagnosed by their general practitioner with pneumonia and sent to the...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the schedules for repaying the illegal nursing home charges are not being met; and if she has received the same flow of...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the conditions under which mobility allowance is granted in order that it would cover conditions such as agoraphobia...
    • Food Safety
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland on its 2004 report into breaches of food labelling laws; and if she...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the number of calls to the Women's Aid helpline that went unanswered in 2005; her plans to provide...
    • Health Services
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the locations where the teen support programme is in operation; the number of participants in the programme; her plans to extend same;...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money she has made available for the rest of 2006 for enhanced nursing home subventions; and if she will make a statement...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the scientific basis used to underpin the decision not to stockpile face masks for use by members of the general public in the event of...
    • Health Services
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is such a variation in charges for smear tests throughout the country; the reason some people have had to wait up to...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated number of fatalities from head injuries that have occurred in each of Counties Clare, Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Roscommon and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce a vaccination against pneumococcal meningitis onto the childhood immunisation schedule as a matter of urgency....
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the national working group on mental health guidelines for the management of depression and anxiety disorders in primary...
    • Health Services
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, having regard to the fact that many general medical practitioners are now providing warfarin clinics for the convenience of their...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene with Cappagh Hospital on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo and have them called for a hip...
    • HIV Infection
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and rate of HIV infection here, with a county break down of the incidence of HIV infection and an explanation of the role of...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans the Health Service Executive has to make up the shortfall of 500 beds in view of the decision not to convert the Balsekin...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to installation of services in the home of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
    • Health Services
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the guidelines set down for the position of the school based occupational therapist by the Health Service Executive in County Kildare;...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasons a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has had their operating procedure cancelled on three occasions; when will they...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average number of patients waiting daily on hospital trolleys; the plans she has put in place to address the issue; the extent to...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff vacancies to be filled throughout the Health Service Executive eastern region; when it is expected that these posts...
    • Health Services
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients receiving treatment for tuberculosis at present; the location at which the treatment is being received; and if...
    • Medical Staff
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of doctors, nurses, surgeons and physicians who qualified here in each of the past eight years to date; the number who have...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which adequate hospital beds are available throughout the winter 2006 in view of the likelihood of winter illness; and if...
    • Health Services
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has in mind an enhanced role for the health centres to play in the delivery of the health services here with particular reference...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the nature, level and source of the expert advice referred to in Parliamentary Question No. 324 of 7 November 2006, with reference to...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of expenditure on consultancy by her Department in 2003, 2004 and 2005; the number of consultants engaged by her Department...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is considering staff retention measures specifically aimed at nurses in view of the high drop out rate in recent years of...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an upper age limit applies regarding membership of State boards under her aegis; if so, the reason for the age limit; her plans to...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason Irish Naval and fishery officials were not informed of an apparent arrangement with Spanish and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the principal officers assigned to each division in his Department. [41100/06]
    • Communications Masts
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the interdepartmental committee on the health effects of electromagnetic fields is expected to report on...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will make a statement on the arrest of a boat (details supplied) which was detained in Killybegs from 18...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny was recently excluded from the second round of the...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the estimated annual sum, in relation to the renewable energy feed in tariff programme, that will be paid to...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the annual cost of the house of tomorrow grant scheme, delivered through Sustainable Energy Ireland on an...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will review the hardship fund offer for drift net licence holders in view of the effect the closure of...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason a town (details supplied) in County Mayo has been excluded from connection to the gas grid. [41313/06]
    • Post Office Network
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of post offices here on 1 July 1997 and on 1 November 2006; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the basis and criteria used by the expert group on drift net fishing in assessing the value of a salmon at...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the profile of the broadband roll-out across the counties of Cavan and Monaghan; the plans for its further...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of salmon rod licences the North Western Regional Fisheries board issued for the 2006 season; and if...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if funding will be provided for the extension of Doonbeg pier in County Clare; when he expects this project to...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2003, 2004 and 2005; the number of consultants...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if an upper age limit applies regarding membership of State boards under his aegis; if so, the reason for the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress that has been made on securing the release of a person (details supplied) currently being held by FARC guerrillas in Colombia;...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will clarify his position on the 147 stopovers by CIA operated aircraft at Irish airports and the reason Ireland is not complying with...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2003, 2004 and 2005; the number of consultants engaged by his Department in...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if an upper age limit applies regarding membership of State boards under his aegis; if so, the reason for the age limit; his plans to remove...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Funding
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the funding available to a sporting organisation to facilitate with the purchase of land to expand training facilities; and if he...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received an application for funding through the national lottery from a club (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the measures introduced by his Department to promote cycling as a healthy form of exercise; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received a submission from Special Olympics Ireland to provide multi-annual funding to help it finance its activities in...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2003, 2004 and 2005; the number of consultants engaged by his...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if an upper age limit applies regarding membership of State boards under his aegis; if so, the reason for the age limit; his plans...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Job Creation
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the lack of infrastructure in the BMW region is the main reason for the shortfall in meeting the...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to ensure that 1,600 FÁS community employment places are mainstream State funded particularly for the jobs of...
