Written answers
Thursday, 7 December 2006
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Airport Security
Question 10: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the arrangements his Department has made for protecting Shannon Airport from possible attack; if his...
- Crime Levels
Question 11: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the information available as to the extent of contract killings here; and if he has proposals to deal with...
- Garda Reserve
Question 12: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that the recruitment of a retired senior Garda officer (details supplied) who was strongly...
- Garda Strength
Question 13: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of recruits who have graduated from the Garda Training College as full Garda members since 6 June...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 14: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he will take following the publication of the options paper prepared by the working group on...
- Garda Stations
Question 15: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations equipped for the video recording of interviews with suspects; the percentage of...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 16: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the Judicial Council Bill is expected to be published; the consultation he has had with members of the...
- Civilianisation Programme
Question 17: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress that has been made on the implementation of the civilianisation programme; the success of the...
- Sentencing Policy
Question 18: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the consideration he has given to the recent call from the Director of Public Prosecutions for the Judiciary...
- Residency Permits
Question 19: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he will take following the recent High Court ruling which found that he breached the rights of...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 20: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the main proposals for dealing with child offenders following the raising of the age of criminal...
- Garda Investigations
Question 21: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in regard to the death of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly in February 2002, and the fact that...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 22: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of occasions in each of the past five years in which known serious crime gang bosses or principles...
- Garda Ombudsman Commission
Question 23: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda Ombudsman Commission will begin receiving complaints in January 2007 as previously indicated....
- Airport Security
Question 24: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on establishing an inspection system for flights landing at Shannon Airport in order to ensure that...
- Drug Seizures
Question 25: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the almost tenfold increase in seizures of heroin in the first ten months of 2006 over the same...
- Departmental Reports
Question 26: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recent report of An Garda Síochána advisory groups, published on 7 November 2006; if he...
- Garda Training
Question 28: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to enhance Garda training in order that all members of An Garda Síochána will be trained in the...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 31: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the Law Reform Commission consultation document on legitimate defence; and if he will make a...
- Garda Deployment
Question 32: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí currently assigned to community policing; the proportion of the overall force this...
- Crime Levels
Question 33: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of murder in which firearms were used in respect of each year from 1998 to date in 2006;...
- Civilianisation Programme
Question 34: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of non-Garda clerical staff employed by An Garda Síochána; the number placed in each Garda...
- Garda Deployment
Question 35: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí seconded to work on Operation Freeflow from 27 November 2006 to 7 January 2007; the...
- Airport Security
Question 37: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if Irish officials, during the 1960s, boarded and searched planes at Shannon en route to Cuba; if so, the...
- Departmental Inquiries
Question 38: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a report from the expert group established in view of concerns arising from the Dean Lyons...
- Garda Discipline Regulations
Question 39: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the consideration of the new draft Garda discipline regulations by the Garda...
- EU Directives
Question 40: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the Government has opted out of Council Directive 2004/81/EC on the protection of victims of human...
- Garda Stations
Question 41: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the times when Youghal Garda station is open with gardaí present to facilitate members of the public; if a...
- Residency Permits
Question 42: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has given further consideration to the difficulties facing aged-out non-Irish minors who have applied...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 43: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his intentions with regard to the regulation of closed circuit television reported in a newspaper (details...
- Substance Misuse
Question 44: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the recent 2006 Annual Report of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs...
- Victims of Crime
Question 45: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether a single Department and Minister should take ultimate responsibility for ensuring that...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 46: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the NYCI's demand for legislation to ensure that the Equal Status Act 2000...
- Judicial Appointments
Question 48: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Government is considering an alteration to the manner in which it selects persons for nomination by the...
- Garda Strength
Question 49: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of An Garda Síochána, the number of juvenile liaison officers and the percentage of...
- Crime Levels
Question 50: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of tiger robberies, where people were taken hostage in an attempt to force others to hand over cash...
- Immigrant Services
Question 52: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself that his Department is providing adequate reception and integration services for...
- Garda Deployment
Question 53: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of the new Garda recruits employed since the establishment of the Government in 2002 deployed to...
- Prisoners' Voting Rights
Question 54: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures being put in place to ensure that the maximum number of prisoners possible are allowed to...
- Garda Investigations
Question 55: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a response from the Garda Commissioner to the copy sent to him of the Report of the...
- Civil Partnerships
Question 56: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if same sex couples will be satisfied with a selective approach or a limited version of civil partnership...