    • Company Closures
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of the statement by the Taoiseach that Greencore should honour the ruling on payments to the employees, he will...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are sensible employment opportunities available for deaf people; and if he will outline these as a matter of...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the process of decentralisation in FÁS; if recent reports of the site identified for the new...
    • Work Permits
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there will be a review of a decision on an application for a work permit in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the safeguard measures in place in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Work Permits
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will ensure that a work permit application for a person (details supplied) is processed; and if he will make a...
    • Charitable Organisations
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reasons a company (details supplied) has to supply audited accounts to the Companies Office in view of the fact that...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2003, 2004 and 2005; the number of consultants engaged by his...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an upper age limit applies regarding membership of State boards under his aegis; if so, the reason for the age limit;...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the information office facility is no longer available in the Labour Exchange, Navan Road, Dublin 7. [41146/06]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if rent allowance or other assistance will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [41186/06]
    • Social Insurance
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of revenue which was raised in 2005 by way of the 2% health contribution within PRSI. [41202/06]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded family income supplement. [41213/06]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the anomaly in sick benefit payment to persons who are residing in the Republic but work in Northern Ireland; and...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the proposals he has in regard to entitlement to social welfare non-contributory old age pension being extended to women who had...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is being refused family income supplement in view of their need for this....
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2003, 2004 and 2005; the number of consultants engaged by his...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an upper age limit applies regarding membership of State boards under his aegis; if so, the reason for the age limit; his plans...
  • Department of Transport
    • Road Network
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Transport the guidelines given to local authorities in relation to the takeover of non-county roads, and if there are proposals to update these guidelines....
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Transport the legislation that exists to enable residents to exercise their right to enter and leave their own driveway without having to incur the hazard...
    • Road Network
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will confirm an underspend €500 million for roads in the Border Midland Western region; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Network
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Transport when he anticipates work will begin on the Kildare rail line project; the disruption that will be encountered by commuters during the works; if...
    • Public Transport
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of money allocated by his Department for the development of park and ride facilities by local authorities in 2004, 2005 and to date in...
    • Park and Ride Facilities
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Transport the eight sites and number at each site where the 3,700 park and ride facilities promised under the National Development Plan 2000 to 2006 were to...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on a change to the relevant legislation whereby the offence of breaching a three ton restricted area would in addition to a fine also...
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has commenced the drafting of the regulations required under the Transport Acts and related legislation to allow local...
    • Road Network
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Transport the value of the total road network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41279/06]
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures in place in his Department to promote greater use of cycling as a mode of transport; the incentives in place to encourage the...
    • Rail Network
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects the feasibility study on a rail link to Shannon Airport to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41332/06]
    • Driving Tests
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Transport the funding provided in the Estimates 2007 for the updating of information technology equipment for driving test applications and the updating of...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Transport the sections and subsections of the Road Traffic Act, 2006 which have not been commenced. [41593/06]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2003, 2004 and 2005; the number of consultants engaged by his Department in those...
    • Public Transport
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Transport the breakdown of State subvention for CIÉ as a percentage per year since 1997 to date in 2006. [41804/06]
    • State Airports
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the recent approval of funding for Knock Airport, he has considered the recent British and Irish Government study on the all island...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Transport if an upper age limit applies regarding membership of State boards under his aegis; if so, the reason for the age limit; his plans to remove same;...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Housing Grants
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if under the Údarás na Gaeltachta, Strategic Development Plan 2005 to 2010, and under the heading of Lesser...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 10 can obtain funding for two cooks, a part-time chef and a porter for the...
    • Community Development
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason for a 49% reduction in his Department's Estimate 2007 for improved co-ordination of local and community...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2003, 2004 and 2005; the number of consultants engaged...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if an upper age limit applies regarding membership of State boards under his aegis; if so, the reason for the age...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the 2005 single payment scheme, as they qualify under...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if there have been developments in obtaining an increase in payment for people leasing for forestry purposes. [41168/06]
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 1217 of 27 September 2006 regarding issues pertaining to retired farmers, if she has finished...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide this Deputy with copies of Ireland's reports to the EU on the administration of the meeting standards part of the...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the cost to her Department for the use or hire of helicopters for each of the past three years; and the breakdown of the yearly amount...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied that companies that supply biofuel which has been imported are receiving State assistance; her views on whether...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason compensation payments have been withheld from a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when payment will issue; and...
    • Animal Identification Scheme
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a herd number (details supplied) can be transferred from one person to another; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Grant Payments
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason an area based payment has not been granted to persons (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement...
    • Farming Statistics
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of full-time farmers in County Clare for 2005, 2004 and 2003; the number of part-time farmers in County Clare for the same...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of expenditure on consultancy by her Department in 2003, 2004 and 2005; the number of consultants engaged by her Department...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if an upper age limit applies regarding membership of State boards under her aegis; if so, the reason for the age limit; her plans to...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that all services and resources for children with disabilities are located as much as possible near their homes;...
    • Programmes for Government
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the commitments relating to education and science in relation to the An Agreed Programme for Government between Fianna Fáil and the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a building project for a school (details supplied) in County Offaly will be progressed in 2006; if an application for funding has...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the basis on which a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has been informed by her Department that their higher diploma in...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the findings of the advisory committee to the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way she proposes to address the urgent need for additional resources for foreign language teachers, in particular if she will be...
    • School Placement
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that sufficient Gaelcolaiste places are made available in Dublin for those leaving gaelscoileanna for the next four...
    • Coláistí Oideachais
      Question 457: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cén plean atá aici coláiste oideachais neamhspleách a chur ar bun le múinteoirí a oiliúint chun teagasc i scoileanna Gaeltachta...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will re-examine and re-instate the disadvantaged status of a school (details supplied). [41126/06]
    • School Relocation
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has received a proposal for the relocation of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3 to a more central site within...
    • School Transport
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has requested an extension of the school bus service...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 436 of 5 July 2006, if a visit has been carried out by her Department to a school (details...
    • School Transport
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the arrangements for transport to school for a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make...
    • Youth Services
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will meet a group (details supplied). [41193/06]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers in primary schools here in the 1996 to 1997 school year and in the 2006 to 2007 school year; the number of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the future plans for a school (details supplied) in County Wexford and the status for the co-educational...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the responsibility her Department has for the ongoing educational needs of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she...
    • Health and Safety Issues
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the person who has responsibility for traffic management safety outside schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application for a maintenance grant will be reviewed for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed new national school for Cahergal, Tuam, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be available for a school (details supplied) in County Wexford under the devolved grant scheme for smaller schools;...