- Electronic Monitoring of Offenders
Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when arrangements for electronic monitoring of criminals will be in place; the present arrangements; and if...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for the construction of a new prison in north Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Crime Levels
Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime figures and progress with detection rates in the greater Dublin area over the past five years; and...
- Public Order Offences
Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the anti-social behaviour provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 will be brought into operation; and...
- Garda Investigations
Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date by the gardaí in regard to the murder of a person (details supplied); if he is...
- Garda Stations
Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the times when Garda stations in Killeagh, Cloyne, Ballycotton, Carrigtohill and Whitegate are open with...
- Child Protection
Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his programme of action on foot of the publication of the 62 recommendations of the Joint Committee on Child...
- Joyriding Offences
Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has a strategic plan to address the increasing problem of so called boy racing and existing problems of...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria used by Government when appointing lay persons to sit on the Judicial Advisory Appointments...
- Court Staff
Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the resignation of former Circuit Court Judge, Brian Curtin, under section 6 of...
- Probation and Welfare Service
Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for further development of the probation service; the additional resources that will be provided...
- Weapons Amnesty
Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of firearms and knives surrendered under the recent amnesty by the closing date of 31 October 2006;...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has brought to Government his request for approval for the appointment of an additional 1,000 gardaí;...
- Crime Levels
Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and extent of criminal empires which are being run directly by its members while in prison; if such...
- Garda Operations
Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of weapons seized to date and the number of arrests made in relation to Operation Anvil; the reason...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the terms of reference and membership of the working groups to produce proposals for the development of...
- Deportation Orders
Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of deportation orders of illegal immigrants to people refused refugee status or people who have...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the moneys spent on asylum and immigration functions to date in 2006; the comparison figures for the years...
- Courts Service
Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress with the Courts Service proposals for restructuring of court fees; and if he will make a...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to provide a secure detention centre to specifically cater for the needs of juvenile offenders;...
- Anti-Racism Measures
Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress of the Government's anti-racism and diversity policy; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Vetting Services
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures in place for the vetting of people offered employment in child care services and in services for...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for naturalisation for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he...
- Public Order Offences
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the policies in place to tackle public order offences; and the number of public...
- Illegal Immigrants
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 23 November 2006, if he will review the issue of compensation in...
- Crime Prevention
Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that the gardaí have adequate resources to deal with the growing problem of organised...
- Crime Levels
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which there has been a re-classification for the various forms of crime which has removed...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason contrary to his affirmation, there appears to be a serious deficiency in the extent of resources,...
- Witness Intimidation
Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of incidents of witness intimidation reported in each of the past five ears to date; the action...
- Crime Levels
Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of money laundering incidents uncovered in the past five years to date; the amount recovered...
- Garda Strength
Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an examination has been carried out to identify precisely the number of gardaí still required with regard...
- Public Order Offences
Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to deploy sufficient Garda numbers to tackle the ever increasing problem of anti-social activity...
- Illegal Immigrants
Question 100: 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...
- Asylum Applications
Question 101: 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 Dublin; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which an application for naturalisation has been progressed in the case of persons (details...
- Visa Applications
Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure to be followed by a non-EU national who has been here for the past six years on an educational...
- Residency Permits
Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a work permit from 10 January 2005 to 9 January 2006, 10 January 2004 to 9 January 2005, 10 January 2003...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on extending the lower tax bracket for pensioners whose combined income might push them into the higher tax bracket; and if he will make a...
- Special Incentive Savings Scheme
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will raise the €10,000 threshold for the payment of money out of a SSIA to the spouse of a deceased account holder, to €25,000 in cases...
- Tax Code
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the tax refund scheme in respect of medical or dental expenses where a person does not pay any income tax in year one but incurs...
- Flood Relief
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance the works that were carried out by the Office of Public Works on a river (details supplied) in County Mayo in the past ten months; and if he is...
- Garda Stations
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in the provision of the proposed new Garda station for Leixlip, County Kildare; when the station is expected to open in...
- Department of Health and Children
- Infectious Diseases
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of members of staff at Kerry General Hospital who have been tested for MRSA. [42087/06]
- Hospital Services
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) has to wait until April 2007 to have a biopsy and endoscopy carried out in Crumlin Children's...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the mobility allowance will be approved and awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that this has...