    • School Staffing
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review a decision made by her Department in relation to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if she will ensure that...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will include a school (details supplied) in Dublin 10 in the recent physical education grant of €2000 that went to all...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 10 can obtain a special grant of €10,000 for a much needed voice and data system. [41300/06]
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has discussed the future use of the Fishery Building, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, with the Office of Public Works as promised (details...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has made a decision on the recognition of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; if not, when she expects to make it;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount her Department has spent on prefabs for schools to date in 2006; the amount spent in 2003, 2004 and 2005; and if she will...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will change the regulations governing higher education grants in order that students granted permission to remain in the State...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if all special schools in the Dublin area have access to a full time or part time speech and language teacher; and if she will make a...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will request the National Educational Psychological Service to arrange an educational psychological assessment for a child...
    • Bullying in Schools
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the rights available to second level school principals in dealing with students who in a small minority of cases are aggressive,...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the enrolment policy of schools under her Department's responsibility; if her attention has been drawn to the enrolment situations...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for funding under the summer works scheme for development of a playground in a school (details...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children with special needs who are currently receiving State funded education outside the State; the number of children...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application from a school (details supplied) in County Wexford for funding under the devolved grant scheme for...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will authorise an educational psychological assessment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be provided to re-equip the information technology facilities in a school (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of...
    • School Discipline
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary school and second level pupils who have been suspended from their respective schools for each of the years 2002...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the ongoing development in the centre of Tallaght with thousands of new apartments constructed and in view of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the design team will be in a position to advise her that the project of a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare has...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of expenditure on consultancy by her Department in 2003, 2004 and 2005; the number of consultants engaged by her Department...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a planning application will be submitted for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [41791/06]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, when the pupil-teacher ratio of a school is calculated, remedial and resource teachers are included in the calculation through...
    • School Management
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in respect of the governance of primary schools, she is satisfied with the system of voluntary boards of management; if, in...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an upper age limit applies regarding membership of State boards under her aegis; if so, the reason for the age limit; her plans to...
  • Department of Defence
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2003, 2004 and 2005; the number of consultants engaged by his Department in those...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Defence if an upper age limit applies regarding membership of State boards under his aegis; if so, the reason for the age limit; his plans to remove same;...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in relation to the grazing stocking rate for an area (details supplied) he will provide a copy of what...
    • Local Government Acts
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is a requirement on local authorities to present minutes to the council of the corporate policy...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the Gweedore sewerage scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take regarding the concerns of residents that inappropriate trees (details supplied)...
    • Noise Pollution
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is redress for residents experiencing noise values resulting from motorway provision which are in...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Labasheeda and Carrigaholt sewerage schemes in County Clare will be fast tracked in view of the fact...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if Part M of the 1988 building regulations make it compulsory for all restaurants to have toilets accessible...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent by his Department and by the national parks and wildlife service in hiring helicopters in...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the phasing report submitted by Donegal County Council in relation to the Killybegs sewerage scheme will...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent by the national parks and wildlife service for the purchase of vehicles (details supplied)...
    • Smoking Ban
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans to introduce legislation to ensure proper safety and control of designated smoking areas of...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a full and detailed reply was not issued in relation to a query that was raised with him. [41215/06]
    • Radon Gas Levels
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on putting in place a radon grants scheme in view of the high concentration of radon here; and if...
    • Waste Management
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of providing a home composting unit to all houses here. [41262/06]
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of a cessation of turf-cutting scheme application form for persons (details supplied) in County...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will give approval for the extension of water from the Carramore treatment works to Glevamoy. [41289/06]
    • Planning Issues
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make provision for the establishment of small playschools on the same basis as small bed and...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will reduce from 18 months to 12 months the time that persons who have been deemed to be homeless must...
    • Housing Regulations
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of a set of regulations (details supplied). [41484/06]
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to develop the legal framework and the administrative structures to enhance the protection of...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress that has been made in assessing the preliminary report from Clare County Council on the proposed...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the second phase of the remedial works scheme for Mullaghmatt housing will take place; his views on...
    • Housing Management Companies
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he knows the number of housing estates, as distinct from apartment developments, for which a condition of...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a request has been received from a group (details supplied) in County Kildare for funding; if he will give...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2003, 2004 and 2005; the number of consultants...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an upper age limit applies regarding membership of State boards under his aegis; if so, the reason for the...