- Medical Research
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the frequency of visits by inspectors to registered user establishments licensed for animal experiments. [42150/06]
- Mental Health Services
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding that has been set aside in the Book of Estimates 2007 and under which specific sub heads for increased resources to progress...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in introducing a vaccine damage compensation scheme as mentioned in Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 21 March...
- Health Service Funding
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has to ensure adequate funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when speech therapy will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose parent brought to the...
- Medical Cards
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an inclusive medical card will issue in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if subvention will be granted towards nursing home care in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Telecommunications Services
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if Regtel the independent regulator of the telecommunications sector here was established by legislation; and...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when his Department was made aware of traces of bonamia found in Lough Swilly, County Donegal; and if he will...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Human Rights Issues
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on correspondence (details supplied). [42180/06]
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will confirm that funding will be allocated under the 2007 sports capital programme for the proposed development of enhanced...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Job Losses
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the workers made redundant from the Irish Glass Bottle Company are to receive moneys from the sale of the site on which...
- National Minimum Wage
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is legal for an employer to pay part of an employee's wages as expenses or allowance to bring that employee up to the...
- Work Permits
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the procedure to be followed by a non-EU national who has been here for the past six years on an educational visa which...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if funding will be made available from the Office of Public Works to offset losses incurred due to flooding in County Mayo...
- Pension Provisions
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, with regard to the state pension transition where a person can earn less that €38 a week paying PRSI at Class J, he will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the application for carer's allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is being held up in view of the...
- Department of Transport
- Company Closures
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Transport the way the proceeds of the sale of the site of the Irish Glass Bottle Company will be divided between the Dublin Port Company, the directors of a...
- Ship Inspections
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the failure of private companies operating at Dublin Port to allow trade union representatives to gain access...
- Road Network
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the most recent estimate of the cost of the upgrade of the five main inter-urban routes to motorway standard;...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Departmental Programmes
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of people participating in the social and rural scheme nationally; and the number participating in each...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the review of the local drugs task force (details supplied) will be published; the reason for the delay; and if...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the level of entitlements under the single payment scheme that were approved for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
- Departmental Funding
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will arrange through Coillte to make secure the current wooden palisade fencing in the areas between estates (details supplied)...
- Department of Education and Science
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects to provide the necessary resources to tackle drug prevention and treatment programmes at local and national level;...
- School Services Staff
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to a situation which exists whereby some secretaries working in secondary schools are paid directly by...
- School Staffing
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will detail her recent decision to allow principals of five teacher schools to become administration principals; if this will...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools housing specialist autistic units; if additional funding is granted to these schools for the operation of these...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will examine the feasibility of a second level gaelcholáiste being established at a site (details supplied) or at another...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for the refurbishment of an existing building by a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; when...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for a three-room extension by a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; when approval will be...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed new student support Bill. [42114/06]
- Third Level Fees
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount it would cost to abolish fees for part-time students. [42115/06]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a...
- Schools Recognition
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will have the application for temporary recognition by a school (details supplied) dealt with immediately as parents need to...
- School Enrolments
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students who left sixth class in June 2006, that is, on completion of their primary school education; and the number of...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will give a firm commitment that funding will be granted to a school (details supplied) in County Sligo as the process of...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of 29 November 2006, the deadline she has set for completion of the preliminary assessment...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application has been received by her Department from a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 11 for an annual grant for its...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for funding by a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if the application is being considered for the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if having regard to the education provision being made available to children on the autistic spectrum in a school (details supplied)...
- Student Support Schemes
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the supports available for postgraduates, in view of the fact that postgraduates from the Republic of Ireland are specifically...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the full schedule of all national schools in County Limerick which have applied for grant aid for building purposes or those which are...
- School Accommodation
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of additional school accommodation at Curraghmore, Mullingar, County Westmeath; and her plans in...
- School Transport
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review a parliamentary question (details supplied) in which she states that the person is not attending their nearest...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 181: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on increasing the grant aid available for sewerage schemes (details supplied) to the same level as...
- Property Management Companies
Question 182: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his Department's policy on the practice of establishing property management companies in traditional housing...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 186: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will approve contract documents on the Shrule and Kilmaine water scheme. [42157/06]
- Waste Disposal
Question 189: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authorities have the option to create and introduce a locally funded and administered refuse waiver...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 190: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposals he has to ensure adequate funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Planning Issues
Question 191: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which permission is required under the Planning Acts for the provision of satellite dishes,...
